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Pellegrini, Marta; Vivanet, Giuliano – ECNU Review of Education, 2021
Purpose: This article examines the state of progress of evidence-based educational policies in Europe and identifies organizations for the generation and dissemination of evidence. Further, it discusses some of the most relevant challenges facing the development of evidence-informed education policies in Europe. Design/Approach/Methods: This…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Decision Making
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Gutiérrez Pérez, Regina – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
This article presents a didactic experience carried out in the Degree of Translation and Interpreting (English) at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville and it is part of a project of Innovation and Teaching Development. The main objective is the development in students of a metaphoric competence -- metaphorical awareness and strategies to…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Translation
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Reynolds, Alexandra – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This small-scale study draws on a higher education context where French-speaking students, "in situ" at Bordeaux University, participated in the Sharing Perspectives Foundation's flagship "Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange" (E+VE) program (2018-2019). French-speaking students interacted in English on the topic of "Newcomers and…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Learning Experience, Diaries, Exchange Programs
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Cojocaru, Florentina-Cristina – Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
Language learning "folklore" has framed study abroad as one of the most efficient means of improving students' language competences. At the European level, Erasmus has been acting as the flagship student exchange programme for more than 30 years. In this context, the present paper proposes a "zoom in" on the influence that an…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Miñano, Rafael; Aller, Celia Fernández; Anguera, Áurea; Portillo, Eloy – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2015
This paper describes the experience of introducing ethical, social and environmental issues in undergraduate ICT engineering degrees at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. The experience before the Bologna Process was concentrated on developing elective courses related mainly on the field of the International Development Cooperation. The…
Descriptors: Ethics, Engineering Education, Information Technology, Higher Education
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González, Julia; Ryan, Paul D.; Wagenaar, Robert – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2013
Higher education is fundamental to both national and global contemporary knowledge economies. It is also a driver for social change (see for example) which crucially includes making higher education available and relevant to a wider section of society and improving the mobility and relevance of its graduates in the workplace. New tools are…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Knowledge Economy, Occupational Mobility, Social Change
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Silova, Iveta; Moyer, Amy; Webster, Colin; McAllister, Suzanne – Professional Development in Education, 2010
During the first decade of post-socialist transformation in Eastern Europe, the majority of education reform projects focused on in-service teacher education. Governments, international agencies and non-governmental organizations prioritized various in-service teacher education programs to help teachers deal with rapid changes in schools. This has…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries