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Dunham, Nicola – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2016
This overall aim of this paper is to report on PhD (Education) research critically examining the nature and significance of academic identity for students in early childhood field-based initial teacher education (FBITE) in Aotearoa New Zealand. Student academic identity is defined as the appropriation of academic values and practices within a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Self Concept, Preservice Teachers
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Schmidt, Maria Gabriela; Nagai, Noriko; Naganuma, Naoyuki; Birch, Gregory – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2019
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) has been increasingly used to inform language policies and teaching practices in Japan. The Japanese Ministry of Education proposed in 2011 that objectives of English curricula at the secondary education level ought to be stated using the "Can do" schemata of the CEFR and…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Rating Scales, Language Planning, Teaching Methods
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Wihlborg, Monne; Teelken, Christine – Policy Futures in Education, 2014
The implementation of the Bologna Process (BP) did not go as smoothly as the Bologna Follow-Up evaluations suggest, and the consequences of the BP for the various European higher education systems and universities are much more diverse than represented in these various studies. Relatively few research and policy documents taking a more critical…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Educational Quality, Academic Standards, Higher Education
Intanam, Narongrith; Wongwanich, Suwimon; Lawthong, Nuttaporn – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2012
The objective of this study was to develop a model for building professional learning communities (PLCs) in schools. Samples were public primary schools that consisted of 1,826 teachers from 185 schools in Thailand. They randomized by using two-stage random sampling. The questionnaire was used to survey the level or magnitude of teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Program Development, Models
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2013
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), launched in 2000 and updated in 2013, documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, National Surveys, Educational Quality, Student Characteristics
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Goulet, Gail; St. Clair, Ralf – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2009
Scotland has a strong learner-centred system of adult literacy and numeracy education. Examination of the Scottish system can usefully highlight the issues associated with application of this approach in adult education more generally. Two important aspects are the need for highly skilled educators and the difficulty of evaluating such systems.…
Descriptors: Literacy, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Adult Education
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Berhanu, Girma – International Journal of Special Education, 2010
The purpose of this article is to reflect on the effects of educational reforms (which are guided by a neoliberal political agenda) on educational processes, outcomes, and inclusive education in Sweden. It is focused in particular on the increasing marginalisation and exclusion of students with special educational needs, immigrant students, and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2016
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and its companion projects serve colleges and universities committed to monitoring and improving the quality of the undergraduate experience. While participating institutions receive detailed customized reports, the "Annual Results" series presents noteworthy aggregate findings from the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, National Surveys, Educational Quality, Student Characteristics
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2015
In 2015, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) collected responses from more than 315,000 first-year and senior students attending 585 bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. This report presents selected NSSE results from students at 541 U.S. institutions or subsets of that group where…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, National Surveys, Educational Quality, Student Characteristics
Karkkainen, Kiira – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2010
This paper provides initial reflections on the impact of the economic crisis on education across the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) area by analysing the OECD educationtoday crisis survey responses of June 2009. It first looks at the impact of the crisis on education demand and participation, after which the focus…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Financial Support, School Surveys
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Ngok, Kinglun; Guo, Weiqing – Policy Futures in Education, 2008
Building world-class universities has become a national policy priority in China since then-President Jiang Zemin announced in May 1998 that China must have several world-class universities of international advanced level. This article aims to offer critical reflections on the policy in relation to building world-class universities in China. It…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
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Trickey, Keith – Australian Library Journal, 2003
A review of the development of the United Kingdom obsession with "value for money", and the performance indicators that have led to the current "best value" approach that is working through the public sector in the United Kingdom. I hope to identify the values and problems with the approach offering a salutary warning to those…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reflection, Public Sector, Performance Factors
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Bloomfield, Peter; Mackintosh, Margaret; Costas, Barry; Dell, Eric; Graham, Sally; Quinn, David; Trodd, Lyn – Education 3-13, 2007
The elements of global education should be at the heart of all learning and teaching. In ITE we often protect "our subject" in the belief that it should have more prominence in the curriculum and more teaching time in school. In this article a group of ITE tutors comment on their learning about global education and its inclusion in their…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Global Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes