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Misiaszek, Lauren Ila – Gender and Education, 2017
Drawing inspiration from Clegg's [2008. "Femininities/masculinities and a Sense Self-Thinking Gendered Academic Identities and the Intellectual Self." "Gender and Education" 20 (3): 209-221, 241] statement that "less traditional universities and areas of course provision and research might be important sites to investigate…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Higher Education, Masculinity, Ideology
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Veugelers, Wiel; de Groot, Isolde; Llomovatte, Silvia; Naidorf, Judith – Education and Society, 2017
Given the fact that countries can differ in their educational policy and practice and that these national contexts are influenced by international developments makes it interesting to do comparative research into policy and practice of different countries. In this article we present the results of a comparative inquiry into citizenship and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Citizenship Education, Cross Cultural Studies
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Meredith, Margaret – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2021
This article contributes to conceptualisations of public engagement as part of academic practice in higher education. It uses Hannah Arendt's idea of action in the public sphere, which is underpinned by the belief that all have the capacity to contribute to the renewal of the world, and that we are equally different. It argues that public…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Responsibility, Educational Philosophy, Conferences (Gatherings)
Cuauhtemoc Garcia-Garcia – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Across the centuries, the question of the origin of language has captivated the human imagination. Many theories have been proposed to address fundamental questions such as: Where do languages come from? How do they evolve? What are the societal drivers of this change? Historically, one of the biggest challenges in addressing these questions has…
Descriptors: Written Language, Computational Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Diachronic Linguistics
Kuuskorpi, Marko; Gonzalez, Nuria Cabellos – CELE Exchange, 2011
This paper presents the conclusions of a study, carried out in collaboration with schools in six European countries, which focused on tomorrow's physical learning environments. The study, which stemmed from a project entitled Forum for the Future and which was funded by the Finnish National Board of Education (FNBE), was designed to contribute to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Facilities, Futures (of Society), Physical Environment
Käpplinger, Bernd, Ed.; Lichte, Nina, Ed.; Haberzeth, Erik, Ed.; Kulmus, Claudia, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
This book assembles over 50 papers from the 7th Triennial European Research Conference of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA), which was held from the 4th to the 7th of September 2013 at Humboldt-University in Berlin. The title of the conference was "Changing Configurations of Adult Education in Transitional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students
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Taveira, Maria Do Ceu; Moreno, Louisa Rodriguez – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2003
Career intervention can be designed to enhance constructive attitudes, emotions and behaviors that will improve clients' career attainment. In this sense, mobilization of career exploration constitutes one of the most important tasks of career counselors. The authors present a brief review of career exploration conceptualization and empirical…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Counseling Techniques, Foreign Countries
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Creemers, Bert P. M.; Reezigt, Gerry J. – School Effectiveness & School Improvement, 2005
School effectiveness and school improvement have different origins: School effectiveness is more directed to finding out "what works" in education and "why"; school improvement is practice and policy oriented and intended to change education in the desired direction. However, in their orientation to outcomes, input, processes,…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Educational Theories
Etzkowitz, Henry, Ed.; Webster, Andrew, Ed.; Healey, Peter, Ed. – 1998
This collection of 10 papers provides a comparative analysis of the role of academic-industry relations in innovative educational systems in Eastern Europe, Ibero-America (Latin America, Spain, and Portugal), Russia, and Scotland, as well as in the United States. It arose from a series of conferences, beginning with a 1991 NATO workshop on…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cooperative Programs, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries
Schuyten, G., Ed.; Valcke, M., Ed. – 1990
This book is the result of a cooperative project of several European countries--Belgium, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Each country involved provides a chapter outlining a national project or a specific organization presents its own approach and initiatives to teacher education, with particular…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Education Courses
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This document contains the second volume of the proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Mathematics at the Centre." This volume features 60 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Abr…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Textbooks
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers