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Expanding horizons for the future with an open educational model for complex thinking: external and internal validation On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-04-24 María-Soledad Ramírez-Montoya, May Portuguez-Castro
Purpose The challenges facing 21st-century society are becoming increasingly complex, requiring the development of new citizen competencies. This study aims to validate an educational model focused on developing complex thinking in higher education students. Current educational models lack future-ready competencies, necessitating the emergence of new models to guide future generations toward the common
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Student voice and participatory self-governance at a German democratic free school: a content analysis On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Kristan Accles Morrison
Purpose This paper aims to illustrate, by means of a content analysis of 278 weekly School Meeting minutes, the ways in which student voice is actualized in one democratic free school in Germany. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a qualitative content analysis methodology of 278 weekly School Meetings minutes. Findings This paper uses Fielding’s (2012) patterns of partnership typology to
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Restorative practices, consequences, and international schools On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Alistair Goold
Purpose This paper investigates the interplay between consequences in restorative practices (RP) and the synergies with responsive classroom, particularly in international schools. Addressing critics who deem RP a “soft option”, the study defines “restorative consequences” within the RP framework. It analyses literature and three school policies, focusing on international school needs. Emphasising
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Influences of entrepreneurship skills and universities on the promotion of entrepreneurial intentions of students; mediating role of business simulation games On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Muhammad Salman Shabbir, Ebetuel Pallares-Venegas
Purpose Entrepreneurship has become a widely accepted concept in the past few decades due to its prominent role in economic activity and economic development of a nation. Promotion of entrepreneurship can be ensured with the help of entrepreneurship teaching and learning through higher education institutions. Similarly, entrepreneurship skills play a significant role in the promotion of students’ intentions
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Self Managed Learning: a hybrid of Progressive and Democratic Education On the Horizon Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Eugene Matusov
Purpose The book has generated a passionate dialogue-disagreement (mostly but not entirely) with the book. Dialogue-disagreement is based on challenges, disagreements and rebuttals between opponents, often belonging to different, even irreconcilable, paradigms. The goal of dialogue-disagreement is not so much to convince the opponent to change their mind but rather to critically examine and problematize
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A serial mediation model of the linkage between entrepreneurial education, self-efficacy, attitudes and intentions: does gender matter? A multi-group analysis On the Horizon Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Cong Doanh Duong
Purpose This paper aims to use the Social Cognitive Career Theory and a serial mediation model to explore how entrepreneurial self-confidence and attitudes mediate the connection between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intention. Additionally, the study seeks to examine how gender impacts these relationships. Design/methodology/approach To test the formulated hypothesis and the serial
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Global trends in disruptive technological change: social and policy implications for education On the Horizon Pub Date : 2023-09-05 John W. Moravec, María Cristina Martínez-Bravo
Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify global trends in disruptive technological change and map the social and policy implications, particularly as they relate to the educational ecosystem and main stakeholders across all levels of education. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a two-stage meta-analysis of 1,155 scholarly, peer-reviewed articles. The investigation involves a
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Exploring folk songs to educate for resilience On the Horizon Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Juan Albacete-Maza, Antonio Fernández-Cano, Zoraida Callejas
Purpose Covid-19 pandemic, war, climate emergency and other recent challenges are inflicting tremendous stress to youth. However, death and tragedy are nowadays considered taboo, as there is generally no standardized nor naturalized discussion on the subject, especially with young people. The current multi-crisis scenario is intensifying the need to incorporate an education on tragedy and resilience
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Incorporating cultural content into English language learning through collaborative podcast series project On the Horizon Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Sandi Ferdiansyah, Mega Fariziah Nur Humairoh, Ahmad Royani, Rani Shintya Marsitoh
Purpose This brief report demonstrates how collaborative podcast series project to teach cultural content in English language classroom is design and implemented. This paper aims not only to facilitate speaking practice but also to build students’ cultural awareness, exercise creativity, promote critical thinking and foster learning collaboration. Design/methodology/approach This classroom observation
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Inspiring academic confidence in university students: perceived digital experience as a source of self-efficacy On the Horizon Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Imran Mehboob Shaikh, Ahmed Alsharief, Hanudin Amin, Kamaruzaman Noordin, Junaid Shaikh
Purpose This study aims to introduce a research framework that identifies the potential sources of design self-efficacy that emerge from the digital class by covering the teaching for professional competence model (TPCM) to enhance students’ design self-efficacy. Design/methodology/approach The multistage and purposive sampling technique is used, and the respondents considered are Malaysian university
