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Direct linkMello, 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
Download full textde Melo Gomes, Thayse Ancila Maria; Leher, Roberto; Costa, Hellen Balbinotti – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020
This study briefly reports on a range of conflicts involving teaching work in joint-stock higher education organizations which trade shares in [B]3 stock market, especially Ânima, Estácio, Kroton and Ser Educacional. After the systematic organization of empirical observations, we defined our object through a methodology specific to the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Census Figures, Money Management, News Reporting
Castanheira, Maria Lucia; Street, Brian V.; Carvalho, Gilcinei Teodoro – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2015
This paper draws on the Academic Literacies approach to examine tutor/student relations in the production of academic texts. We address issues associated with learning to write in such contexts, through exploring the perspectives of two groups of non-traditional students as they reflect on their experiences in navigating educational contexts in a…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Literacy, Teacher Student Relationship, Nontraditional Students
Brinckwirth, Anton T. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate a class-to-class online English-Portuguese "Teletandem" program that was conceived, negotiated, and implemented cross-collaboratively between the foreign language instructors and language resource center (LRC) staff at two large state universities--one in the United States and the other in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Nixon, Harold L. – 1989
The Wright State University International Student Exchange Program is described. This school's approach to student exchange programs immerses students in the daily life of countries in Asia and South America at minimal cost to the participating institutions. Through exchange agreements with universities in Japan, Brazil, and China, students get 4…
Descriptors: College Students, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Culture
