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Brosens, Dorien; Marynissen, Silke; Lemmers, Frans; Croux, Flore – Education Sciences, 2021
Foreign national prisoners have less educational opportunities than national prisoners. Therefore, the Dutch foundation 'Education behind Foreign Bars' (Eabt) provides distance education to Dutch nationals detained abroad. A mixed-methods case study is carried out to gain insight into the perspective of professionals and volunteers who are…
Descriptors: Foreign Nationals, Distance Education, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons
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Griffioen, Jaco; van der Drift, Monique; van den Broek, Hans – Education Sciences, 2021
This paper sets out to enhance current Maritime Crew Resource Management (MCRM) training, and with that to improve the training of technical and non-technical skills given to bachelor maritime officers. The rationale for CRM training is improving safety performance by reducing accidents caused by human error. The central notion of CRM training is…
Descriptors: Management Development, Marine Education, Case Studies, Attitude Change
European University Association, 2023
The "Innovative Leadership and Change Management in Higher Education" (NEWLEAD, 2020-2023) focused on capacity building of university leaders to steer change and address new priorities on the institutional transformation agenda. Findings from the NEWLEAD project demonstrate that leading and transforming universities is a complex…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Capacity Building
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Klaassen, Renate G. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
Today, interdisciplinary education is a hot topic. Gaining an insight into the nature of interdisciplinary education may help when making design decisions for interdisciplinary education. In this study, we argue that, derived from interdisciplinary research, the choice of problem, the level of interaction between different disciplines and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Case Studies, Interdisciplinary Approach, Decision Making
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Hingstman, Mariëtte; Doolaard, Simone; Warrens, Matthijs J.; Bosker, Roel J. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2021
Success for All, a multi-tiered school reform program, has its origins in the US and has recently expanded to the Netherlands. Using a multiple case study approach, we investigated similarities and differences in the way struggling readers are supported at two Success for All schools in the US and two in the Netherlands. First- and second-grade…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Reading Instruction, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Servant-Miklos, Virginie – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2020
This paper addresses one of the major confusions in the study and practice of problem-based learning today, namely the use of the term "problem-based learning" to refer to both the small-group tutorial method pioneered by McMaster University and Maastricht University in medical education, and the problem-oriented project-work method…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning
Mansfield, Caroline F., Ed. – Springer, 2020
This open access book follows the development of the Building Resilience in Teacher Education (BRiTE) project across Australia and internationally. Drawing on the success of this project and the related research collaborations that have since emerged, it highlights the importance of cultivating resilience at various stages of teachers' careers.…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Teacher Education Programs, Case Studies, Learning Activities
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Wijngaards-de Meij, Leoniek; Merx, Sigrid – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
Curriculum alignment is crucial in realizing learning objectives, but in higher education the alignment is often challenged by practical problems. The adverse effect of misalignment is further amplified by the lack of student awareness of their position within the curriculum. We argue for the importance of the visibility of learning trajectories…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Goal Orientation
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Waterval, Dominique; Tinnemans-Adriaanse, Marjolijn; Meziani, Mohammed; Driessen, Erik; Scherpbier, Albert; Mazrou, Abdulrahman; Frambach, Janneke – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2017
Numerous, mainly Anglo-Saxon, higher education institutions have agreements with foreign providers to deliver their curricula abroad. This trend is gradually making inroads into the medical domain, where foreign institutions undertake to offer their students learning experiences similar to those of the home institution. Not an easy feat, as the…
Descriptors: Student Centered Curriculum, Communities of Practice, Case Studies, Learning Experience
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Ehlen, Corry G. J. M.; van der Klink, Marcel R.; Boshuizen, Henny P. A. – Studies in Continuing Education, 2016
Increasingly, innovative collaboration between industry and schools is being exploited as a way of improving the quality and relevance of education. Even though these innovations appear to have substantial benefits, often the impact proves to fade away after their implementation. A better understanding of how to sustain complex innovations seems…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Social Capital, Interpersonal Relationship, Educational Quality
Hanemann, Ulrike, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
Within a learning family, every member is a lifelong learner. A family literacy and learning approach is more likely to break the intergenerational cycle of low education and inadequate literacy skills, particularly among disadvantaged families and communities. The selection of case studies presented in this compilation show that for an…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Teaching Methods, Lifelong Learning, Family Literacy
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Vanhoof, Jan; Mahieu, Paul – Policy Futures in Education, 2013
The concept of "knowledge brokerage" focuses on promoting the integration of the best available evidence into policy and practice-related decisions. In this study, emphasis is put on the knowledge brokerage role of cities. The study aims at finding similarities and differences in existing educational knowledge brokerage initiatives, at…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Case Studies, Educational Practices, Management Information Systems
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Smit, Brigitte; Williamson, Charmaine; Padayachee, Anshumali – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
The article illustrates how the South Africa-Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD), a doctoral research preparation programme for candidates on the African continent, evolved from an aid programme to an exemplary model of innovation, namely SANTRUST, an ownership-driven partnership within the framework of…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Doctoral Programs, Partnerships in Education, Program Development
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Hoffstaedter, Petra; Kohn, Kurt – Research-publishing.net, 2014
Our contribution focuses on synchronous oral telecollaboration in secondary schools. With reference to the EU project TILA, aspects of task design and implementation are discussed against the backdrop of issues of technological quality in connection with class organisation in computer labs. Case study evidence is provided in favour of the…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Centers
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Muller, Floris – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2012
Interethnic contact is considered a potent tool for the generation of interethnic understanding and tolerance. This faith has engendered countless social projects that seek to stimulate contact between members of different ethnic groups under "optimal conditions". However, the academic literature does not stipulate how, if at all, these…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Conflict of Interest, Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication
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