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Taranto, Eugenia; Arzarello, Ferdinando – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
This paper focuses on MOOCs (massive open online courses), a fairly recent paradigm in e-learning educational projects. Despite the high dropout rate, and the impossibility of benefiting from the opportunities that bring with it a face-to-face dialogue, several factors make MOOCs a good option for ongoing teacher professional learning. The MOOCs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Mathematics Education, Inservice Teacher Education
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Sacco, Chiara; Le Rose, Giuseppina – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
Early school leaving has profound implications at a socio-economic level and planning effective prevention programs within school is crucial for contrasting it. Based on the hypothesis that the dropout is the last step of a process that ends in the student's decision to leave school, we studied the interplay between multiple risk factors of school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dropouts, Dropout Attitudes, Intention
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Colombari, Ruggero; Neirotti, Paolo – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
The digitalization of operations is disrupting frontline technical jobs, entailing new competency needs currently not being met by upper secondary education and corporate training programs. To discuss how technical universities can help bridge the resulting "middle-skills gap" without incurring an unwarranted academization of these…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Competency Based Education
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Alzafari, Khaled; Ursin, Jani – Quality in Higher Education, 2019
The vast majority of studies concerning the implementation of quality assurance in higher education institutions have been conducted from a national perspective, with few cross-national studies. This study aimed to explore the implementation of quality assurance standards in Europe from a comparative perspective. A questionnaire based on…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Standards
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Rossi, Sabrina; Giordano, Enrica; Lanciano, Nicoletta – Physics Education, 2016
In this paper we present the "Sky on Earth" project funded in 2008 by the Italian Ministry of Instruction, Research and University, inside its annual public outreach education program. The project's goal was to realise a stable and open-access astronomical garden, where children, teachers and citizens could be engaged in investigations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Astronomy, Science Course Improvement Projects, Informal Education
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Hauck, Mirjam, Ed.; Müller-Hartmann, Andreas, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2020
The Evaluating and Upscaling Telecollaborative Teacher Education (EVALUATE) project was a European policy experiment funded by Erasmus+ between 2017 and 2019. The EVALUATE consortium trained teacher trainers and organised virtual exchanges which involved over 1,000 student teachers at over 34 initial teacher education institutions in Europe and…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Computer Simulation
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Guiné, Raquel P. F.; Costa, Daniela V. T. A; Correia, Paula M. R.; Costa, Cristina A.; Correia, Helena E.; Castro, Moises; Guerra, Luis T.; Seeds, Catherine; Coll, Collette; Radics, Laszlo; Arslan, Meahmet; Soylu, Soner; Tothova, Monika; Toth, Peter; Basile, Salvatore – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to obtain information to characterize potential trainees seeking training programs about organic farming in the form of mobile learning. This information is expected to allow for establishing a set of guidelines to design mobile training opportunities that could match the potential clients' wishes.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Morciano, Daniele; Scardigno, Anna Fausta; Manuti, Amelia; Pastore, Serafina – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2014
In this paper an evaluation study of a public programme financing a regional network of 157 youth centres in the South of Italy is presented. A theory-based evaluation model was adopted to explore the causal links between different types of participation experience. Evaluation questions focused on three main issues are: the perception of…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Youth Agencies, Participation, Program Evaluation
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Linder, Sandra; McGaha, Julie – Educational Forum, 2013
This essay offers suggestions for faculty who are designing study abroad (SA) experiences by outlining a three-week Maymester study abroad to Reggio Emilia, Italy, and a semester-long study abroad to Brussels, Belgium. The authors reflect on commonalities in planning, recruiting, preparing students, and conducting each trip, as well as some of the…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Program Design