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Schmidt, Henk G.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1993
A study of 336 staff-led, problem-based tutorial groups in a European university health sciences program found that students who were tutored by subject-matter experts achieved somewhat better and spent more time on self-directed learning. In addition, tutoring skill and content knowledge were important in effective tutoring. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Foreign Countries, Group Instruction
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Dijk, Eelje F.; van Oers, Bert; Terwel, Jan – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2004
Discussions about the beginnings of mathematics education in early childhood are often caught up in a dilemma: should we stimulate spontaneous actions or provide direct instruction about elementary number-related actions? In this article we argue that either approach is problematic and neither is an optimal way of promoting the development of…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Learning Theories, Mathematics Education, Early Childhood Education
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Louis, Karen Seashore – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1992
This article argues that the U.S. dissemination system in education is unresponsive to organizational improvement needs, and that development of this bias is exacerbated by political, organizational, and programmatic thrusts in federal agencies. It is suggested that systems in the Netherlands and Denmark could provide useful models for adapting…
Descriptors: Bias, Change Strategies, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
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Boer, Harry de; Goedegebuure, Leo – Australian Universities' Review, 1995
A survey of 112 higher education institutions in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Flanders (Belgium) sought information about governance and decision-making structures, including the involvement of faculty, administrators, and governing councils at different levels; areas in which these actors participate…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, Budgeting
van den Hoven, Gerard H. – 1989
A seminar was held in Reykjavik, Iceland for the purposes of disseminating results of the Council of Europe's Council for Cultural Cooperation's (CDCC) Project 8, Innovation in Primary Education (IPE), and exploring issues in educational reform in Iceland, particularly the revision of the core curriculum. Participants were civil servants of the…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Child Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cooperation
Maas, Trude A. – 1983
Dutch secondary schools offer educational programs on four tracks, vocational and nonvocational. At the end of each program, a final examination is administered, with the test content areas determined by law, by the schools, and by the student's individual program. Assessment is by means of a written, nationally administered exam and…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, General Education
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Singer, Elly; Nederend, Merel; Penninx, Lotte; Tajik, Mehrnaz; Boom, Jan – Early Child Development and Care
This paper discusses the results of a study of the relationships between teacher behaviour and the level of play engagement in two- and three-year-old children in Dutch childcare centres. We found that the continuous proximity of the teacher had the greatest impact on the level of play engagement, while the teacher's walking around and only brief…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Preschool Teachers, Play
Vedder, Paul; And Others – 1996
In child care centers, parental involvement as well as staff sensitivity toward children and parents are essential for managing cultural diversity in a way that is beneficial for both migrant and indigenous families. Defining and improving the quality of center education from a multicultural perspective require discussions between staff and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Cultural Awareness, Day Care
Boyer, Ernest L.; And Others – 1994
This report examines the results of an international study of higher education systems, based on surveys of approximately 1,000 faculty in each of the following nations: United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Israel, and Australia. Findings are organized around seven…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty
Leder, Gilah C., Ed. – 1992
This book addresses the link between student learning of mathematics, the teaching method adopted in the mathematics classroom, and the assessment procedures used to determine and measure student knowledge. Fifteen chapters address issues that include a review of different models of mathematics learning and assessment practices, three contrasting…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Cognitive Measurement, Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Influences
2002
This document contains three papers from a symposium on the future of human resource development (HRD) and trends in HRD. "Searching for the Future of Human Resource Development" (Wendy E.A. Ruona, Susan A. Lynham, Tom Chermack) reports on a survey of 55 HRD and HRD-related practitioners and academics that examined trends in the HRD…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Competence, Developed Nations
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1977
The document comprises three articles which analyze roles and tasks of teachers in innovative elementary schools in the United States, Netherlands, and England. Innovative schools are interpreted as schools which favor educational practices such as open classrooms, team teaching, parent involvement, nongraded classes, global orientation,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classes (Groups of Students), Comparative Education, Educational Environment
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