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Isaacs, Ann Katherine – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2017
The text places Tuning History in the context of the rapidly developing international collaboration among historians which began in Europe in 1989, with the ECTS Pilot project, and continued, from 2000 on, with the European History Networks (for research and for curriculum development) working in parallel and in collaboration with Tuning, in…
Descriptors: History Instruction, International Cooperation, Pilot Projects, Competency Based Education
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McInerney, Daniel J. – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2017
Tuning's progress in the discipline of history in the United States since 2009 illustrates the project's continuing capacity to develop "educational structures and programmes on the basis of diversity and autonomy", maintaining the initiative's original European Union commitment in a markedly different academic environment across the…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Skill Development, Competence, Foreign Countries
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Kougias, Ioannis; Seremeti, Lambrini; Kalogeras, Dimitris – European Journal of Training and Development, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore and present a higher education initiative towards the training and development of Eastern European citizens, who migrate to Greece, in pursuit of bettering their economic conditions and, simultaneously, become evolving social entities, adaptable to heterogeneous environments.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Migrant Adult Education, Immigrants
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Álvarez, Inma; Pérez-Cavana, María Luisa – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
In this article we report on the results of a pilot study on the use of task-based multilingual and multicultural professional scenarios for higher education teachers and learners at BA and MA level. The scenarios reflect new learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the presently under-conceptualised domain of communication in multilingual…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Teaching Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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Peréz Cavana, María Luisa – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2012
Interest in learning styles has produced innumerable studies over the last three decades. However, the application of knowledge of learning styles in education is a controversial matter, particularly in instruction, where there is less evidence of the usefulness of learning styles tests. This article is concerned with the role of reflection in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Autonomy, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Cognitive Style
van Ek, J. A. – 1981
A review of contributions to the Modern Languages Project of the Council for Cultural Cooperation shows that all the project activities derive from the recognition of the importance of stimulating and maintaining motivation. Studies have shown that the key to this objective is the willingness to let participants take responsibility for their own…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Higher Education