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Vincent Berry; Annie Xiang – American Journal of Play, 2024
The authors examine the evolution of board game authorship between 1845 and 1984, based on an analysis of a corpus of more than thirty-seven hundred games from the University Sorbonne Paris North's Fonds Patrimonialdu Jeu de Société, a board game collection of more than fifteen thousand titles. Overall, they show that game authors have rarely…
Descriptors: Games, Foreign Countries, Historical Interpretation, Authors
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Billett, Stephen, Ed.; Stalder, Barbara Elisabeth, Ed.; Aarkrog, Vibe, Ed.; Choy, Sarojni, Ed.; Hodge, Steven, Ed.; Le, Anh Hai, Ed. – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2022
This book addresses what is, perhaps, the single most important issue for vocational education; its relatively low standing in an era of high aspiration. The work explores the nature, extent and consequences for an educational sector that whilst having an increasingly important role in contemporary societies is seen to be of low standing across…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Role of Education, Aspiration, Government Role
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Márquez-Ramos, Laura – Industry and Higher Education, 2021
There are three different types of activities performed in higher education institutions that, taken together, form the components of a trilemma in higher education. These include traditional academic activities (research and teaching) and those that aim to transfer knowledge beyond academia (industry-oriented activities). The increased use of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Interaction
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Gerloff, Axel; Reinhard, Karin – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2019
There is mutual agreement about the need for internationalization in higher education. However, there is no consensus regarding the best practice. Universities offering cooperative and work-integrated education have a comparative advantage in providing their graduates with capabilities needed on the labor market. They face the challenge to develop…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Cooperative Education, Work Experience
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2018
In a highly competitive global landscape, occupations are transformed, new jobs are created and the skills needed for the labour market are constantly changing. European countries are looking at redefining VET [vocational education and training] to respond promptly to such challenges and take advantage of the opportunities ahead. They are…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
National Science Foundation, 2020
Contributions from and innovation in science and technology over many decades have resulted in dramatic improvements to American lives, including enhanced living standards and life expectancy, better access to information and connectivity across the globe, and increased access to and affordability of consumer goods. The analysis in this report is…
Descriptors: Sciences, Engineering, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2019
Each month, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) surveys a random sample of individuals who three months prior registered on mba.com--the GMAC™ website for prospective graduate business students. Their survey responses provide an inside look into the decision-making process of people currently considering applying to a graduate…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education
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Le, Thanh; Tang, Kam Ki – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This paper empirically examines the impact of academic research on high-tech manufacturing growth of 28 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and emerging countries over the 1991-2005 period. A standard research and development (R&D) expenditure based measure is found to be too general to capture the input in high-tech…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Manufacturing Industry, Technological Advancement, International Organizations
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Britz, Malena – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2010
European integration has increased to encompass security-related policies. One such policy is defense industry policy, which traditionally has been a national concern rooted in defense and security policy. Efforts have been made since the 1990s to create a European defense industry market. However, there have been different ideas of how this goal…
Descriptors: Industry, Foreign Countries, National Security, International Relations
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Bruun, E.; Nielsen, I. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2010
Nanotechnology is having an increasing impact on university curricula in electrical engineering and in physics. Major influencers affecting developments in university programmes related to nanoelectronics are discussed and a model for university programme development is described. The model takes into account that nanotechnology affects not only…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Physics, College Science, College Curriculum
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Germain, Marie-Line; Ruiz, Carlos Enrique – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer a comparison of how human expertise is perceived by human resource development (HRD) scholars across several Western European countries and in the USA. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative, exploratory approach using electronic mail was used for this study. In total, 36 leading HRD scholars from…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Ethnography, Interviews, Cultural Differences
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Le Deist, Francoise – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to analyse the conceptual approaches to competence and practice in competence management in France. Design/methodology/approach: Extensive literature review, discussion with academic experts in the French competence network of AGRH and interviews concerning developments following the 2003 national agreement…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Competence
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Brockmann, Michaela; Clarke, Linda; Winch, Christopher – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: Though the notion of competence is common terminology in European VET policy at national and supra-national level, understandings vary widely, both across countries and within. The particular conceptions of competence adopted in the EQF are themselves problematic and the framework allows for a variety of interpretations. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Competence
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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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Posner, Marcia W.; And Others – Judaica Librarianship, 1993
Includes nine papers from the First International Symposium on Jewish Children's Literature. Highlights include a survey and bibliography of Jewish children's literature available in 24 countries; values in Jewish children's literature; literature in the United States, Czechoslovakia, France, the Netherlands, and Israel; and German publishers.…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Conferences, Foreign Countries, Judaism
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