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Identifying similarities and differences in sustainability education and foresight and futures education: a comparative analysis of competence frameworks On the Horizon Pub Date : 2023-01-20 Tryggvi Thayer
Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine in what ways the competence frameworks analyzed converge or diverge and whether they are similar enough to be considered equivalent. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on a comparative analysis of competence frameworks describing sustainability education and foresight and futures education. Findings This study finds that sustainability
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Academic freedom and knowledge tradition of the Arab heritage On the Horizon Pub Date : 2023-01-02 Mabruk Derbesh
Purpose This paper aims to confront some of the many facets of academic freedom as a whole, including the shared concerns with Western academia, its relationship to the politics of Arab society and the relevance of these issues within local political domains. It attempts to profile the problems hindering societal progress beyond the seemingly defined truth. While this subject has many facets, this
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Rethinking the university: a case study On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Alan R. Davis, Rajiv Jhangiani, Diane Purvey
Purpose This study aims to describe and illuminate the ways in which Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) – an urban, undergraduate institution with a strong focus on teaching, learning and related research and scholarship, and a substantial international student population – adapted to pandemic conditions in 2020 in an effort to meet community and pedagogical priorities, institutional/legal responsibilities
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General education requirements, the liberal arts and government intervention in higher education: a case from Jordan On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-12-08 Salam Al-Mahadin
Purpose Heavily regulated higher education institutions may not be able to possess the autonomy to produce students who are both college and career ready. This paper aims to explore the role of the Ministry of Higher Education in Jordan in determining the content and direction of general education requirements, the historical roots of this type of intervention and its possible implications for the
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What should the university of the future look like? On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-12-06 Ricardo Mairal
Purpose In this paper, the author has tried to outline the main ideas in connection with what the author conceives to be the university of the future, a university that should not only educate people within the university system but also prepare them to fill specific job positions at both local and global levels, apart from necessarily providing them with the critical thinking and competences in autonomous
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Wearing leadership bi-focals in the post-pandemic university On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Devorah Lieberman
Purpose This paper aims to provide insight for higher education leaders about how to navigate the immediate needs and long-term needs of an institution. COVID-19 disrupted higher education in unprecedented ways, but the post-pandemic world is proving to be just as challenging – if not more so. Presidents and higher education leaders must be nimble, prepared and multi-skilled to address immediate challenges
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A quest from deep within: the construction of entrepreneurial identity and progression of entrepreneurial passion On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Muhammad Nizam Zainuddin, Rahayu Tasnim, Dzulkifli Mukhtar
Purpose This paper aims to examine how the construction of entrepreneurial identity in a cross-disciplinary postgraduate entrepreneurship education program influence students’ entrepreneurial passion progression as they enact different role identities and concurrently deal with competing microidentities. Design/methodology/approach Using the interpretative phenomenological analysis approach, an in-depth
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Higher education based on cooperation and interdisciplinarity has a key role in a global sustainable development On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Pam Fredman
Purpose To highlight that, for higher education (HE) to fulfil its role and provide societies with the required knowledge and competencies that will enable a sustainable future, through research, education and campus operations, it needs to cooperate and promote interdisciplinarity within the sector and with society at large. Design/methodology/approach This study is a follow-up on the author´s presentation
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Moral courage: restoring well-being, community, and capacity within the post-pandemic university On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-11-08 Melanie Jeanne Humphreys
Purpose This paper aims to spark dialogue regarding what it takes to lead well as a university leader post-pandemic. While much has been written about the future challenges facing universities, not a lot has been written about the kind of moral courage that is required to lead them. There never has been a more important time for strong leadership from university presidents; leadership that supports
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Tumultuous waters and turbulent times: JEDI, humanities, and intellectual leadership in American higher education On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-11-08 Nicolette DeVille Christensen
Purpose This study aims to raise the issue of the president as the intellectual leader of the university in that they are the voice of the importance of the Humanities, both in inclusion and diversity measures, in decolonizing the curriculum and recognizing the importance of teaching life skills to students. Design/methodology/approach Discussion focuses on unrealistic workloads of university and college
