PurposeThis study aims at investigating the indirect effect of soft skills on career engagement through the role of psychological capital (PsyCap) in different age groups. The social cognitive theory (SCT) and job demands-resource model (JD-R) were employed to explain the effect of perceived skill mastery on PsyCap and career engagement.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from 707 high school students, 150 university students and 165 employees using a three-wave data collection technique. This study measured soft skills, PsyCap and career engagement at different age groups (i.e. high school students, university students and employees). The data were analysed using a moderated-mediation technique.FindingsThe results showed that soft skills positively influenced PsyCap and eventually increased career engagement in all age groups. However, the effect was stronger for students (both in high school and university) than employees in the workplaces. Unlike most students, employees related soft skills to performance. Regardless of the effect on performance, students would be more likely than employees to perceive soft skill mastery as a source of efficacy.Research limitations/implicationsFirst, the education system should direct more attention to developing students' non-cognitive skills. Second, people should understand that their career advancement continues in the workplace context. Organizations can foster employees' soft skills by providing more opportunities to develop new skills.Originality/valueThis study sheds light on the importance of soft skills beyond academic and workplace performance. This study is among the few empirical investigations that reveal career engagement factors across different career development stages.

The objective of this research and development is to create a description of the operational model of character education and to determine the effectiveness of a character education model in enhancing students' academic independence. There are some results of this research. First, the description of the prototype model of character education to enhance students' academic independence consists of five parts, namely rationalization of character education model; supporting theories of character education model; components of character education model; instructions for using character education model; and development of character education model. Second, the operational model of character education is supported by development tools and developed at five stages, namely analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. Third, the character education model is effective to enhance students' academic independence in Islamic Boarding School, Sinjai.

This study measures the effect of strategic collaboration approach on the Educational National Standards (ENS) and the basic education service quality at local government in Indonesia The research used a quantitative method. We used 489 teachers and 271 school principals in primary and secondary schools. The data were collected through questionnaires for the quantitative data and analyze using a structural model. The research findings confirm strategic collaboration approach has a positive and significant effect on ENS and basic education service quality. Further, the educational national standards have a positive and significant effect on the basic education service. In this study, we found that the strategic collaboration approach may employ in basic education to perform basic education performance. We argue that to better implementation of strategic collaboration approach, the greater improvement of the achievement of ENS and basic education service quality at local government in Indonesia.

<span lang="EN-US">The strategic collaboration approach has recognized widely can overcome the complexities and challenges of teaching and learning programs and achieve sustainable education quality improvement. This study analyzed the development of a strategic collaboration approach in education at local government in Indonesia. The mixed-method analyzed the correlation of the strategic collaboration approach in education. Data gained through the questionnaire for quantitative data and in-depth interview with the key informants for qualitative data. The school collaboration networks, school strategic leadership, teacher strategic alliances capacity, school culture innovation, and school committee collaboration. Besides, the education service innovation as the core objective of the element education strategic collaboration has determined by two factors consist of school collaborative strategic planning and strategic collaboration development in education. Research samples were teachers, school leaders, and school supervisors and also the personnel of the education agency of Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The research samples selected by using a stratified random sampling technique. There were 521 selected respondents and 15 key informants. The questionnaires for quantitative model are scaled on a 6 point-Likert scale ranged from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The strategic collaboration development model viewed as a better approach to achieve education quality improvement, creating a service innovation, and quality control in education.</span>

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This study aims to describe (1) the needs of the tutorial video on Cognitive Behavior Modification (CBM) counseling for the school counselors in Makassar to address student anxiety, (2) the prototype of the CBM tutorial video for the school counselors inMakassar to address student anxiety, and (3) the validity of the CBM tutorial video for the school counselors in Makassar to address student anxiety. This study adopted a research and development design by Borg & Gall (2003). Questionnaires, interviews and scale were used to collect data. The results of the study revealed that (1) the tutorial video on Cognitive Behavior Modification (CBM) counseling was needed by the school counselors in Makassar to address student anxiety, (2) the video consisted of two parts: an overview of the CBM approach and the steps of CBM counseling, and (3) the tutorial video on Cognitive Behavior Modification (CBM) counseling for the school counselors in Makassar to address student anxiety was found to be valid to use.

The study aims to portray the implementation of bilingual language policy and its implications for multiculturalism and internationalization of higher education. The meta-analysis research design enables the researchers in this study to search the available published public documents that are relevant for this study. The result of the study indicates that the implementation of language policy on bilingual education in higher education contexts facilitates the preservation of local and national identities, fosters multicultural pedagogical interaction, and supports the internationalization of universities. This study recommends further in-depth investigation in a multicultural setting with longitudinal approach.

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