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Creating The Next Generation Of Aviation Professionals: Creating Diversity In The Next Generation, Jason T. Lorenzon Dec 2022

Creating The Next Generation Of Aviation Professionals: Creating Diversity In The Next Generation, Jason T. Lorenzon

National Training Aircraft Symposium (NTAS)

Covid-19, mandatory retirement age, the 1500 Hour ATP rule and lack of future aviation professionals has lead to a global industry crisis. With the boom of the 1990’s, 9/11, the Great Recession, Covid-19, the lack of younger individuals dedicating themselves to the study of aviation has led to a current crisis of a lack of aviation professionals ready to serve the industry currently and in the future. Lorenzon will trace how the work force shortage started well over twenty years ago. Boeing and Airbus both predict that over 2.2 million new workers including over 600000 pilots will be needed. Yet …


Empowering International Students As Global Citizens: Promising Praxis For Virtual Global Learning, Linyuan Guo-Brennan, Julie Massey, Wesley Wilkinson Jun 2021

Empowering International Students As Global Citizens: Promising Praxis For Virtual Global Learning, Linyuan Guo-Brennan, Julie Massey, Wesley Wilkinson

Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium

The COVID-19 global pandemic disrupted the traditional ways of providing global learning to students in higher education, and offered international students new opportunities to develop intercultural competency in a virtual environment. Anchored in literature, teaching reflection, student reflection, and critical global citizenship education theory and practices, this article analyzes and discusses the andragogic, cultural, linguistic, academic, and technological dimensions of providing meaningful and inclusive global learning and engagement to international students in a virtual/online environment. Placing international students at the centre of critical academic decisions, this article introduces promising practices and strategies for empowering international students as global citizens, such …


Student Voices: Engaging Diverse Learners Through Shared Learning, Maria L. Manning, Susan Skees Hermes, Julie Duckart Baltisberger, Sarah Barnes, Haley Boggs, Roswell Manning, Margaret Woods Jan 2021

Student Voices: Engaging Diverse Learners Through Shared Learning, Maria L. Manning, Susan Skees Hermes, Julie Duckart Baltisberger, Sarah Barnes, Haley Boggs, Roswell Manning, Margaret Woods

Pedagogicon Conference Proceedings

A student panel discussion and reflection on revising an assignment from a simulation to an experiential learning activity will be presented. Student facilitators represent several majors and levels of undergraduate experiences which also allows modeling for roots of interprofessional collaboration. Students as teaching partners increases awareness of diversity and disability culture on the EKU campus.