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Conflicting logics of the postpandemic university On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-11-08 Gerald Reisinger, Martina Gaisch
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual frame for scholars who draws on the conflicting logics of the postpandemic university. Design/methodology/approach This feature paper is based on a systematic review of research and studies conducted in the field of higher education. It illustrates broader trends with respect to how the various elements of contemporary and conflicting challenges
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The signal lost in the noise On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-10-31 John Corlett
Purpose The case studies were examined in the context of a lack of confidence in what constitutes truth and knowledge. Design/methodology/approach A case study design taken examining specific instances where the emergence of populist political tactics in an unfettered media world has undermined public belief in what counts as knowledge and to cast doubt on the validity of the idea of truth. Findings
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Higher education research, development agendas in Africa. Where is the convergence? A literature review On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-08-30 Auf Tumwebaze Alicon
Purpose This paper aims to examine the possible link among the African Development Bank (AfDB), Results Measurement Framework 2016–2025 and the research published at institutions of higher education on the continent in the last five years. The unregulated commercialisation of higher education in most African countries has been prone to large-scale abuse through wanting curriculum development and processes
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How creativity is oppressed through traditional education On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Thomas Howard Morris
Purpose Creativity has been positioned as a critical workplace competence, especially in societies in which conditions are rapidly changing. The fact that traditional educational processes oppress creativity is theoretically important. The purpose of the present paper is to theoretically map the process of teacher-directed learning and how the process oppresses creativity. Design/methodology/approach
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HyFlex model of higher education: understanding the promise of flexibility On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-08-15 Emily Howell
Purpose The purpose of this paper aims to answer the research question: How is the HyFlex model being implemented in higher education, and is it leading to greater access and equity?. Design/methodology/approach This comprehensive literature review covers 19 sources, 11 studies and 8 practitioner or literature reflections, studying HyFlex. Findings Seven focused codes formed from 23 initial codes:
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Reimagining career education with the future senses On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-04-27 Marguerite Westacott
Purpose Career education and employability have become Australian university curriculum and pedagogy priorities to meet the changing world of work and federal government parameters linking higher education funding to graduate employment outcomes. This conceptual paper aims to present the hypothesis that emphasis on integrating career education in the curriculum can provide an opportunity to embed future-thinking
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Integrating crisis learning into futures literacy – exploring the “new normal” and imagining post-pandemic futures On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-04-11 Joni Karjalainen, Njeri Mwagiru, Hazel Salminen, Sirkka Heinonen
Purpose Crises are major events or periods faced by individuals, groups and society. This paper aims to explore the value of facilitating (un)learning in and from crises. Educators have a key role in building futures literacy (FL) for dealing with uncertainties, understanding emergence and responding to rapid, complex change. Integrating crisis learning as part of FL is important for enhanced anticipatory
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The moderating role of culture in self-efficacy and approach to learning of students On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-04-11 Reetesh K. Singh, Priya Chaudhary
Purpose This study aims to explore the moderating effect of culture on students’ self-efficacy (SE) and learning approach. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 437 students from culturally and pedagogically different higher education institutions was conducted. The relationship between SE, culture and approaches to learning was examined using statistical analysis. Findings The results showed that
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Facilitating transformative science education through futures thinking On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-03-31 Antti Laherto, Tapio Rasa
Purpose The aims and pedagogies in the field of science education are evolving because of global sustainability crises. School science is increasingly concerned with responsible agency and value-based transformation. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to argue that perspectives and methods from the field of futures studies are needed to meet the new transformative aims of science education for
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Social media in learning on nature: case Finnish amateur mycologists On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-03-28 Minna Santaoja
Purpose Eco-social crises such as the loss of biodiversity call for transformative learning. This study analyzes the prospects of social media in learning about nature. Design/methodology/approach The study is placed in the intersection of science and technology studies, futures studies, environmental social sciences, and environmental humanities. The study draws on a qualitative case study of a mycologists'
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Technology acceptance by university lecturers: a reflection on the future of online and hybrid teaching On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-03-10 Christopher Weilage, Eva Stumpfegger
