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Bajpai, Shrish; Akhtar, Shagil – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2017
The industrial revolution can be termed as the catalyst of human growth. The establishment of various industries has been detrimental to the meteoric rise of any commodity, product or service across the world. Industries fuel the economy of countries and form the main constituent of their GDP. Industries not only generate the production of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industrial Education, Engineering Education, Higher Education
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Hoadley, Susan; Tickle, Leonie; Wood, Leigh N.; Kyng, Tim – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015
Graduates with well-developed capabilities in finance are invaluable to our society and in increasing demand. Universities face the challenge of designing finance programmes to develop these capabilities and the essential knowledge that underpins them. Our research responds to this challenge by identifying threshold concepts that are central to…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Finance Occupations, Online Surveys, Foreign Countries
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Mayat, Nafisa; Amosun, Seyi Ladele – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2011
This study explored the perceptions of academic staff towards admission of students with disabilities, and their accommodation once accepted into an undergraduate Civil Engineering program in a South African university. Qualitative responses relating to the perceptions of five academic staff were obtained through semi-structured interviews. The…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Interviews, Civil Engineering, Foreign Countries
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Nel, E.; Wilkinson, A. C. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2008
At the University of the Free State (UFS) blended learning (a combination of face-to-face and online modes of delivery) is regarded as a relatively new practice with possibilities of addressing many of the context-specific teaching and learning problems at the institution. During the planning phase for the third cycle of an action inquiry project…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Online Courses
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Pretorius, Rudi W. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2004
The department of geography and environmental studies of the University of South Africa recently played a pivotal role in implementing an inter- and multidisciplinary undergraduate programme in environmental management. This programme prepares students for entry-level occupations, and equips them with the knowledge, skills and values needed to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Environmental Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries