Commercial Education Research Articles

Towards an understanding of the political economy of earlychildhood education platforms. Pro Business or Pro Children?

There is a rapidly expanding and proliferating number of commercial early childhood platforms, competing for market share in what has become a crowded marketplace. Early childhood platforms provide a wide range of functions including an all-in-one digital ecosystem offering a learning management system; social media communication between educators, families and children; invoicing and payment; attendance monitoring; data tracking; individual profiling; documentation; pedagogic advice and even policy interpretation. Platforms are a sociocultural and ideological phenomenon that ‘can replace or profoundly disrupt educational systems’ (Cobo and Rivas) and hence their advent demands urgent critical thinking. However, within early years there is comparatively limited research of platforms' impacts upon families, educators and children. The aims of this colloquium are firstly to open a critical space to think about the political economy of commercial education platforms and secondly, to ask questions about platforms' impacts upon the neoliberal subjectivities of educators, families and children.

Dual Education: A methodology Used in the Professional Secretariat School for developing workplace competencies during 2023

The Dual Professional Training Project of the Professional Secretarial School (ESP) of the National University since 2000 and is implemented in the diploma program of the two careers Commercial Education and Office Administration, which provide work spaces for students to acquire certified professional experience and, at the same time, develop labor and social competencies, through the combination of theory and practice. Continuous supervision of the participants is carried out, as well as interviews and focus groups to learn about the experiences of this modality in the year 2023, which were the acquisition of knowledge in the area of technology with the use of platforms, programs and databases; the execution of techniques through the development of document types and file management; and participation in areas complementary to their training, such as training and handling of confidential information, in addition to the skills put into practice, for example, teamwork, assertive communication and creativity. The teaching staff of the ESP has pedagogical training and experience in the technical area, necessary to complement the work developed by the tutors within the companies, which have the disposition and resources to participate in this modality.

El uso de estrategias de enseñanza y aprendizaje desde la alteridad en la carrera de Educación Comercial de la Universidad Nacional

From otherness, the use of teaching and learning strategies is proposed as a resource in the classroom that allows the inclusion and equality of students in the teaching and learning processes in the Commercial Education career; The teacher, being aware of the needs and interests of the students, will be able to use strategies that promote the development of skills and strengths so that everyone has the same opportunities. Likewise, graduates will be able to use strategies that romote otherness, creating spaces for horizontal and emancipatory communication in their work areas. In order to identify how teachers in this career can apply otherness in teaching and learning strategies, it is important to ask the following question: will the teacher be discovering the needs of the students? .In order to respond to this statement, the concept of alterity that is the discovery of the other, that is, that there are different contexts and worldviews, will be addressed. In which, it is required that the teacher is located in the educational realities that his students present and that they look for a solution so that the activities carried out respond to their needs

SPREAD OF COMMERCIAL EDUCATION IN SOUTHERN UKRAINE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY: KHERSON COMMERCIAL SCHOOL

The article is devoted to the birth of commercial education in one of the leading commercial, economic and industrial regions of Southern Ukraine at the beginning of the 20th century. The rapid development of economy in Kherson intensified the process of training specialists in professional education, similar to Odesa and Mykolaiv. However, there were also its own obstacles, which in turn determined certain features of the formation of this educational link. The purpose of this article is an attempt to characterize the activities of the first commercial school in one of the economic centers of Southern Ukraine at the beginning of the 20th century. Having worked out the existing source and historiographical base of this issue, it was possible to determine the prerequisites that contributed to its initiation, to outline the main stages of its functioning and to clarify its significance in the process of spreading commercial education.

Continuing Professional Development and The Commercial Education Society of Australia

Continuing Professional Development and The Commercial Education Society of Australia

Associate Membership of hte Commercial Education Society of Australia

Associate Membership of hte Commercial Education Society of Australia

The Importance of Commercial Education

The Importance of Commercial Education

El El uso de estrategias de enseñanza y aprendizaje desde la alteridad en la carrera de Educación Comercial de la Universidad Nacional

From otherness, the use of teaching and learning strategies is proposed as a resource in the classroom that allows the inclusion and equality of students in the teaching and learning processes in the Commercial Education career; The teacher, being aware of the needs and interests of the students, will be able to use strategies that promote the development of skills and strengths so that everyone has the same opportunities. Likewise, graduates will be able to use strategies that promote otherness, creating spaces for horizontal and emancipatory communication in their work areas.In order to identify how teachers in this career can apply otherness in teaching and learning strategies, it is important to ask the following question: will the teacher be discovering the needs of the students? .In order to respond to this statement, the concept of alterity that is the discovery of the other, that is, that there are different contexts and worldviews, will be addressed. In which, it is required that the teacher is located in the educational realities that his students present and that they look for a solution so that the activities carried out respond to their needs.

