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Motives of Volunteering and Values of Work among Higher Education Students
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Bocsi, Veronika; Fényes, Hajnalka; Markos, Valéria – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2017
In this article, the motives for voluntary work and work values in higher education contexts are examined in a cross-border region in Central Eastern Europe. Our goal is to find out what kind of relationship exists between different types of volunteering and work values among young people. In the theoretical section, we deal with the definition of…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Volunteers, Foreign Countries, Community Services
National Culture and Higher Education as Pre-Determining Factors of Student Entrepreneurship
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Roman, Teodora; Maxim, Alexandru – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Our purpose is to assess the influence of national culture and higher education on entrepreneurship among students and fresh graduates. The aim was to determine whether the grouping of students based on certain personality traits (most of which are connected to culture) is effective at predicting entrepreneurial intention and whether…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Multivariate Analysis, Higher Education, Goal Orientation
Competences in Romanian Higher Education--An Empirical Investigation for the Business Sector
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Deaconu, Adela; Nistor, Cristina Silvia – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
This research study particularizes the general descriptions of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning, as compiled and developed within the Romanian qualification framework, to the business and economics field in general and to the property economic analysis and valuation field in particular. By means of an empirical analysis,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Competency Based Education, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Great Expectations? Variation in Educational Plans of Students in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe
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Chykina, Volha; Chung, Hee Jin; Bodovski, Katerina – European Education, 2016
Using all available waves of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) from 1995 to 2011, this study examines the factors influencing educational expectations of students in five Eastern European countries (Hungary, Lithuania, the Russian Federation, Romania, and Slovenia). We consistently find across countries and waves…
Descriptors: Social Change, Academic Aspiration, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Romanian Higher Education as a Facilitator of Romania's Continued Formal and Informal Integration in the European Union
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Salajan, Florin D.; Chiper, Sorina – European Journal of Higher Education, 2013
This article conducts an exploration of Romania's European integration process through higher education. It contends that integration occurs at "formal" and "informal levels" through institutional norms and human agency, respectively. Through theoretical and empirical analysis, the authors discuss the modalities through which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Social Integration, Student Mobility
Comparison the Psychological Wellbeing of University Students from Hungary and Romania
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Barth, Anita; Nagy, Ildikó; Kiss, János – Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, 2015
The results obtained in our research of mental distress indicators and results of conflict management strategies are consistent with the results of international studies. Students participating in the study (N = 237) reached the highest average results in the field of personal growth, while we measured the lowest value in the fields of autonomy…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Well Being, College Students, Foreign Countries
Investigating the Relationships between Teaching Strategies and Learning Styles in Higher Education
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Tulbure, Cristina – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2012
Within this paper, we are focusing on the relationships between teaching strategies, learning styles, and the students' academic achievement in higher education. The main objective of this study is to compare three groups of pre-service teachers having different majors (i.e., Educational Sciences, Economic Sciences, and Foreign Languages) in order…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods