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Norqvist, Lars; Leffler, Eva – International Review of Education, 2017
This article offers insights into the practices of a non-formal education programme for youth provided by the European Union (EU). It takes a qualitative approach and is based on a case study of the European Voluntary Service (EVS). Data were collected during individual and focus group interviews with learners (the EVS volunteers), decision takers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Educational Practices, Youth
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Casanova, Diogo; Moreira, António – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2017
This paper presents a comprehensive model for supporting informed and critical discussions concerning the quality of Technology-Enhanced Learning in Blended Learning programmes. The model aims to support discussions around domains such as how institutions are prepared, the participants' background and expectations, the course design, and the…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Models, Technology Uses in Education, Evaluation Methods
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Santos, Hugo; da Silva, Sofia Marques; Menezes, Isabel – Journal of Social Science Education, 2018
Purpose: This article explores different strands of educational discourse about sexual diversity in Portuguese schools, from the students' perspectives. Method: The methodological approach consisted in conducting focus groups discussions: 36 with 232 young students (H = 106, M = 126) in 12 public secondary schools. Findings: Students reveal a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Diversity
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Correia, Karla; Marques-Pinto, Alexandra – Educational Research, 2016
Background: Transition to school is a highly demanding phase at an intellectual, social and emotional level and is, therefore, an opportunity for growth and development. Despite the greater emphasis given to school transition in Portugal over recent years, namely by means of new educational policies, studies on the adaptation processes involved in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Adjustment, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Freire, Sofia; Baptista, Mónica; Freire, Ana – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Raising awareness about sustainability is an urgent need and as such education for sustainability has gained relevancy for the last decades. It is acknowledged that science education can work as an important context for educating for sustainability. The goal of the present paper is to describe a role-playing activity about the construction of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Sustainability, Science Education
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Pinto, Marta; Caramelo, João; Coimbra, Susana; Terrasêca, Manuela; Agrusti, Gabriella – Journal of Social Science Education, 2016
Europe has stressed the importance of lifelong learning as a way for its citizens to enrol and to engage fully in day-today demands of work and citizenship life events. Support is more urgent for those who are at risk of social and educational exclusion. This paper presents an overview on the goals of the European project LIBE "Supporting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Low Achievement, Competence
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Fernandes, Sandra; Mesquita, Diana; Flores, Maria Assunção; Lima, Rui M. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
This paper reports on findings from a three-year study of project-based learning implemented in the first year of the Industrial Engineering and Management programme, at the University of Minho, Portugal. This particular model was inspired on project-led education (PLE), following Powell and Weenk's [2003. "Project-Led Engineering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Engineering Education, Active Learning