Purpose Most research using extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2) and other technology acceptance models (TAM) are quantitative studies. This leaves room for interpretation when they are applied to university lecturers’ acceptance of online teaching because the models were originally created for the consumer perspective. This study aims to bridge this gap by integrating
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Emergency learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences and reflections from a virtual community of practice On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-03-08 Silvia Cecilia Enriquez, Sandra Beatriz Gargiulo
Purpose This study aims to reflect on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on education and draw some tentative assumptions from the information and experiences gathered from participants in this community about their possible impact on the future of education. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a single-case descriptive case study that analyses some indicators of changes in teaching and learning
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Development and application of the R.I.S.E. model (relevance, impact, significance and excellence) in higher education in Macau On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-03-07 Yonghua Song, Jianxia Du, Mingming Zhou
Purpose The increasing societal requirement requests higher education institutions to be more responsive to socioeconomic needs and new governmental demands. This study aims to present a self-developed multidimensional quality assurance and assessment model for higher education institutions – R.I.S.E model (relevance, impact, significance and excellence) – as a tool for quality assessment in higher
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Effectiveness and satisfaction of technology‐mediated learning during global crisis: understanding the role of pre-developed videos On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-02-16 Sarika Sharma, Anagha Vaidya, Kumari Deepika
Purpose In today’s dynamic situation, innumerable challenges are posited in the education sector because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher educational institutes (HEIs) are compelled to adopt digital technologies and technology-mediated learning in the teaching-learning processes. The purpose of this paper is to understand the factors affecting learning effectiveness, learning satisfaction and the mediating
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Social media usage and academic performance from a cognitive loading perspective On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-02-04 Irfan Hameed, Mirza A. Haq, Najmonnisa Khan, Bibi Zainab
Purpose Social media has shown a substantial influence on the daily lives of students, mainly due to the overuse of smartphones. Students use social media both for academic and non-academic purposes. Due to an increase in the usage of social media, academicians are now confronting pedagogical issues, and the question arises as to whether the use of social media affects students’ performance or not
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“I find this really entertaining” – first look of the relationship between vocational school students and various media On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-02-02 Niina Meriläinen
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study how young vocational school students in Finland frame themselves and their participation in society and whether they are seen in various media. The explorative research, with n = 213 vocational school and prepatory VALMA students as co-researchers, tells us that young vocational school students use value framing to create understandings of themselves as
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Queer futuring: an approach to critical futuring strategies for adult learners On the Horizon Pub Date : 2022-01-17 M. Jayne Fleener, Chrystal Coble
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop queer futuring strategies that take into consideration adult learners’ needs in support of transformational and sustainable change for social justice and equity. Design/methodology/approach This paper develops the construct of queer futuring, which engages queer theory perspectives in a critical futures framework. Adult learning theory informs queer futuring
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The humanities: it is their time On the Horizon Pub Date : 2021-08-30 David W. Atkinson
Purpose Much has been written about the crisis in the Humanities even as student interest in the Humanities continues to decline. In the so-called “post-truth,” “post-COVID19” period,” however, the Humanities deserve attention for the important role they must play in preparing students for the world during a period of dramatic change. Design/methodology/approach Discussion focuses on the “post-truth”
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Approaching informal learning about #feminism on Twitter On the Horizon Pub Date : 2021-09-27 Verónica Valcarce de Veer, Paloma Valdivia-Vizarreta
Purpose In a socio-educational context impregnated by social networks, feminist organizations and individuals have turned to social media to spread their knowledge. This paper aims to approach how feminist tweets are produced to ignite meaningful informal learning (IL) processes. Design/methodology/approach This study uses an interdisciplinary mixed methodology. By using Twitter tracking tools, a database
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Teachers’ perceptions of ICT issues in education: an approximation by gender and region in Mexico On the Horizon Pub Date : 2021-10-01 Florina Guadalupe Arredondo-Trapero, José Carlos Vázquez-Parra, Martín De Jesús González-Martínez
Purpose The aim of this study is to analyse teachers’ perceptions of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the effect they have on their students, comparing male and female teachers in rural and urban areas of Mexico. Design/methodology/approach This is a quantitative study with a validated questionnaire that records the perception of school teachers from a state in the northeast of
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Appraising social work curriculum in India: learners’ perspective On the Horizon Pub Date : 2021-08-24 Richi Simon