A Very Scottish Mercantile Grand Tour? The Significance of Diversity in Early Nineteenth-Century Continental Travel

A case study of a land-based journey around the Baltic coast in 1817 by two young middle-class merchants from Fisherrow (Musselburgh) and Shetland primarily illustrates the diversity of Grand Tours by the early nineteenth century. It also argues that exploring the dynamics of diversity can further understanding of the role of agency in transition and change, beyond class and status alone. On the one hand, the men’s journey extended their commercial education, using family trading networks to build functional skills and knowledge (‘cultural’ capital), rather than accumulating social status (‘symbolic’ capital) as had been the case for many aristocratic Grand Tourists. On the other, they instigated and planned the journey themselves, travelling without supervision, individualising their journey and making it more imaginative, characteristics encapsulated in a specific understanding of the German term Bildungsreise. Finally, their socio-economic circumstances and their expectations, as well as those of their parents and mentors, differed considerably, so they were forced to negotiate the ratio of business to pleasure and personal development, each man to a differing degree. The resulting compromise not only made their journey different to earlier, aristocratic Grand Tours, but made the two men’s experiences themselves unique. Their case demonstrates how focusing on diversity, and exploring the interplay of the processes, forces and contexts involved, can contribute to a more nuanced understanding of nineteenth-century transformations in continental travel.

Professions for vocational education graduates in the field of internet services

Introduction. The field of Internet services is one of the most dynamically developing in our country. A key indicator of the effectiveness of vocational training institutions where young people study in IT specialties is the profile employment of graduates, to what extent their competencies contribute to getting a job or require additional training.Purpose setting. The article examines those niches of the labor market in the field of Internet services, where the competencies of graduates of the vocational school would be most in demand.Methodology and methods of the study. The list of promising niches of the labor market in the field of Internet services is formed on the basis of commercial education proposals published on the Internet and supplemented with generalized salary proposals from employers. The salary level, which acts as a means of assessing the demand for a specialty, is indicated in the following values: minimum, maximum, average and median.Results. Two groups of IT specialties have been identified that meet the above requirements: those with a low entry threshold, where the basic competencies obtained in vocational training institutions are sufficient for primary employment, and those requiring specific knowledge and skills that can be obtained with additional education.Conclusion. Despite the capacity and dynamism of the Internet services sector in our country, graduates of the vocational school are limited in terms of employment in profile IT specializations, since their basic knowledge and skills only to a small extent meet the requirements of the market. They can compete for jobs with a low entry threshold and, accordingly, low wages. But they can also improve their position in the labor market through additional education.

FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS EDUCATION AS A BASIS OF DEVELOPMENT FOR TRADERS OF THE SAN PEDRO DE RIOBAMBA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC COMPANY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS MARKET

The financial and commercial education allows a better understanding of the technical tools that favors informal decision making, the development of savings habits and expense planning. This research aims to promote the necessary conditions to increase the levels of financial education in order to improve the management of resources, generating favorable conditions of products and marketing processes that contribute to the productive growth of merchants in the San Pedro de Riobamba Agricultural Producers Market. The methodology is developed with a qualitative and quantitative approach, with a sample size of 195 surveys to obtain results on the degree of financial knowledge of the merchants of the San Pedro de Riobamba Agricultural Producers Market. The results and findings obtained showed that the management of finances is done empirically demonstrating a lack of technical analysis that contributes to the efficient management of finances, generating a scarce financial culture. The relevant conclusions of this research indicate that the needs in terms of Financial Education are essential to improve productivity, profitability and motivate the active participation of processes of transfer of fundamental knowledge of finance.

