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Skill Development

Skill Development is an educational process through which an individual systematically acquires, refines, and adapts vocational, technical, and transversal competencies required for effective job performance and career progression, typically via structured yet nonformal or work-based learning activities.

4.9K

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265.5K

Citations

10.6K

Authors

2.8K

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2017–2026

1.7K

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Skills Development

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Publications

4.9K

What Makes Professional Development Effective? Results From a National Sample of Teachers

Michael S. Garet, Andrew C. Porter, Laura M. Desimone et al. · American Educational Research Journal · 2001 · 5K citations

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Acquisition of cognitive skill.

John R. Anderson · Psychological Review · 1982 · 3.5K citations

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Skill Formation and the Economics of Investing in Disadvantaged Children

James J. Heckman · Science · 2006 · 3.5K citations

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The Technology of Skill Formation

Flávio Cunha, James J. Heckman · American Economic Review · 2007 · 3K citations

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21st century skills: learning for life in our times

Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 3K citations

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Authors

10.6K

  1. JJ
    James J. Heckman

    University of Chicago, United States

    17 publications · 10.8K citations

    16

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  2. DJ
    Denise Jackson

    Edith Cowan University, Australia

    15 publications · 2.2K citations

    15

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  3. PL
    Phillip L. Ackerman

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    14 publications · 2.5K citations

    13

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  4. JP
    Jonathan Payne

    Cardiff University, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 449 citations

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  5. DA
    David Ashton

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 543 citations

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Institutions

2.8K

  1. Yogyakarta State University

    Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    23 h-index

    98 publications

    3.9K citations

  2. National University of Malaysia

    Bangi, Malaysia

    22 h-index

    83 publications

    4K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    21 h-index

    82 publications

    16.5K citations

  4. Edith Cowan University

    Perth, Australia

    19 h-index

    34 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. State University of Padang

    Padang, Indonesia

    18 h-index

    84 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    18 h-index

    40 publications

    4.4K citations

  7. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    18 h-index

    33 publications

    3.2K citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    18 h-index

    40 publications

    3K citations

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Venues

  1. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

    97 publications · 3.1K citations

    33

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  2. Journal of Education and Work

    51 publications · 2.9K citations

    27

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  3. Sustainability

    34 publications · 2.9K citations

    26

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  4. Education + Training

    43 publications · 2K citations

    23

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  5. Journal of Vocational Education and Training

    JVET · 44 publications · 1.8K citations

    22

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