Des Moines Area Community College

Study International | January 26, 2020

Automation is set to drastically alter the workplace, but just how much will technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) affect teachers? Such information is helpful for those aspiring to enrol in teaching courses at universities – knowing how, when, what, where and who will be impacted by automation’s impact on the profession lets students make the right preparations for their future careers. According to a study by Silver Swan Recruitment, the teaching profession has “an ...

WorldSkills UK | August 24, 2020

The four High-Performance Skills Coaches are all experienced WorldSkills UK Training Managers who have the track record of training the medal-winning teams of apprentices and students who represent the UK at WorldSkills, known as the ‘skills Olympics’. Through their work with the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence, in partnership with NCFE, our High-Performance Skills Coaches will capture learnings from international competitions and use these to coach and mentor educators who can t...

studyinternational | March 06, 2020

As we approach International Women’s Day this Mar 8, statistics still show that women lag far behind men in leadership roles worldwide. According to Catalyst, the proportion of women in senior roles is increasing incrementally – 29 percent of senior management roles were held by women in 2019 – the highest number ever recorded. However, this proportion of women in senior leadership differs by roles. Women make up 43 per cent of human resources directors, but only 17 percent of ...

Study International | January 30, 2020

Technology has permeated many aspects of education, but one area where technology has been slow to creep into is physical education (PE). However, schools that have tapped into the power of technology believe it can be transformative for students. Last year, The Hechinger Report wrote about how Jon Szychlinksi, a teacher at Berwyn North School District 98 in the US uses technology in his PE classes. Szychlinksi gets his middle schoolers to study game tapes to identify their weaknesses, not...