Making Swadeshi Managers: The Antecedents of Professional Management Education in India, 1860s–1950s

The history of Indian management education is overwhelmingly focused on the period from the 1950s and 1960s onward. This article traces the hitherto underexplored history of how, from the 1860s until the 1950s, Indians thought about and implemented education and training for managers. In particular, it demonstrates how Indian nationalist politicians articulated the nation-building utility of managers and managerial training, and how business education became yoked to nationalists’ broader visions of India’s economic regeneration. Beginning in the early twentieth century, Indian nationalists championed commercial education, advocating its evolution out of its vocational roots into something more scientific and specialized for producing skilled indigenous managers. The precise evolution of Indian commercial education exercised long-term influences on postcolonial management programs. First, Indians established a tradition of surveying the latest pedagogical methods and institutional models from around the world and adapting them to Indian conditions. Second, Indian advocates of commercial education carved out an important role for the state, working on commercial education endeavors with British officials in the colonial era and, later on, placing management education within the ambit of centralized state planning. Management had a fundamentally political valence in India. For this reason, commercial and management education programs in India, unlike in the West, largely avoided questions about their legitimacy.

Cieszyn as an Alternative Centre of Commercial Education in Austrian Silesia before 1918?

The study deals with the issue of commercial education in Austrian Silesia in the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It specifi cally focuses on schools oriented this way in the East Silesian centre of Cieszyn (Teschen), whose development is placed in the context of more general trends in the development of Silesian and pre-Austrian commercial education. It primarily focuses on the circumstances of the emergence of schools and their composition, organization, curriculum content and students. The study aims to assess to what extent Cieszyn fulfi lled the role of an alternative centre for commercial education in Silesia during the observed period alongside the provincial capital of Opava, and to what extent the signifi cance of local educational institutions crossed provincial borders and benefi ted the population of the southern regions of neighbouring Galicia.

Translanguaging and Educational Inequality in the Global South: Stance-taking amongst Brazilian Teachers of English

AbstractTranslanguaging has gained prominence as a pedagogical orientation that promises to promote the rights of minoritized migrant students by valuing pre-existing multilingualisms and identities. However, the effects of classroom translanguaging on teacher and student outlooks and relations of inequality are far from universal. In this paper we consider translanguaging in English language teaching in Brazil, a context in which multilingualism is often tied to social and racial closure. We show how English teachers position themselves and students in relation to translanguaging, drawing on analysis of stance-taking in online discussions. We find limited support for a transformative role played by current translingual practices, despite contributions to the establishment of affective bonds with students. We then examine a polemic over localized usages of English that casts light on how teachers do position themselves critically and opens up space for the development of critical language awareness. We argue that teacher outlooks are shaped by the changing status of English in the global south, and by unequal patterns of access to English in public, private, and commercial education settings.

The Adaptation of Export-Scale Urban Farmers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bandung Metropolitan

These days, urban agriculture is more than a hobby. It has expanded into a local commercial business, even to an export scale. However, urban farmers who have commercialized their products must adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, which has impacted many aspects of global life. This research used a mixed-method approach. We collected quantitative data from 107 respondents on the household commercialization index, income level, and education level of export-scale-urban farmers in the Bandung metropolitan area, West Java, Indonesia. We also used qualitative data to determine how farmers were adapting to difficult situations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This information was gathered through in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation. The results showed that the urban farmers continued to prioritize commercial agriculture during the COVID-19 pandemic. The urban farmers must adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic in various ways, beginning with market access, agricultural management, and strengthening financial resources. There are some conditions where adaptation methods adopted by farmers are not environmentally friendly because the farmers are increasingly dependent on synthetic inputs and use cold storage on open land. Thus, the farmers' adaptation steps to maintain export-scale commercial farming activities in the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic also affect intensive agricultural practices that are not environmentally friendly.

TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESSES OF BUSINESS EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOL

This article aims to guide and encourage teachers to use technological applications, for the development of content adapted to the educational context in which they work, although there are resource limitations in the different educational centers, it should not be left aside, since, These tools promote student skills, competencies, interest, criticality, and motivation through the integration of gamification, collaborative activities, infographics, presentations, quizzes, exams, videos, and comics that recreate a class that breaks with the traditional model.
 The Commercial Education teacher, who works in the different modalities offered by the secondary education system at the national level, agrees with the need for technological updating, referring to the teaching and learning process that has evolved the way in which classes were taught.

