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Direct linkBerry O'Donovan; Ian Sadler; Nicola Reimann – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
A key responsibility of higher education providers is the accurate certification of the knowledge and skills attained by their students. However, despite an intense focus on developing relevant quality assurance regulations, academic standards in higher education have remained resistant to explication and consistent application. In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Higher Education, Codification, Barriers
Mathew, Leya – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2022
This paper documents play in the context of technoscience education in India. Drawing on data from an ethnography of a pharma college, it describes youthful, pedagogic, and professional play. Youthful "masti" subverted rigor. At the college, it was amplified into a festival and monetized by social networking sites. Pedagogic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pharmaceutical Education, Higher Education, Social Media
Elizabeth Wilson – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2024
This study examines Gazeta Matematica's (GM) influence on mathematics education in Romania from 1895-1945. Analyzing 13 articles from GM's archives, this research explores discussions on mathematics methodology and didactic issues and highlights Ion Ionescu's contributions. Findings reveal tensions between idealized rigorous pedagogy and practical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Archives, Educational History
Download full textHegseth, Whitney – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2023
The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) endeavors to promote both challenging academic instruction and more holistic aims--namely, intercultural understanding and respect. Throughout its history, the IB system has managed at least three ongoing tensions, which stem from its multifaceted aims and which the system has evolved to manage.…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Holistic Approach, Barriers, Conflict
Cullinane, Carl; Doherty, Katherine – Sutton Trust, 2020
This report looks at the picture of apprenticeships at levels 6 and 7, equivalent to a bachelors or postgraduate degree. Degree apprenticeships in England were launched in Autumn 2015, and offer a potentially powerful combination of on the job training and academic learning. With the prospect of gaining industry-specific skills, a…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Academic Degrees, Social Mobility, On the Job Training
Setti-Parnes, Michal – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2021
Children from military families comprise nearly 4% of the entire school-age population of the United States. Of those children, approximately 90% attend public schools serving both military and nonmilitary student populations (Ruff and Keim, 2014). Previous literature established some understanding regarding this population's emotional and…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Student Needs, Social Development, Emotional Development
Gan, Yang – Chinese Education & Society, 2018
In recent years, general education has developed considerably in Chinese universities, but it still faces many challenges and problems. Among the various negative factors, four problems may be the greatest challenges currently faced by Chinese university general education and ordinary undergraduate education: (1) In the era of massified higher…
Descriptors: General Education, Higher Education, Educational Development, Barriers
Viehrig, Kathrin; Siegenthaler, Daniel; Burri, Samuel; Reinfried, Sibylle; Bednarz, Sarah; Blankman, Marian; Bourke, Terri; Brooks, Clare; Hertig, Philippe; Kerski, Joseph; Kisser, Thomas; Solem, Michael; Stoltman, Joseph; Behnke, Yvonne; Lane, Rod; Lupatini, Marco; Scholten, Nina; Siegmund, Alexander; Sprenger, Sandra – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2019
Earth Science and Geography teacher preparation has developed to some degree along different lines, despite sharing many of the same issues, especially with regard to challenges in teacher education. The conference "International Perspectives on Geography and Earth Science Teacher Education 2016" wanted to bring together educators from…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Geography Instruction, Earth Science, Conferences (Gatherings)
Greatorex, Jackie; Rushton, Nicky; Coleman, Tori; Darlington, Ellie; Elliott, Gill – Cambridge Assessment, 2019
A curriculum map is a visualisation of relationships within and between a curriculum or curricula. Curriculum mapping refers to the method for creating and using the curriculum map, however this term is used broadly and encompasses a variety of methodological approaches. Often, researchers in the field of curriculum studies conduct curriculum…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Visualization, Curriculum, Maps
Ryan, Tracii; French, Sarah; Kennedy, Gregor – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Massification is a reality facing universities around the world. While increased access to higher education has significant social and economic benefits, rapid growth in class sizes challenges institutions to maintain quality standards while teaching at scale, amidst ongoing cost pressure. This paper analyses this issue within the Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Higher Education, Educational Quality
Zhuang, Tengteng; Xu, Xiaoshu – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2018
Since becoming a formal signatory of the Washington Accord in 2016, China has outlined an initiative 'New Engineering Education' (NEE) to reform its engineering education at university level. This paper elaborates upon the NEE initiative by presenting analysis of its domestic and international context, the goals of the initiative, how the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Educational Change
Pansiri, Barbra M.; Sinkamba, Refilwe P. – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2017
The Student Affairs Departments have seen immense growth over the years, from a discourse which had no academic relevance in higher education, to that which is expected to add value to the attraction, retention, and graduation of students. However, the latest developments have seen the role of Student Affairs Departments grow from "in-loco…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Student Personnel Services, Academic Standards, Educational Improvement
Geer, Wil – Educational Foundations, 2018
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) represent an historic shift in K-12 curricular policy. Yet,few have explicitly traced the lineage of the CCSS and linked them to the decades-old standards-based reform movement. This essay situates the CCSS within the larger historical context of standards-based reform. It concludes with a discussion of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Common Core State Standards, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Guadalupe, César – Critical Studies in Education, 2017
This article organises potential areas of criticism or challenges embedded in the design and administration of standardised assessments of learning levels in order to promote dialogue and research on educational assessments. The article begins by addressing debates around epistemological claims: issues that pertain to testing in general and issues…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Standardized Tests, Criticism, Barriers
Colls, Guillermo R. – CATESOL Journal, 2019
This article recounts some of the motivations, hurdles, and successes the Cuyamaca ESL Department in San Diego encountered while transforming its curriculum to an accelerated model. The college discovered that the new program, while challenging, increased the success and rate of passing among its language learners and improved the quality of their…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
