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Schmid, Evi – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2020
Context: Vocational education and training (VET) plays a key role in reducing early leaving from education and training, and integrating youth at risk in upper secondary education. To ensure that more young people complete upper secondary education, the OECD suggests designing interventions that address the specific needs of youth at risk such as…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, At Risk Persons, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
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Zehetmeier, Stefan; Andreitz, Irina; Erlacher, Willibald; Rauch, Franz – Educational Action Research, 2015
This paper deals with the topic of professional development programmes' impact. Concepts and ideas of action research, constructivism, and systems theory are used as a theoretical framework and are combined to describe and analyse an exemplary professional development programme in Austria. Empirical findings from both quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Action Research, Constructivism (Learning), Faculty Development, Qualitative Research
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Lester, Stan – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2013
The TRAVORS projects, supported by the European Union's Lifelong Learning Programme, ran between 2008 and 2012. Their object was to develop training programmes for disability employment practitioners across nine countries based on proven approaches both to vocational rehabilitation and to skills training. The second of the two projects aimed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualifications, Vocational Rehabilitation, Program Validation
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Rauch, F.; Dulle, M.; Namsone, D.; Gorghiu, G. – Science Education International, 2014
This paper explores the effectiveness of networking in promoting inquiry-based science education (IBSE) through raising the self-efficacy of science teachers to take ownership of more effective ways of teaching students, supported by stakeholders (Holbrook & Rannikmae, 2010). As PROFILES project (Professional Reflection Oriented Focus on…
Descriptors: Profiles, Science Education, Inquiry, Self Efficacy
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Ebner, Martin; Dorfinger, Johannes; Neuper, Walther – International Journal on E-Learning, 2011
For many years now E-learning researchers have been discussing the use of laptops in educational settings. The One Laptop per Child project, (OLPC project), has been used in developing countries since the year 2002 to avoid the increase of the digital divide between those with ready access to technology and those with limited access. Austria has…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Transfer
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Bormann, Inka; Michelsen, Gerd – European Educational Research Journal, 2010
This article introduces a tri-national research and development project which aims to develop indicators for the cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary educational task "education for sustainable development" (ESD). These indicators are meant to help monitor the implementation of ESD efforts in schools and institutions of higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Sustainable Development, Research Projects
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Mader, Clemens; Zimmermann, Friedrich M.; Steiner, Gerald; Risopoulos, Filippina – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present how the Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) Graz-Styria as well as RCEs as instruments can contribute to regional development. The RCE Graz-Styria is representing a case study of Central European RCEs. Design/methodology/approach: The paper describes the development process of RCE Graz-Styria.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Strategies, Program Descriptions, Program Development