Hybrid News for Hybrid Times

Hybrid genres include infotainment, infomercial, arguetainment, communication stampede, spin, and media spectacle. In altered social circumstances, the usual elements of existence as a society, citizen, and public are transformed into the market, consumerist and commercial. Conventional information education becomes ad hoc commercial education. Instead of genuine media content that seeks a media audience that resonates with it, there is advertising (entertainment) through private media intended for consumers. In a construed reality, media corporation owners are not interested in the citizen, but in profit. The consequences include social spectacularization, the illusion of de-ideologization, celebrity culture, and the fact that we are generally becoming shallow. The pandemic has further intensified these trends, which in the horizons of media philosophy may be primarily considered as a Neronian intensification of fear on a global scale.

498 Investing in Translational Science: Forging Critical Connections with Investment Professionals

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Ask the Experts: A Biomedical Innovation Forum, presented by Fast Forward Medical Innovation (FFMI) at the University of Michigan, provided an opportunity to educate biomedical innovators on life science investment trends and technology assessment criteria. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: FFMI, in partnership with the U.S. Economic Development Administration, recruited an expert group of panelists to be featured at this virtual event. These life science investment experts provided insight on the strategy, timing, and best method for innovators to engaged investors, the specifics of what investors look for in technologies and project teams, and expectations of investors and project teams after the investment is secured. The panel presentation was followed by a poster presentation highlighting projects from the FFMI Hub at the University of Michigan, allowing innovators to have an open and constructive conversation with experts and attendees. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: There was a total of 73 registrants including academic faculty, biomedical innovators, and life science investment professionals from 21 different academic institutions, private companies, and other organizations. 50 attended the panel presentation and poster session. Results (N=5) of an evaluation of the event revealed that 100% of the respondents strongly agreed or agreed that the event met their expectations, while 80% strongly agreed or agreed that they would recommend the event to a colleague. Feedback from poster presenters was also strong with presenters exclaiming they “enjoyed the panel discussion and getting one-on-one time with the panelists,” as well as “a lot of great advice was given by the experts” and “I really liked the poster presentation part in which I got feedback from the investors.” DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: The data demonstrates how accelerating technology mining activities, proactively seeking and strengthening external partnerships with investors, and scaling commercialization education programs can have a positive impact on the development and launch of biomedical innovations.

504 A Model for Introducing Biomedical Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Concepts to Research Faculty

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Use an easily accessible medium to educate life science researchers and academic innovators interested in the commercialization of academic research at the University of Michigan (UM). METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Life science research investigators and academic innovators interested in research commercialization and technology development from across the state of Michigan were invited to attend the Idea to Impact: The Translation & Commercialization of Academic Research webinar series, presented by Fast Forward Medical Innovation at the University of Michigan. The webinar series outlined the significance and critical milestones of developing novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health innovations, as well as essential collaborations with industry partners to translate a research-based idea into a product of impact. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: 113 investigators and innovators from 28 different institutions, organizations, and companies, registered for the webinar series. Results (N=24) of an evaluation immediately following each webinar revealed that 100% of respondents strongly agreed or agreed that the series was effective in helping them to identify and describe commercialization resources, including funding, education, and mentorship, available at the University of Michigan and within the state. Participants stated that they “loved the practical information” “shared” and that the series was a “great overview that inspired a lot more questions.” The Fast Forward Medical Innovation team was then able to consult with participants to connect them with additional resources. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: The data suggests that easily accessible and digestible commercialization education can make navigating the academic entrepreneurial ecosystem easier for investigators and innovators. The recorded webinar series, Idea to Impact: The Translation & Commercialization of Academic Research, serves this purpose.

Educating indigenous commercial executives. A business school in colonial context: The case of the Indochina Higher School of Commerce (1920–1932)

Research has traditionally addressed higher commercial education in the setting of Western countries, which does not consider empirical evidence that historically some higher education institutions devoted to commercial education were also founded in the colonies. Drawing on archival analysis, this article details the case of the Indochina Higher School of Commerce, founded in 1920, which was officially the first commercial school at the tertiary level in Vietnam in colonial times. Although this school was formed to contribute to the formation of a new type of ‘indigenous elite’, as the colonial administration referred to them, its development was hampered by the contradictions of French colonial policy. Despite its brief existence, the analysis of the Indochina Higher School of Commerce adds a significant layer to the literature concerning the global history of commercial education at higher level.