Purpose This paper aims to understand the social work curriculum as perceived by the learners of the master’s degree programme. The study compares the perception as held by students’ originating from the same and different faculties regarding the curricular aspects of social work education in India. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a qualitative approach. It is a case study-based paper whereby
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Key issues influencing the future internationalization of higher education: the case of Thailand On the Horizon Pub Date : 2021-07-28 Andy Hines, Lakhana Dockiao
Purpose The rapidly changed global context for internationalization (IZN) over the next decade prompted a decision to use a futurist perspective for identifying issues to be considered in the organization’s next strategic plan. This paper aims to report on this project to identify current and strategic issues influencing the future strategy of the higher education (HE) IZN for Thailand on behalf of
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Enhancing innovative work behaviour: the role of servant leadership and creative self-efficacy On the Horizon Pub Date : 2021-06-16 Ghulam Jan , Siti Rohaida Mohamed Zainal, Lata Lata
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of an emerging and idealized leadership style in hospitality research such as servant leadership on employees’ innovative work behavior (IWB) via creative self-efficacy. This study also aims to investigate the moderating role of knowledge sharing between creative self-efficacy and IWB. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from
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Meeting educational challenges of pre- and post-COVID-19 conditions through self-directed learning: considering the contextual quality of educational experience necessary On the Horizon Pub Date : 2021-06-16 Thomas Howard Morris
Purpose Fostering the skills necessary for self-directed learning (SDL) competence could be considered the most essential goal of formal education, especially due to uncertainty and changing conditions – exampled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Importantly, SDL competence can afford a person the ability to adapt to changing social contextual conditions, thus facilitating personal growth and development –
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Work–family conflict and job satisfaction among construction professionals: the mediating role of emotional exhaustion On the Horizon Pub Date : 2021-06-28 Tharindu C. Dodanwala, Pooja Shrestha
Purpose Work–family conflict plays a vital role in employees’ work-related satisfaction and emotional exhaustion measures. Yet, the theoretical interrelationship between work–family conflict, emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction has not been fully explored in the construction literature. Hence, this study aims to assess emotional exhaustion’s mediating role in the relationship between work–family
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Promoting sustainable ventures among university students in Pakistan: an empirical study based on the theory of planned behavior On the Horizon Pub Date : 2021-03-08 Idrees Waris, Muhammad Farooq, Irfan Hameed, Atif Shahab
Purpose This study aims to examine the drivers of sustainable entrepreneurship intention (SEI) among university students in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach A survey-based methodology was used to collect the data from the participants. Further, this study used covariance-based structural equation modeling to test the proposed hypotheses. Findings The findings of this study confirm that the model
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Evaluation of students’ attitude toward distance learning during the pandemic (Covid-19): a case study of ELTE university On the Horizon Pub Date : 2021-01-27 Yassine Ismaili
Purpose Covid-19 has prompted higher institutions around the globe to relocate traditional classes to online classes. Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) was no exception. It had already drawn up limited strategies regarding distance education, but those Web-based platforms were provided only to students with special needs. Due to the pandemic, all ELTE students were compelled to use online platforms that
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Do Business Administration degrees encourage entrepreneurship and strengthen connection with business incubators? On the Horizon Pub Date : 2020-10-28 Ana Belén Alonso-Conde, Javier Rojo-Suárez, Sandra Rentas
Purpose First, this paper aims to study the extent to which students in business administration degrees are aware of the characteristics of the business ecosystem. Second, the degree of knowledge of the benefits resulting from the interaction between the university-based business incubators and the universities are studied. Design/methodology/approach To focus the discussion, a survey is conducted
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Intention towards social entrepreneurship of university students in an emerging economy: the influence of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurship education On the Horizon Pub Date : 2020-07-31 H.M. Kamrul Hassan
Entrepreneurial intention plays a crucial role in the research and application of social entrepreneurship (SE). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of the factors affecting students’ intention towards social entrepreneurship (ISE). The study has taken entrepreneurial self-efficacy, along with entrepreneurial education, entrepreneurial network and perceived university support that
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Encouraging engagement: video-conference augmentation of online distance learning environments On the Horizon Pub Date : 2020-07-17 David Starr-Glass
PurposeThe purpose of this reflection on practice is to consider and attempt made by the present author to re-imagine online distance learning (ODL) environments to provide a greater opportunity for learner engagement Design/methodology/approachODL environments were augmented by video-conferencing to increase dialogue, instructor presence and a sense of instructor care, concern and guidance The video-conference
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Robotic Chinese language tutor: personalising progress assessment and feedback or taking over your job? On the Horizon Pub Date : 2020-07-06 Esyin Chew, Xin Ni Chua
Article published in On the Horizon on 06 July 2020, available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/OTH-04-2020-0015.
