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What Is Higher Education to Contemporary Students in Germany?
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Gregor Schäfer – Higher Education Quarterly, 2024
The purpose, aim and goals of higher education itself have been discussed and researched in the context of massified and marketised higher education in Germany, with a focus mainly on higher education national policies or the view of faculty staff. By shifting the perspective instead to the students, this article asks what higher education means…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Higher Education
Data Skills for Everyone! (?)--An Approach to Assessing the Integration of Data Literacy and Data Science Competencies in Higher Education
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André Coners; Benjamin Matthies; Carolin Vollenberg; Julian Koch – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2025
The proficient handling of data can undoubtedly be regarded as a key skill for the future. However, the need for data competencies is not limited to traditional professions in the information technology environment but is rather necessary across industries and work fields. Consequently, there is a call to integrate such Data Literacy and Data…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Higher Education, Information Science Education, Computer Science Education
Was Transitioning to the Virtual Environment Worth It: Effects of Different Virtual Team Projects during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Heather Carle; Cara-Lynn Scheuer; Stephanie Swartz – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2024
Purpose: This study offers insight on the impact of virtual team projects (VTPs) of varying types (global vs domestic teams, technology vs non-tech projects) on competency and anxiety outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: Paired-sample t-tests and ANOVA tests were performed on student survey responses pre- and…
Descriptors: Teamwork, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Projects
Distinction in Higher Education: Educational Strategies of Upper Milieu Students in Germany
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Gregor Schäfer; Katharina Walgenbach – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2024
This article aims to address the research question of which educational strategies are employed by upper milieus to establish or maintain the 'structure of distances' in the field of higher education in late modernity. Inspired by Bourdieu's theory of social reproduction and conflict, the study examined 95 qualitative interviews conducted with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Status, Power Structure, Graduate Students
Differences in Learning Effectiveness across Management Learning Environments: A Cognitive Load Theory Perspective
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Fabian Alexander Müller; Torsten Wulf – Journal of Management Education, 2024
The extant literature indicates that blended learning leads to better outcomes compared to traditional lectures in management education. However, the working memory, which processes all incoming information, can be assumed to already work at capacity in traditional lectures. As blended environments cannot extend this capacity, they can only…
Descriptors: Management Development, Cognitive Ability, Blended Learning, Technology Integration
Working on Boundaries: Linking Research and Practice
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Hadjar Mohajerzad; Daniel Diekmann – International Journal of Educational Management, 2025
Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate how educational researchers work together with practitioners in practical research projects. Design/methodology/approach: Mixed-method. Findings: Our findings suggest that researchers recognize their own limitations as well as those of practitioners and policy makers and learn from collaboration,…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Cooperation, Educational Researchers, Attitudes
Collaborative Online International Learning in Physiology: A Case Study
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Jose Ignacio Priego-Quesada; Andresa M. C. Germano; Daniel Schmidt; Alberto Encarnacion-Martínez; Andressa L. Lemos; Carlos Sendra-Perez; Conrado T. Laett; Emmanuel S. da Rocha; Falk Zaumseil; Fran Oficial-Casado; Inaê de Oliveira; Inmaculada Aparicio-Aparicio; Jesús A. Escalona-Navarro; Joaquín Martín Marzano-Felisatti; Marina Gil-Calvo; Ignacio Catalá-Vilaplana; Niclas Masuch; Pedro Pérez-Soriano; Roberto Sanchis-Sanchis; Felipe P. Carpes – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Internationalization in higher education is essential, and although active learning methodologies are increasing and allow students to develop transversal skills, most still have a very local scope. In this context, the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) methodology is an interesting approach to benefit the students' development.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Science Education, Biomechanics, International Education