A comprehensive research review carried out on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Education in 2008 concluded that the competence to establish and maintain good teacher-student relations is a central and important one for a teacher in today's schools. Together with teaching competence and classroom management competence, other competencies that…

The research dimension of higher education programmes is usually discussed in association with doctoral studies. Against a background of scarce literature investigating research in a Master's degree, this article aims to analyse the place of research in Master's qualifications, first, as envisaged by official European and national documents acting…

A survey collating information on educational research in member states was carried out by questionnaire; this volume contains the replies from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The report from each country is divided into two parts: (1) Governmental Activities, and (2) Activities of Educational Research Institutes. The sections on…

Fifty-one educational research projects completed or in progress during 1971 through 1972 in Denmark are described. As part of the Third European Survey of Educational Research, the project descriptions cover all areas of research at every educational level. Described are research studies on a variety of topics such as teaching methods, teaching…

This issue examines the following topics: comparative adult education (its scientific status and development), adult education research activity in system analysis, the inner structure of the system of adult education, adult education research and recently completed planning work, and the contents of adult education research in West Germany,…

A review of higher education research trends in Denmark concludes that research is not channeled into specific areas but scattered over a broad range of topics, is mostly concerned with curriculum and instruction, and should be better documented for the benefit of future innovation and policymaking. (MSE)

Thirty-eight current research projects on Danish higher education are listed, and some exclusions and limitations of the research in general are noted. Much of the research effort focuses on needs arising as a result of reform in the last 20 years. (MSE)

Under the guidance of the Council of Europe's ad hoc Committee for Educational Research, a survey was conducted in 1970 to provide detailed yet concise information on the educational research policy of member governments, on the main educational research organizations, and on the major educational research projects reported or in progress at that…

The Life History Project at Denmark's Roskilde University is a 5-year research project that was initiated in 1998 to examine learning and participation in adult and continuing education from a life history perspective. The project was designed to build on a broad range of qualitative interview studies and case studies into learning processes. The…

This document contains 11 papers that explore knowledge and value development in the field of management consulting, with particular emphasis on trends and techniques in the practice of management consulting and the current theory and dynamics of management consulting. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Anthony F. Buono);…