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Geopolitical changes worldwide, together with rapid advances in technology, have created a situation where an individual’s working life can present many new challenges. Helping students develop the attitudes and skills necessary to adapt to constant change along a career path has become a priority in education. Developing this career adaptability is becoming increasingly important to the sustainability of democracy, the economy, justice, human values, and equality. The authors of this paper argue that to improve the quality of our education system in universities, active learning should play a more important role to enrich the typical lecturing–learning processes. The aim of the study reported here was to examine the impact from implementing a 3-month active learning program that took university students beyond the classroom to increase their career adaptability and self-esteem and to strengthen their meaning in life. A mixed-method approach was adopted and conducted in two phases with 119 undergraduate students in human resources management at a university in Hong Kong. Findings suggested a significant improvement in career adaptability of the students after participating in the program when compared to a control group. However, data did not indicate any significant change in self-esteem and meaning in life in the training group. The findings support the valuable role of active learning as a strategy to enhance students’ career adaptability in a changing but sustainable world of employment.
Tracy Hui; Sam Lau; Mantak Yuen. Active Learning as a Beyond-the-Classroom Strategy to Improve University Students’ Career Adaptability. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6246 .
AMA StyleTracy Hui, Sam Lau, Mantak Yuen. Active Learning as a Beyond-the-Classroom Strategy to Improve University Students’ Career Adaptability. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):6246.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTracy Hui; Sam Lau; Mantak Yuen. 2021. "Active Learning as a Beyond-the-Classroom Strategy to Improve University Students’ Career Adaptability." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 6246.
Higher education has increasingly emphasized the importance of employability traits in order to personalize students’ learning needs and meet dynamic workplace demands. Previous research addressing the personalized learning on career education in blended learning model is limited. The present study aims to examine whether students with distinctive stable personality traits would improve their career adaptability and adaptation results after attending a synchronous career course during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 162 participants completed the questionnaires at both the first and last sessions of the course in spring 2020. Findings revealed that the course positively improved students’ identity formation. Personality traits demonstrated significant main effects on the middle identity formation stage and career adaptability. This study highlights traits such as emotional stability and possible cultural effects on the career development course in the young Chinese sample population. The implication of specific attributes and cultural backgrounds in career development courses is discussed.
Sam Lau; Kelvin Wan; Martin Tsui. Evaluation of a Blended Career Education Course during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students’ Career Awareness. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3471 .
AMA StyleSam Lau, Kelvin Wan, Martin Tsui. Evaluation of a Blended Career Education Course during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students’ Career Awareness. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (6):3471.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSam Lau; Kelvin Wan; Martin Tsui. 2021. "Evaluation of a Blended Career Education Course during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students’ Career Awareness." Sustainability 13, no. 6: 3471.
As a carbon-rich, microporous solid produced from biomass pyrolysis, biochar derived from plant materials has been gaining research attention for their potential application as adsorbents in removal of toxic heavy metals. The study aimed to investigate the efficiency of biochars derived from oil seed rape (OSR), Miscanthus (MSP) and wheat (WSP) in the removal of Cd(II) in aqueous solution and compare the Cd(II) adsorption capacity of biochars produced at two pyrolysis temperatures of 550 °C and 700 °C. Batch Cd(II) adsorption experiments revealed that biochars derived from OSR and MSP that prepared at pyrolysis temperature of 550 °C performed better in Cd(II) removal than those at 700 °C. The pseudo-first kinetic model and the Sips isotherm model provided the best simulation of the kinetic and equilibrium data, respectively for all biochars tested. Desorption of Cd(II) from all biochars was achieved with nearly complete Cd(II) recovery using HNO3 as the desorbing agent.
Yan Yan Lam; Sam S.S. Lau; Jonathan W.C. Wong. Removal of Cd(II) from aqueous solutions using plant-derived biochar: Kinetics, isotherm and characterization. Bioresource Technology Reports 2019, 8, 100323 .
AMA StyleYan Yan Lam, Sam S.S. Lau, Jonathan W.C. Wong. Removal of Cd(II) from aqueous solutions using plant-derived biochar: Kinetics, isotherm and characterization. Bioresource Technology Reports. 2019; 8 ():100323.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYan Yan Lam; Sam S.S. Lau; Jonathan W.C. Wong. 2019. "Removal of Cd(II) from aqueous solutions using plant-derived biochar: Kinetics, isotherm and characterization." Bioresource Technology Reports 8, no. : 100323.