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Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Published by Routledge • ISSN: 14703297

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Ability beliefs and intrinsic motivation: Predictors in computational-thinking and inquiry-based pedagogies for critical skills

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Associations among self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation, and instructional methodologies fundamentally determine the success of skill acquisition within educational frameworks. This study assessed the impact of inquiry-based and computational thinking pedagogies on the outcomes among 132 students fro…

The impact of culinary virtual reality curriculum on students’ learning outcomes and acceptance

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Technical culinary skills are fundamental competencies for professional chefs. Consequently, demonstrating and enhancing these skills pose significant challenges within culinary education. This study aims to develop a virtual reality (VR) system for culinary skill development and assess its effectiv…

Initial training as predictor of students’ motivation and practical skill engagement: Mediating impact of learning self-efficacy

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In a rapidly evolving technology and skill-based economy, the development and engagement in practical skills and motivation among electronic technology education students is key to their career readiness and employability. Thus, this study investigated the relationship between initial training exper…

A design and effectiveness evaluation of the Maker spirit–PBL innovation and entrepreneurship course

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This study aimed to develop a maker spirit problem–based learning (PBL) innovation and entrepreneurship course and explore its impact on students’ learning effectiveness. A mixed research method was adopted for this study, in which qualitative and quantitative data were collected for inductive analy…

A two-stranded whole-of-course approach to postgraduate education

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Whole-of-course approaches have emerged as an important topic in the contemporary outcomes-based education environment. While research-informed accounts of whole-of-course approaches exist, most take undergraduate education as the default. Few examples feature postgraduate education where students s…

What factors determine the development of employability skills in Nigerian higher education?

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Employability is a set of skills, knowledge and personal attributes that make an individual adapt to changes in the labour market. This study applies ‘Human Capital Theory’ (HCT) and the ‘theory of Interrole Learning Transfer’ (ILT) to examine factors which affect the attitudes, motivations and acti…

Mediating roles of ability beliefs and intrinsic motivation in PBL and engagement in practical skills relations among electrical/electronic education undergraduate

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The need to determine the mechanisms of change that explain why problem-based learning (PBL) interventions are effective necessitated this study. The current study draws on survey responses from 78 electrical/electronic technology education undergraduates at public universities in southeast Nigeria …

Teachers’ beliefs about gamification and competencies development: A concept mapping approach

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Despite an increasing academic attention towards both gamification and competencies-based education, little is known about Higher Education teachers’ beliefs regarding the use of gamification to develop students’ competencies. To fill this research gap, concept mapping was used to cluster teachers’ …

Dual studies in different cultural contexts: The work-study model in Germany and its applicability to China

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This paper, based on data collected from questionnaires distributed among German students and from interviews with university professors and contacts in cooperating companies in both Germany and China, evaluates dual studies in Germany and their applicability to China. The study finds that most stud…

A conceptual framework for educational design at modular level to promote transfer of learning

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Students bridge the theory–practice gap when they apply in practice what they have learned in class. A conceptual framework was developed that can serve as foundation to design for learning transfer at modular level. The framework is based on an adopted and adapted systemic model of transfer of lear…

An investigation into the contents and aspects of college students’ reflective thoughts during field experience

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Field experience makes a strong contribution to the learning of students. However, the procedure for conducting training sessions based on experiential teaching methods is relatively unclear, and the contents and aspects of students’ reflections during such training are not well known. This study ap…

Implementation of innovations in higher education: The case of competency-based training in Ghana

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A notable trend in recent years has been the introduction of competency-based training (CBT) in vocational education and training systems in many countries. Several CBT training programmes in Ghana have been accredited and quality assured. This article explores the perception of both students and le…

Learning strategies in web-supported collaborative project

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Web-based learning promotes computer-mediated interaction and student-centred learning in most higher education institutions. To fulfil their academic requirements, students develop appropriate strategies to support learning. Purposes of this study were to: (1) examine the relationship between stude…

The learning experience of postgraduate students: Matching methods to aims

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Action research with international Masters in Business Administration students reported here builds on action research carried out at Anglia Polytechnic University to better enable international postgraduate students develop learning and research strategies and research methods to succeed in their s…