NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Teachers1
Laws, Policies, & Programs
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 16 to 30 of 284 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Cruz-Guzmán, Marta; García-Carmona, Antonio; Criado, Ana M. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
A qualitative study of an interpretative nature is presented of the topics that elementary pre-service teachers (EPTs) choose and the types of questions they propose when designing an experimental activity (ExA) as inquiry, after receiving explicit instruction about it. The participants in the study were 154 EPTs organised into small groups to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ferran-Ferrer, Núria; Guallar, Javier; Abadal, Ernest; Server, Adan – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2017
Introduction. This study examines the research methods and techniques used in Spanish journals of library and information science, the topics addressed by papers in these journals and their authorship affiliation. Method. The researchers selected 580 papers published in the top seven Spanish LIS journals indexed in Web of Science and Scopus and…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Library Science, Information Science, Research Methodology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Zorio-Grima, Ana; Sierra-García, Laura; Garcia-Benau, Maria A. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify the combinations of factors leading to experience in sustainability reporting by Spanish public universities. Design/methodology/approach: Using a sample of 49 public universities in Spain, this paper identifies the combinations of factors on innovation profile, political and internal factors…
Descriptors: Accountability, Sustainability, Universities, Public Colleges
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Katzis, Konstantinos; Dimopoulos, Christos; Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria; Lasica, Ilona-Elefteryja – Education Sciences, 2018
The recent phenomenon of worldwide declining enrolments in engineering-related degrees has led to the gradual decrease in the number of engineering graduates. This decrease occurs at a time of increasing demand in the labour market for highly qualified engineers, who are necessary for the implementation of fundamental societal functions. This…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Educational Environment, Distance Education, Engineering
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
García-Carmona, Antonio; Criado, Ana M.; Cruz-Guzmán, Marta – Research in Science Education, 2017
A study is presented of the skills that primary pre-service teachers (PPTs) have in completing the planning of a scientific inquiry on the basis of a guiding script. The sample comprised 66 PPTs who constituted a group-class of the subject "Science Teaching," taught in the second year of an undergraduate degree in primary education at a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Skills, Inquiry
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Bartau-Rojas, Isabel; Aierbe-Barandiaran, Ana; Oregui-González, Eider – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2018
The use of the Internet by children at an increasingly early age today constitutes a major challenge for families and schools, as well as affecting educational and social policy. This is a qualitative piece of research that analyzes parents' beliefs, everyday practices and the difficulties they face in teaching their children the benefits and…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Internet, Parenting Styles, Supervision
Alvarez-Alvarez, Carmen; Inés-García, José – Research in Learning Technology, 2017
School websites are not only sources of information and documentation, but also means of communication that are increasingly being accessed by members of society, especially by the different educational communities, thanks to the democratisation of Internet access. This paper deals with a qualitative research project in which information and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Sites, Qualitative Research, Preschool Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Millard, Debbie – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2018
This paper argues that links between academia and other economic sectors are increasing, especially through intersectoral mobility of university graduates. Murray [(2010). "The Oncomouse that Roared: Hybrid Exchange Strategies as a Source of Distinction at the Boundary of Overlapping Institutions." "American Journal of…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Social Sciences, Humanities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Marini, Giulio – European Journal of Higher Education, 2018
Individual experiences in dealing with individual evaluations are studied through a national documental analysis and qualitative interviews. The analysis considers three main individual assessments designed to measure individual credentials or performance: "sexenio" (research and third mission), "quinquenio" (teaching) and…
Descriptors: Reputation, Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Interviews
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Carrie, Erin; McKenzie, Robert M. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
Recent language attitude research has attended to the processes involved in identifying and evaluating spoken language varieties. This article investigates the ability of second-language learners of English in Spain (N = 71) to identify Received Pronunciation (RP) and General American (GenAm) speech and their perceptions of linguistic variation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, English (Second Language), Dialects
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Selthofer, Josipa – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2018
Introduction: The aim of the research is to analyse and compare visual identity elements of Croatian academic Websites with ones of European countries using Hofstede's model of cultural dimensions. The purpose of the research is to point to the influence a culture has on the design of Websites. Method: Graphical elements of university home pages…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Sites, Design, Colleges
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Holmberg, Margarita; Bernhard, Jonte – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
The Laplace transform is an important tool in many branches of engineering, for example, electric and control engineering, but is also regarded as a difficult topic for students to master. We have interviewed 22 university teachers from five universities in three countries (Mexico, Spain and Sweden) about their views on relationships among…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Engineering Education, College Faculty, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Garcias, Adolfina Pérez; Marín, Victoria I. – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2017
This paper presents a study on the enhancement of didactic strategies based on the idea of personal learning environments (PLE). It was conducted through three iterative cycles during three consecutive academic years according to the phases of design-based research applied to teaching in a university course for pre-service teachers in the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Educational Environment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Süzen, Zeynep Bumin – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
European University Association is an institution which guides not only European but all universities in their efforts to improve their quality within the context of Bologna Process. In this study Institutional Evaluation Reports prepared by EUA for all higher education institutions that applied to be evaluated between 2013 and 2015 were examined.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Evaluation, Reports, Universities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ritacco Real, Maximiliano; Bolívar Botía, Antonio – International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2018
The article proposes an emerging approach in research on school leadership, within the framework of the "International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP)", where one of the three key research strands is "Principals' identities". It formulates, first, the theoretical framework for the professional identity from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Leadership Qualities, Professional Identity
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11  |  ...  |  19