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Jungblut, Jens; Vukasovic, Martina; Stensaker, Bjørn – European Journal of Higher Education, 2015
The study provides an insight into student perspectives on quality in higher education, using Harvey and Green conceptualizations as the point of departure, and exploring the linkages between the views on quality, the developments of the Bologna Process and related national reforms, as well as students' motivation for and expectations from higher…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Quality, Higher Education
Hirsch, E. D., Jr. – Harvard Education Press, 2016
In "Why Knowledge Matters," influential scholar E. D. Hirsch, Jr., addresses critical issues in contemporary education reform and shows how cherished truisms about education and child development have led to unintended and negative consequences. Hirsch, author of "The Knowledge Deficit," draws on recent findings in neuroscience…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Educational Change, Child Development, Failure
Busemeyer, Marius; Lergetporer, Philipp; Woessmann, Ludger – European Commission, 2016
In education policy, as in many other policy fields, well-designed policy reforms may fail to get enacted because policymakers may suddenly become confronted with a public backlash against their reform agenda. Thus, understanding the dynamics of public opinion is important in order to be able to assess the chances of successful reform. There is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Opinion, Adoption (Ideas), Feasibility Studies
Berner, Esther, Ed.; Gonon, Philipp, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2016
Understanding today's Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems requires a comprehension of the rise and development, i.e. of the foundations of topical VET. This book provides a comparative view of its development in Europe. The contributions of renowned authors give insight into conceptual questions, cases, and challenges in this field.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Continuing Education, Educational History
van Zanten, Agnès; Kosunen, Sonja – London Review of Education, 2013
This article analyzes the influence of Stephen Ball's work on research on markets and school choice in five European countries (Finland, France, Norway, Spain, and Sweden). The main focus is on the intellectual circulation of ideas, but the authors also take into account the relationship between ideas and social and political changes, as well as…
Descriptors: School Choice, Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Social Change
Sanseau, Pierre-Yves; Ansart, Sandrine – Journal of International Education Research, 2013
In this paper, the researchers analyse how lifelong learning can be enriched and develop a different perspective based on the experiment involving the accreditation of prior experiential learning (APEL) conducted in France at the university level. The French system for the accreditation of prior experiential learning, called Validation des Acquis…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Prior Learning
Vors, Olivier; Gal-Petitfaux, Nathalie; Potdevin, François – European Physical Education Review, 2015
Since 2010, French middle schools with a high enrolment of difficult students have benefited from a compensatory policy called "Écoles Collèges et Lycées pour l'Ambition, l'Innovation et la Réussite" (ECLAIR) (Primary and Secondary Schools for Ambition, Innovation and Success). These difficult students frequently misbehave, disengage…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Teaching Methods
Neary, Mike – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2012
This article reports on a movement to create a radical new model of higher education in Europe and beyond based on the practices of self-education and militant/co-research during 2011. The article provides an account of a group that lies at the heart of this movement, the Edu-Factory Collective. The approach advocated by the Edu-Factory Collective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Hennebry, Mairin – Language Learning Journal, 2014
A drive for the development of European citizenship (EC) through Modern Foreign Language (MFL) teaching has existed for some time within the academic literature as well as policy institutions. Nevertheless, the views of MFL teachers on the role of MFL in developing EC have rarely been given a voice. This article presents the findings of a study…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Citizenship, Foreign Countries, Modern Languages
Genicot, Geneviève – European Journal of Higher Education, 2012
Similarities between French and Italian political culture of student representation include a conflictual culture in a weak national system of intermediation of interests, and a mimetic relationship with national conflictual party politics. New international topics, such as the Bologna Process or the growing commodification of education, have…
Descriptors: Student Unions, Educational Policy, International Education, Higher Education
Mattei, Paola – Oxford Review of Education, 2012
This article concentrates on the policy reforms of schools in England, Germany, France and Italy, from 1988 to 2009, with a focus on the introduction of market accountability. Pressing demands for organisational change in schools, shaped by the objectives of "efficiency" and competition, which were introduced in England in the 1980s,…
Descriptors: Evidence, State Schools, Competition, Foreign Countries
Monnin, Eric – Educational Review, 2012
For Pierre de Coubertin, Olympism was a tool which could serve to educate young people, employing a twofold approach, both sporting and intellectual. This ambitious programme involved a balance between mind and body, as his famous statement, "Mens fervida in corpore lacertoso" (a passionate mind in a well-trained body), demonstrates.…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Athletics, Foreign Countries, Physical Education
Dobbins, Michael; Martens, Kerstin – Journal of Education Policy, 2012
In this article, we address whether international student comparisons have changed the dynamics of French secondary education policy. We focus on the increasingly significant impact of the Organization for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD)'s "Programme for International Student Assessment" (PISA) on France, a country previously…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Policy
Qureshi, Yasmeen F.; Janmaat, Jan Germen – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
This article focuses specifically on the incorporation of ethnic minority children within the education systems of England, France and Germany. The trends in policy development after World War II in these countries are examined through the prism of three ideal-typical incorporation strategies--integration, assimilation and separation. This is done…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Trend Analysis, Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups
Professional Higher Education in Europe. Characteristics, Practice Examples and National Differences
Camilleri, Anthony F.; Delplace, Stefan; Frankowicz, Marek; Hudak, Raimund; Tannhäuser, Anne-Christin – Online Submission, 2014
Chapter 1 starts out with a short historical view on "academisation" and "professionalisation," illustrating how much professional higher education (PHE) in Europe has been in flux in the past years. With examples from France and Ireland, the chapter argues how a new spectrum of missions, differences in national organization of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Education, Higher Education, Differences