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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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Hong, Christina, Ed.; Ma, Will W. K., Ed. – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2020
This edited volume sets the stage for discussion on Education 4.0, with a focus on applied degree education and the future of work. Education 4.0 refers to the shifts in the education sector in response to Industry 4.0 where digital transformation is impacting the ways in which the world of work and our everyday lives are becoming increasingly…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Role of Education, Teacher Role, Curriculum Design
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
Muhlenberg, Elisabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Companies and schools in different types of market economies face a dilemma. Public schools are performing poorly at a time when companies need better skilled employees to compete globally. The trend toward greater participation of companies in the public schools is a consequence of this dilemma. It poses the question: "What are the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Citizenship, Free Enterprise System, Educational Change
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Lim, Kim-Hui,; Har, Wai-Mun – International Education Studies, 2008
The lack of academic and thinking culture is getting more worried and becomes a major challenge to our academia society this 21st century. Few directions that move academia from "cogito ergo sum" to "consumo ergo sum" are actually leading us to "the end of academia". Those directions are: (1) the death of dialectic;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Commercialization, Educational Quality
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Henning, Klaus; Bornefeld, Gero; Brall, Stefan – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
This paper offers a multi-perspective view on engineering education at RWTH Aachen University: curriculum design, examples of newly developed teaching methods for engineering curricula, and teaching competencies and teacher qualification. It is based on the theories of student-centred learning, project learning, social skills, etc., but the paper…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, Curriculum Design, Industry
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Mayer, Christine – History of Education, 2006
"Education for all" is a demand that keeps on appearing in various historical contexts and is not just a phenomenon of the modern age. Taking the demand for "education for all" as a normative principle, this paper pursues the questions of how this demand was reflected in pedagogical reform programmes and in what way, as well as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Educational History, Educational Change
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Gonzalo, Angel Luis; Perez, Jorge – European Journal of Education, 1989
Changes in engineering education due to the unification of the European Community are discussed from three perspectives: legal, academic, and industrial-technological. The problem is examined in the context of long-term Community objectives. Specific recommendations are made. The situations of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Spain are…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
Misko, Josie – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2006
This report compares the provision of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom. It finds that training policies are increasingly based on similar general principles which promote the improvement and reform of vocational education and training, although the implementation of these principles tends to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Job Training
Wolter, Werner – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1984
How educational policy and content in the German Democratic Republic is related to scientific-technological development is examined. Included is a discussion of past policies; the development of employee qualifications; the planning of education within the framework of planning the national economy; and technological, economic, and educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Economic Development, Economics
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Bunzel, Jurgen; Poll, Roswitha – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2002
Describes academic libraries in Germany and how they have been influenced by restructuring and reforming the higher education system, changes in information technology and information industry, and effects of the German reunification process. Discusses library resources, including staff, buildings, and collections; catalogs; preservation; user…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Bodenman, Paul S. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
The Office of Education frequently receives requests for information regarding the educational developments in the Soviet Zone of Germany. This bulletin is issued by the Office of Education as another in its longstanding series of international education publications. Unlike most bulletins in this series that are based on firsthand interviews and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Administration, Technical Education, Educational Facilities