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This book analyses the learning experiences of students of Business English at a Chinese university.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of empirical studies based on various approaches devoted to examining the interpersonal argumentative processes involved in different contexts.

This edited collection provides a structured and in-depth analysis of the current use of multiple approaches beyond quotas for resolving the pressing issue of gender inequality, and the lack of female representation on corporate boards.

This edited collection explores the variations of mentoring in India in comparison to western models, providing rich contextual interpretation and paving the way for a greater understanding of mentoring as a phenomenon.

This book is based on the Life Design paradigm and discusses the efforts made to overcome the matching paradigm between individuals and their work contexts, in order to guarantee the adoption of an active role for future career planning.

This book is not just about thinking or acting in transdisciplinary ways, but about being transdisciplinary.

This edited collection provides a structured and in-depth analysis of the current use of quota strategies for resolving the pressing issue of gender inequality, and the lack of female representation on corporate boards.

This volume discusses entrepreneurship education in Europe on the basis of in-depth case studies of related activities at twenty higher education institutions.

This book acts as a highly practical guide for new and experienced lecturers, learning supporters and leaders in Higher Education; and offers plentiful examples and vignettes showing how learning can be brought to life through activity and engagement.

This Handbook serves as a starting point for critical analysis and discourse about the status of women in outdoor learning environments (OLEs).

This book discusses competence, teacher competence, and professional error competence of teachers, and emphasizes the need for a training programme that supports the latter.

This book explores the realities of adult education practice in the current political and economic climate.

This book advances the theory of action research, analyzing how it can be used to develop autonomy among language teachers.

This book discusses how the Dutch vocational education system has undergone significant waves of reform driven by global imperatives, national concerns and governmental policy goals.

This book critically explores the use of nine recognized methodologies  for the mediation of professional learning in the context of teacher education: The story, the visual text, the case, the video, the simulation, the portfolio, lesson study, action research, and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

This volume seeks to examine the skills development agenda for youth by exploring two key questions for sustainable livelihoods: What are the skills needed for employability in developing countries, especially in Africa and Asia?

This edited book addresses a range of aspects of internationalization in vocational education and training (VET) in different countries.

This book brings together a broad range of approaches and methodologies relevant to international comparative vocational education and training (VET).

Shows how to unlock the massive efficiency savings and productivity gains by reframing the approach to flexible working by concentrating on workforce agility.

This book is an essential resource that Latino/a students and families need to make the best decisions about entering and succeeding in a STEM career.

This is he first edited book on gender issues in transnational business cooperation concerning knowledge work.

This book presents the findings of a survey that analyzes a unique set of data in science and technolog and provides a clear and simple synthesis of heterogeneous databases on the gender gap in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) setting, helping readers understand key trends and developments.

This book explores the impact on EU member states of intensified European cooperation in the field of vocational education and training.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of extant literature on competence-based vocational and professional education since the introduction of the competence concept in the 1950s.

This book examines the criticism that modern business schools face and how these obstacles have evolved throughout history.

This book takes a fresh look at professional practice and professional education.

This book provides an introduction to the philosophy of technology.

This book examines the challenges andsocial, economic and corporate trends that future leaders will need to deal with,as well as the technical, social and communication skills they will require in order to succeed.

This book focuses on the importance of an ontological dimension for today's higher education, with critical attention to implications for the student experience, engagement, satisfaction, wellbeing, employability, (dis)embodiment and activism in which students take a stand on their own being and becoming.

Workplace English language training programs represent a corporate investment in language skills enhancement and human capital development.

This book examines the challenges of cross-professional comparisons and proposes new forms of performance assessment to be used in professions education.

Work-life balance isn't about where or how you spend your time.

This book addresses the questions of what constitutes the integrative learning of theory and practice (ILTP), and how this learning progresses over time - these are important questions that have been overlooked to date.

This book investigatesthe integration of literary writing into work based or business writing.

This volume considers, rethinks and reorganizes how support for learning across working lifecan be best conceptualized, organized and enacted.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the demand for PhDs on the labor markets of twelve countries.

This book explores important questions about the relationship between professional practice and learning, and implications of this for how we understand professional expertise.

This book shows that in today's business world managers can only successfully lead with the active cooperation and consent of their staff.

This book reveals the story of how the first large learning organization was formed.

This book addresses the education and training of Members of Parliament (MPs).

Drawing on decades of industrial experience, this insightful and practical guide uses case studies and an interdisciplinary perspective to explain the fundamentals of simulation training to improve performance of high-risk professional activities.

This book generates a comprehensive account of ways in which practice-based learning has been conceptualized in the Francophone context.

This volume contributes to debates about the teaching profession by reviewing international and national reports on its status, as well as on reforms of various education systems.

This book presents thinking about and through transdisciplinary and professional development as an educative process.

This book promotes a radical alternative impact on youth policy in Europe to overcome the situation of vulnerability and discrimination of a growing number of youngsters in their transition from school to work.

This volume provides a critical roadmap through the major historical sources of legal semiotics as we know them today.

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This book is about understanding the nature and application of reflection in higher education.

This book aims to provide insight into the complexities confronting higher education today and to highlight tangible opportunities that exist to address such issues.

This updated second edition presents an analytical description of the education systems of all European countries, following common guidelines.