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Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 2015
The International Conference on the Changing Academic Profession Project convened in Hiroshima City, Japan, January 24-25, 2014. It was jointly hosted by the Research Institutes of Higher Education at Hiroshima and Kurashiki Sakuyo Universities. The theme of the conference was "The Changing Academic Profession in Asia: The Formation, Work,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Cooperation, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
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Lai, Manhong; Du, Ping; Li, Linlin – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
In order to raise the international reputation and quality of higher education in "China", the Ministry of Education initiated new university employment reform, which pressed academics to produce more research. Recent employment reform has aggravated the conflict between teaching and research. This study "uses" mixed methods to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Mixed Methods Research, College Faculty
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Liu, Shujie – Educational Psychology, 2012
This study employed survey research to investigate the differential relationships between dimensions of teachers' job satisfaction (e.g. salary) and their turnover intention, after controlling for demographic variables (e.g. school location). Five hundred and ten teachers from a northeastern city of China participated. The results of the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teaching (Occupation), Job Satisfaction, Intention
Hanemann, Ulrike, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
This compilation offers global examples of innovative and promising literacy and numeracy programmes that link the teaching and learning of literacy to sustainable development challenges such as health, social equality, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability. This publication is a timely contribution to the 2030 Agenda for…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Literacy, Numeracy, Lifelong Learning
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Gao, Xuesong – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
The paper explores the issue of teachers' professional vulnerability using a range of messages from an online teachers' community on the Chinese mainland. The study reveals how macro changes at policy level impact on teachers' professional relationships and in turn their professional identities in teacher discussants' perceptions. Furthermore, the…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Kommers, Piet, Ed.; Issa, Tomayess, Ed.; Issa, Theodora, Ed.; Chang, Dian-Fu, Ed.; Isias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conferences on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014), and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE 2014). The International Conference on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014) is the scientific conference addressing the real topics as seen by teachers, students, parents and…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Technology, Sustainability
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Zhengtao, Li – Frontiers of Education in China, 2006
So far, pedagogy has not formed its own unique visual angle and thinking mode to understand humans and the world in general; consequently, it is always counting upon other subjects, which is the root of the crisis in pedagogy. Focusing on the "visual angle" and "thinking mode", this article puts forward a new proposition…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Educational Research
Day, Christopher, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
The International Handbook of Teacher and School Development brings together a collection of research and evidence-based authoritative writings which focus on international teacher and school development. Drawing on research from 18 countries across 7 continents, the 40 chapters are grouped into 10 themes which represent key aspects of teacher and…
Descriptors: Teachers, Expectation, Teaching (Occupation), Accountability
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Kexian, Ji; Hao, Tang – Chinese Education and Society, 2006
On September 10, 2006, Teachers' Day was marked for the twentieth time in China. On this day, this journal's reporters congratulated teachers and at the same time conducted a number of investigations among teachers nationwide over the Internet, to find out what issues are of the biggest concern to them. The seventy-plus issues listed in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Salaries
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Ballantine, Jeanne – Teaching Sociology, 1989
Explores the concept of good teaching in universities worldwide by interviewing professors and exchange students from USSR, England, Spain, Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, Turkey, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan. Finds that teaching receives low priority in elite institutions while universities with open access…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Sharpe, Keith; Ning, Qiuhong – Compare, 1998
Compares the arrangements for secondary modern-languages teacher training in England and China that provides rich insights into a range of dilemmas surrounding the whole process of how teachers can be prepared to meet the challenges facing the profession in the 21st century. Investigates the teacher programs, assessment, pedagogic styles, and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Research, Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Su, Guilin – Chinese Education: A Journal of Translations, 1989
Investigates factors contributing to difficulties faced by China's female college graduates seeking a job. Suggests publicizing the idea of women's liberation while increasing the training of women, correcting the expectations of the traditional role, eliminating the idea of child rearing as a personal matter, and protecting women in the course of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Graduates, Educational Research, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This July 9, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Learning Communities Can Be Cohesive-And Divisive" (Jaffee, David); (2)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Freshmen, Cooperative Learning, College Presidents
Delta Pi Epsilon Society, Little Rock, AR. – 2001
This document contains 23 papers from a conference on promoting excellence in research and teaching for business. The following are among the papers included: "Alternative Licensure/Certification Assessment of State Specialists" (Marilyn Chalupa, Ginny Richerson, Nancy Groneman, Kimberlee Bartel, Randy L. Joyner, Dennis LaBonty);…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adoption (Ideas), Business Communication, Business Education