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De Vincenzi, Ariana; Garau, Andrea; Guaglianone, Ariadna – Quality in Higher Education, 2018
Faced with the rapid pace of knowledge expansion, higher education institutions are challenged to raise the efficacy of student education, overcoming the traditionally rigid teaching-centred approach, and shifting the focus instead towards learning, while preparing competent professionals who are able to self-manage knowledge. This paper outlines…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Standards, Higher Education
Peralta, Nadia S.; Roselli, Néstor D. – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2015
The current study aimed to identify and analyze the systems of interaction implemented by teachers in university classes, based on their teaching imprints. It focused on the interactions occurred in scholar natural contexts and the construction of knowledge based on said interaction. A form to observe the different behaviors was designed in order…
Descriptors: Interaction, Psychology, Physics, Qualitative Research
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Misiaszek, Greg William – International Review of Education, 2016
Emerging from popular education movements in Latin America, "ecopedagogy" is a critical environmental pedagogy which focuses on understanding the connections between social conflict and environmentally harmful acts carried out by humans. These connections are often politically hidden in education. Ecopedagogy, while being pluralistic, is…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Specialists
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Marquina, Monica; Yuni, Jose; Ferreiro, Mariela – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
The aim of this article is to analyze the effects of the socio-political processes on the academic profession in Argentina from the life course perspective. The analysis of differences in the individuals' life course was made by dividing them into three groups, representing different generations of academics: the novel, the intermediate, and the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Career Development, Teacher Attitudes, History