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PLOS ONE

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The effect of entrepreneurship education on the entrepreneurial intention of different college students: Gender, household registration, school type, and poverty status

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Entrepreneurship education (EE) is a crucial link to promoting college students' entrepreneurship, which reduces unemployment, economic development, and poverty. Based on a sample of Chinese college students, this study uses a logistic model to investigate the effect of EE on entrepreneurial intenti…

Aspiration–attainment gaps predict adolescents’ subjective well-being after transition to vocational education and training in Germany

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An occupational aspiration–attainment gap (AAG) is defined as a discrepancy between the socioeconomic status (SES) of the aspired occupation and the one attained. We investigated how experiencing an occupational AAG after transition to vocational education and training (VET) affects three domains of…

Supply and demand of higher vocational education in China: Comprehensive evaluation and geographical representation from the perspective of educational equality

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The imbalanced regional development of higher vocational education, particularly the disparity between the supply and demand of educational resources, has emerged as the primary factor impeding the provision of high-quality higher education in China during the establishment of a universal education …

The effects of competency-based training model in the training of new nurses: A meta-analysis and systematic review

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Background It is necessary to evaluate the effects of competency-based training (CBT) model in the clinical training of new nurses, to provide insights to the management of nurses. Methods We searched PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), C…

Surviving uncertainty: A dual-path model of personal initiative affecting graduate employability

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The increasing uncertainty of our world raises important questions for university students on how they should respond to the employment challenges caused by changing environments. One of the central topics is the development of graduate employability. However, most previous research on graduate empl…

How curriculum delivery translates into entrepreneurial skills: The mediating role of knowledge of information and communication technology

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This research examines how curriculum delivery predicts entrepreneurial skills, with knowledge of information and communication technology (ICT) as a mediator. Curriculum delivery with the multiple dimensions of objectives, contents, teaching strategies, and feedback and assessment was used in this …

Social disparities in students’ intention to enter higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Research consistently shows that students from academic households are more likely to enter higher education than students from non-academic households. These inequalities are only secondarily due to differences in performance (i.e., primary effects), but mostly due to students’ decision making beha…

Teaching lessons learnt by civil-engineering teachers from the COVID-19 pandemic at the University of Burgos, Spain

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The COVID-19 lockdown in Spain caused abrupt changes for students following the Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Burgos when face-to-face classes switched to online teaching. The recovery of face-to-face teaching after lockdown meant that classes were taught with obligator…

Development and validation of a PLE scale from academic administrative perspective (PLES-AA) in tertiary education: A pilot study in China

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The study aims to construct and validate a rubric to assess the effectiveness of PLEs from an academic administrative perspective (PLER-AA) in tertiary education in China. A qualitative-quantitative sequential mixed-method design was used for the scale validation. A total of 206 teachers and adminis…

Is project-based learning effective among kindergarten and elementary students? A systematic review

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Project-based learning (PjBL) is becoming widespread in many schools. However, the evidence of its effectiveness in the classroom is still limited, especially in basic education. The aim of the present study was to perform a systematic review of the empirical evidence assessing the impact of PjBL on…

Postgraduate pharmacist development-an evaluation of Jordanian pharmacist experiences to inform and shape an evidencebased professional development policy

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Building capacity for developing skills as leadership, teamwork, and continuous academic support has become essential for fulfilling a successful pharmacy career. This study aims to assess Jordanian pharmacists' views on professional development, namely: the continuous education infrastructure, stra…

Relationships between ICT competencies related to work, self-esteem, and self-regulated learning with engineering competencies

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The rapid development of advanced technology worldwide has promoted an increase in the need for highly skilled engineers who are adept at applying job-related technologies and have engineering competency (ENcom) to gain knowledge and introduce creative solutions. However, little is known about the u…

Flipped classroom improves nursing students’ theoretical learning in China: A meta-analysis

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Objective At present, current didactic teaching delivery method help nursing students apply theory to clinical situations in an inefficient way. The flipped classroom (FC), a novel teaching mode emphasizing self-study and critical thinking, has generated interest in nursing education in China. Howev…

Evaluating 10 years of state-funded GP training in GP offices in Switzerland

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Background Switzerland lacks future general practitioners (GPs). Residents who wished to specialize as general practitioners were formerly trained solely in hospital settings. To better prepare and also attract more young doctors to become GPs, the canton of Bern (equivalent to a state) has implemen…

Effect of internet-based cognitive apprenticeship model (i-CAM) on statistics learning among postgraduate students

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Because students' ability to use statistics, which is mathematical in nature, is one of the concerns of educators, embedding within an e-learning system the pedagogical characteristics of learning is 'value added' because it facilitates the conventional method of learning mathematics. Many researche…

Exploring residents' communication learning process in the workplace: A five-phase model

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Context: Competency-based education is a resurgent paradigm in professional medical education. However, more specific knowledge is needed about the learning process of such competencies, since they consist of complex skills. We chose to focus on the competency of skilled communication and want to fu…