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The perspective of a coworking space model in scholarly settings On the Horizon Pub Date : 2020-06-07 Marko Orel, Will Bennis
The purpose of this paper is to define coworking in juxtaposition to open, collaborative workspaces that have already long existed at companies and universities and to establish that this model of coworking has taken off in the business world, but has not taken off at education institutions.,The literature and existing resources on flexible work arrangement in academic settings are reviewed to explore
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University social responsibility as a driving force of change: students’ perceptions beyond the ivory tower On the Horizon Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Marcia Coelho, Isabel Menezes
In the context of increasingly diverse issues that affect global society, the social responsibility dimension in higher education institutions is being called to the forefront of change, both in the sense of rethinking their internal practices (e.g. promoting the access and progression of students from different cultural backgrounds) and in their interaction with the surrounding community (e.g. through
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Teaching for the future: a transnational university practice On the Horizon Pub Date : 2020-04-13 Qian Wang, Jiajun Liu
The purpose of this paper is to explore an innovative teaching design to teach accounting management that aims to foster students’ technical and soft skills. The effectiveness of this new teaching design addresses current concerns for universities preparing students for the future.,The paper deploys the qualitative research methodology and applies multiple methods to gather data in a case study. The
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Forecasting the impacts of the “future of work” on universities: a sociological perspective On the Horizon Pub Date : 2020-02-22 Roger Pizarro Milian, Scott Davies
The purpose of this study is to analyse the prospective impact of the future of work on universities.,Several brief case studies of heralded disruptors of higher education (HE) – including digital badges, for-profit universities and massive open online courses – are reviewed to illustrate inertial forces in the system.,The results indicate that several social forces will protect most universities from
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Developing innovation pedagogy approach On the Horizon Pub Date : 2020-01-29 Taru Konst (e. Penttilä), Liisa Kairisto-Mertanen
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the concept of a pedagogical strategy called innovation pedagogy and examine how it has been and will be developed. The paper is an overview of the latest development of the innovation pedagogy approach. It provides a discussion of the changes in innovation pedagogy and, more generally, in higher education, including the changes in educational aims and involving
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Education futures: balancing the familiar and the unknown On the Horizon Pub Date : 2020-01-24 Katherine Prince
This paper reflects on the author’s experience of an education foundation’s developing a robust and nationally recognized futures studies practice over a period of 14 years. In so doing, this paper aims to inform other futures studies practitioners about the kinds of considerations that can be encountered, and which must be managed, in starting, developing and maintaining a futures studies practice
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Significant learning experiences and implied students On the Horizon Pub Date : 2020-01-24 David Starr-Glass
This paper reflects on and seeks to reconcile and to consolidate two bodies of literature. The first deals with course design in higher education, particularly with efforts to create significant learning experiences. The second body of literature, which is considerably less well-known, considers the implied student – the intended or preconceived student for whom these learning experiences are created
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Contested ideas and possible futures for the university On the Horizon Pub Date : 2019-12-19 Maree Conway
This study aims to identify and explore the nature of ideas of the university in the present to demonstrate how the ideas both enable and constrain the emergence of its possible futures.,An integrated literature review of work on the western university was undertaken to identify the defining elements of ideas discussed in the literature – purpose, social legitimacy and embedded future – for the university
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Social entrepreneurship in Russia and Asia: further development trends and prospects On the Horizon Pub Date : 2019-12-09 Elena G. Popkova, Bruno S. Sergi
This paper aims to determine the trends and prospects of the development of social entrepreneurship in Russia and Asian countries.,The methodology includes trend, regression, and correlation analysis and scenario (imitation) modeling and elaborates on perspectives and recommendations for further development of social entrepreneurship in Russia and Asia.,Despite the active development of social entrepreneurship