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Download full textMartins, André Dutra; Barreyro, Gladys Beatriz – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2023
This study shows findings of an investigation into the forms of institutionalizing academic rankings as accountability tools for Brazilian public universities. The absence of institutional conditions which allowed the rise of these league tables in other countries - competitive admission markets and incorporation into public policies - evinces the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics
Direct linkPalma, Lisiane Celia; de Oliveira, Lessandra Medeiros; Alves, Nilo Barcelos; Figueiró, Paola Schmitt – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to analyze the extent to which sustainability and its related core aspects have been integrated in the curricula of Business Administration programs in Brazilian federal public universities over the past ten years. Design/methodology/approach: A longitudinal exploratory study, with a descriptive scope, was carried out to…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Business Administration Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Cavalheiro, Adail de Castro; Grebot, Guy – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
This work presents an evaluation of a unified Calculus 1 course in a large Brazilian federal university. By course unification we mean having all the sections following the same weekly schedule, under the same syllabus and common assessment. We analyse two sets of data: pass rates relative to the 9 semesters prior to the unification and to the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Calculus, Undergraduate Students
Avelar, Maira; Watarai, Felipe – NORDSCI, 2020
In this paper, we discuss the impacts of the pandemic generated by COVID-19 on Brazilian Higher Education, specifically at a State University of Bahia, Brazil. To do so, we present a brief contextualization of the progress of the pandemic in Brazil, in the state of Bahia and in the region where the University is located. We also present the laws…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Emergency Programs, Foreign Countries, State Universities
Carrazoni, Guilherme Salgado; Chaves, Amanda Dalla'corte; da Rocha, Claudio Felipe Kolling; Mello-Carpes, Pâmela Billig – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
We created the "3-dimensional synaptic puzzle" (3Dsp) as an educational resource for the physiology teaching of synaptic transmission (ST). In this study, we aimed to apply and evaluate the use of 3Dsp. For this, we divided 175 university students from public and private universities into two groups: (1) control (CT; students that were…
Descriptors: Physiology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Schoeffel, Pablo; Ramos, Vinicius F. C.; Cechinel, Cristian; Wazlawick, Raul Sidnei – Informatics in Education, 2022
This paper proposes and validates a short and simple Expectancy-Value-Cost scale, called EVC Light. The scale measures the motivation of students in computing courses, allowing the easy and weekly application across a course. One of the factors related directly to the high rate of failure and dropout in computing courses is student motivation.…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Computer Science Education, Factor Analysis, Student Attitudes
Steppacher, Damian; Cannarozzo Tinoco, Maria Auxiliadora; Caten, Carla Schewengber ten; Marcon, Arthur – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
This paper proposed a valid and reliable perceived quality assessment framework of administrative services in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in the Brazilian context. The method was in two main stages: (i) map a set of quality attributes and dimensions for administrative services in HEI, (ii) build and test the perceived quality assessment…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, College Administration, Foreign Countries
Gomes Junior, José Carmino; Dalila Corbari, Sandra; Kniess, Cláudia Terezinha; Nogueira da Silva, Gérsica Moraes; Piontkewicz, Simone Caroline; de Souza Melo, Maiara; Silveira Carbone, Amanda; Mantovaneli, Oklinger, Jr.; Martins Sobral, Maria do Carmo; Philippi Junior, Arlindo; Fernandez, Felipe; de Aguiar Dutra, Ana Regina; Birch, Robert Samuel; Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade; Sampaio, Carlos Alberto Cioce – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aim to propose a methodological mapping approach for the evaluation of dissertations and theses of graduate programs in the area of environmental sciences in Brazil in relation to the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach: The research is characterized as exploratory with qualitative/quantitative…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Well Being, Correlation
de Oliveira, Édison Trombeta – Open Praxis, 2021
Netnography is a research procedure to analyse people inserted in digital communities applied, in this research, at Virtual University of the State of São Paulo, the first Brazilian public institution that offers only distance education. The aim of this paper is to know what happens in the course Calculus III, of the undergraduate in Physics, with…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Learning Processes, Distance Education, Virtual Universities
Sentanin, FrancianiCassia; da Rocha, Ariane Carolina; Parra, Kenia Naara; Lanza, Marcos R. V.; Kasseboehmer, Ana Claudia – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Science dissemination or popularization of science refers to the act of facilitating the understanding of research and works of scientific and/or technological origin among the general public. Science dissemination is a relevant issue in the realm of public policy. Considering that in Brazil, the university is responsible for most of the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scientific Research
Galleli, Barbara; Teles, Noah Emanuel Brito; Freitas-Martins, Mateus Santos; Semprebon, Elder; Hourneaux Junior, Flavio – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to analyse the insertion of Sustainability in Management undergraduate courses in Brazilian higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach: Through content analysis, the authors have mapped the curricular grids of the Management courses simultaneously best classified in an independent national ranking…
Descriptors: Management Development, Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Undergraduate Students
Mello, P. S.; Natale, C. C.; Trivelato, S. L. F.; Marzin-Janvier, P.; Vieira, L. Q.; Manzoni-de-Almeida, D. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2019
This article examines student engagement in an inquiry-based learning activity, planned to provide students with elements in the social, epistemic, and conceptual dimensions related to the scientific practice in immunology. The activity was applied to 39 groups of students enrolled in immunology or biochemistry courses in a public university in…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Inquiry, Learning Activities, Epidemiology
Finardi, Kyria Rebeca; Guimarães, Felipe Furtado – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2021
This study discusses agency in language policy and planning (LPP) development from the perspective of Brazilian national language policies reflected in the local LPP programme/initiative of a public university in the Southeast region of the country. With that goal, national and local (institutional) documents are analysed and contrasted with the…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Public Policy, Foreign Countries, International Education
Dalmon, Danilo Leite; Fonseca, Izabel; Avena, Cláudio Pondé; Carnoy, Martin; Khavenson, Tatiana – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2019
How much university students learn in their studies is highly debated and important to understanding the value of higher education. Yet, information on learning gains at this level are scarce. Our paper contributes to the debate by using unique data for Brazil to estimate absolute test score gains across various fields of study in higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, College Students, Achievement Gains
Santos, Jane Lucia Silva; Steil, Andrea Valéria – Learning Organization, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to describe and analyze organizational learning processes and power dynamics during the adoption and use of an information system (IS) at a Brazilian public organization. Design/methodology/approach: A case study was chosen as the research method. Data were gathered from documents and interviews with key informants.…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Foreign Countries, Power Structure, Information Systems
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