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Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2021
Concise, clear and comprehensive snapshots of vocational education and training systems in EU, Iceland and Norway: this is what the Cedefop Spotlight on VET series offers. Building on individual country Spotlights, this publication provides an overview of VET systems with their distinctive qualities, such as main accession and progression routes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Secondary Education
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Hidalgo, Victoria; Pérez-Padilla, Javier; Sánchez, Jose; Ayala-Nunes, Lara; Maya, Jesús; Grimaldi, Víctor; Menéndez, Susana – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
The purpose of this research was to present an overview of the existing family support resources in Spain for at-risk families. We analysed 64 family support services from 16 agencies belong to 11 regions of Spain. In a second phase, 20 positive parenting programmes were analysed in depth to ascertain the extent to which they met evidence-based…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Evidence Based Practice, Parent Education, Parenting Skills
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Cação, Rosário – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2017
We describe a study on the motivation of trainees in e-learning-based professional training and on the effect of their motivation upon the perceptions they build about the quality of the courses. We propose the concepts of "perceived motivational gap" and "real motivational gap" as indicators of e-learning quality, which…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Student Attitudes
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Duarte Clemente, Mariana Vilela; Ferrándiz-Vindel, Isabel-María – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
The Higher Education institutions should offer excellence teaching and qualification opportunities for the university teaching staff. La Facultad Integrada de Pernambuco (FACIPE) (the Integrated School of Pernambuco) in Brazil, following the global trend, has been involved in implementing changes to help improve the quality of education in our…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Responsibility
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Sangra, Albert; Fernandez-Michels, Pedro – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2011
Purpose: The paper seeks to describe the Catalan corporate e-learning providers from the perspective of quality perception, quality assessment and quality control. Design/methodology/approach: A literature review reveals key aspects of the definition of quality in e-learning. The results of the review constitute the basis for exploratory research…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Focus Groups, Educational Quality, Quality Control
Abetti, Pauline; Beardmore, Sarah; Tapp, Charles, Winthrop, Rebecca – Brookings Institution, 2011
The future of bilateral aid to basic education is at risk, placing the educational opportunities of many of the world's poorest girls and boys on the line. Some donor governments are reducing overall bilateral assistance, others are phasing out long-standing partnerships with particular developing countries and several are abandoning education as…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Opportunities, At Risk Students, Foreign Countries
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Gallifa, J. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2009
This article presents a methodology for obtaining information about some of the significant variables relevant to the integration of graduates into the work force. After revisiting the main issues dealt with in previous research on the professional integration of graduates, research was carried out to identify the major issues and a survey was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Education Work Relationship, Career Information Systems
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Bremer, Rainer – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2008
Purpose: This article aims to take up a mirror image-oriented position of the EQF and the announced ECVET system. It seeks to be concerned with the effects that the EQF transformation process into the respective NQF might have on the underlying systems of vocational education and training. Design/methodology/approach: A comparison is drawn between…
Descriptors: Industry, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Comparative Education
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
This volume contains papers submitted to the 11th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 14-17 May 2013, and papers submitted to the 1st International Distance Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre "Scientific Cooperation,"…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Comparative Education, Global Approach