THE pilgrims which Geoffrey Chaucer described in his Prologue to the Canterbuty Tales (c. 1387) included all social ranks and vocations. Many of the tightly drawn portraits of these travellers were treated satirically, pointing up the evils of the time. The religious figures especially, the Prioress, Monk, Friar and Pardoner, all ofwhom were guilty ofsome kind ofclerical abuse, came in for seve...

We report early findings on the efficacy of a technology-based project in increasing self-identification for girls and underserved youth to self-select STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers. ITEAMS (Innovative TechnologyEnabled Astronomy for Middle Schools) – an out-of-schooltime program with online, robotic telescopes as its central focus – targets girls and minority...

The productivity of the American farmer has increased dramatically over the last century. One hundred years ago a farmer produced enough to feed 15 people and over 40% of the US population was involved in agriculture-related businesses. Today the produce from an average farmer feeds 130 people and farmers represent less than 2% of the U.S. population. The increases in agricultural productivity ...

Using a mixed-method approach, we examine the experiences and responses among foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) of employee poaching and skills shortages in a prominent Chinese electronics manufacturing hub (Suzhou Industrial Park). This highlights strategic challenges MNEs face in Asia Pacific economies as more advanced subsidiaries outgrow their earlier low-cost, low-skill vocations. In exa...

This year sees the 10 Anniversary of the University of South Australia (UniSA), formed in 1991 by the amalgamation of two institutions: the South Australian Institute of Technology (SAIT) and the South Australian College of Advanced Education (SACAE). The SAIT had a tradition of vocational and professional preparation for business, science and engineering. The SACAE had emerged from the success...

Abstract. This essay presents Challenge-Based Learning with a student-oriented perspective in Geoscience showing how digital mapping constitutes useful tool for teaching geomatic, geographical, urban and tourism disciplines. Focused on real-life case studies, it stimulates students to acquire integrated hard soft skills an active collaborative way, let them be protagonists of their educational ...

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 The purpose of this study is to discover: (1) the implementation self-concept in fashion training; (2) learning experiences (3) readiness and (4) adult orientation clothing design training. This a descriptive qualitative that collected data by monitoring execution Clothing Design training activities, conducting interviews regarding activities with number LCS heads, two instructor...

The purpose of the article is to analyze maxims regulating family and domestic relations in artistic discourse prominent Bukovinian writer terms syntactic organization, verbal content semantic diversity. relevance scientific determined by need study individual manifestations Bukovіnian for formation a coherent cognitive-pragmatic concept her discourse. Research methods. In as main general metho...

Secondary school students in the Netherlands already face future-oriented decisions about their educational careers, which are expected to be informed by interests specific vocations or occupations. However, vocational interest assessment tools generally do not account for possibility that interested multiple domains, potentially challenging students’ decision-making processes. The present stud...