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Grotlüschen, Anke; Stammer, Christopher; Sork, Thomas J. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2020
Professionalization in adult education is necessary, and several initiatives are underway to improve the professional situation as well as the competences and skills of adult educators. The relevance and importance of adult education is often stated. Large-scale assessments such as the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Professionalism, Teaching (Occupation)
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Iglesias, Víctor; Entrialgo, Montserrat; Müller, Frank – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to carry out an empirical examination of the supply-side factors influencing dropout rates in MBA programs. We analyze the extent to which the resources and characteristics of the program (content, teaching methodology, course load, class size, partnerships, reputation) influence these rates. A GLM analysis was…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Masters Programs, Dropout Rate, Graduate Students
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Tamtik, Merli – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine parental and students' decisions regarding participating in K-12 level study abroad programs in Manitoba, Canada. Design/methodology/approach: The study reports on data collected through document analysis and semi-structured interviews with 18 international students and 14 parents. Findings: The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
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Dekker, Jeroen J. H.; Groenendijk, Leendert F. – Oxford Review of Education, 2012
This article looks at the impact of Philippe Aries's classic "L'Enfant et la vie familiale sous l'ancien regime", published in 1960. His well-known idea of the emergence of "Le sentiment de l'enfance" caused a lively debate among historians and social scientists resulting in fundamental contributions to our knowledge about the…
Descriptors: Children, Family Life, Time Perspective, Authors