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Scoping Academic Oracy in Higher Education: Knotting Together Forgotten Connections to Equity and Academic Literacies
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Heron, Marion; Baker, Sally; Gravett, Karen; Irwin, Evonne – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
Although the importance of developing students' academic literacies has been well-established, academic oracy has been forgotten. There is a paucity of attention to oracy in higher education, despite the key role played by students' oral communication in academic achievement and graduate employability. This study offers a scoping review of the…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Communication Skills, Literacy, Higher Education
Who Aspires to Higher Education? Axes of Inequality, Values of Education and Higher Education Aspirations in Secondary Schools in Luxembourg and the Swiss Canton of Bern
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Hadjar, Andreas; Scharf, Jan; Hascher, Tina – European Journal of Education, 2021
This article reports a study that investigated secondary school students' higher education aspirations (towards university studies, ISCED 6 and above) and how these differ between student groups as well as how these are impacted by values of education. Panel data of more than 300 secondary school students in two countries, Luxembourg and…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Higher Education, Equal Education, Comparative Education
How Are OECD Governments Navigating the Digital Higher Education Landscape? Evidence from a Comparative Policy Survey. OECD Education Working Papers. No. 303
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Nikolaj Broberg; Gillian Golden – OECD Publishing, 2023
Module A of the OECD Higher Education Policy Survey (HEPS) 2022 elicited information on policies to promote digitalisation of higher education in OECD member and accession countries. In total, 30 jurisdictions responded, providing comparative information on various areas of digitalisation policy, from regulation and governance to financial and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
Examination of 2015 Human Development Index in Terms of Education: Comparison of the Continents and Turkey
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Nartgün, Senay Sezgin; Sezen-Gültekin, Gözde; Limon, Ibrahim – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This study aims to compare Turkey to the first three countries from each continent in terms of educational indicators in 2015 Human Development Report. In line with this aim, it is a case study utilizing document review method. Analysis of the data has been carried out on a single document which is United Nations Development Report (2015). To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Educational Indicators, Reports
Diversification of Tertiary Education.
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Crausaz, Roselyne – 1974
A working party of representatives from the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, visited five capitals to hear accounts of noteworthy innovations or experiments at the tertiary (post secondary) level of education. Diversification as opposed to expansion is currently being tried in many countries because…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Counseling
Changing Tertiary Education in Modern European Society.
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1978
Reports on recent developments and problems in the diversification of tertiary education in seven Western European countries are presented by members of the Working Party on the Diversification of Tertiary Education. Policy analysis and evaluation and recommendations for future policy are also provided. As a policy, diversification refers to the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Comparative Education, Coordination