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Direct linkScaramanga, Jonny; Reiss, Michael J. – Oxford Review of Education, 2017
Increasing numbers of students are applying to university with the International Certificate of Christian Education (ICCE), an alternative to mainstream qualifications based on a biblically-based, individualised curriculum called Accelerated Christian Education (ACE). No formal validity arguments exist for the ICCE, but it claims to prepare…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Christianity, Student Certification, Church Related Colleges
Mathias, Jinhua; Bruce, Megan; Newton, Douglas P. – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2013
The dissonance between Eastern and Western learning approaches is regarded as an obstacle for Chinese students in adjusting to Western education environments, and one of the reasons is the lack of an understanding of Chinese learning approaches, that is, Chinese learners are uncritically perceived as rote learners. This paper investigates Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Two Year College Students, Asians
Ward, Sophie C.; Meyer, Jan H. F. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2010
This study aims to further our understanding of metalearning activity through the analysis of qualitative data gathered from 370 first-year microeconomics students in three UK universities. The students were asked to produce undirected reflective essays in response to a personal "learning profile" generated before, and after, the…
Descriptors: Microeconomics, Profiles, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Sutherland, Peter – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2003
The focus was on the study methods of nurse students during their first 2 years in higher education. Qualitative data were obtained by interviewing a sample of the first year students, plus a sample of second year students in two nursing specialities. The essay was found to be the most difficult format, particularly for those coming straight from…
Descriptors: Interviews, Teacher Guidance, Study Skills, Teaching Methods
