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Bhatnagar, Tushar; Sinha, Vinita – Journal of International Students, 2018
Every individual is characterized by a learning style which an individual develops over a course of time. The learning style may be shaped by different cultural environment. This study aims to find and compare the learning style of Indian and German business students by examining the learning styles of 81 students from India and Germany. The study…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Universities
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Dyrberg, Nadia Rahbek; Michelsen, Claus – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
The "study group concept" at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) was implemented to aid first year students' transitional challenges. A mentor (an older student) is affiliated each study group to facilitate productive group work, bring awareness to study habits, and share his/her own experiences with life as a student. The study…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Questionnaires
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Reznik, Semen D.; Yudina, Tatiana A. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2018
The development of the modern higher school is characterized by a number of trends that cannot always be called positive. The recent reforms in the sphere of higher education in Russia increase uncertainty of the conditions, in which institutions of higher education currently function. The topicality of the problem makes it necessary to study the…
Descriptors: Reputation, Universities, Institutional Characteristics, Foreign Countries
Lehrman, Patience A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The fastest-growing student population (ages 5-17) in U.S. schools today is children of immigrants, half of whom do not speak English and are labeled English language learners (ELLs) by the National Center for Education Statistics (2011). Despite this growing demographic shift, very little is known about their college going experiences and the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Academic Achievement, Immigrants, College Freshmen
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Asiri, Abdulaziz Aboud Mohammed; Aly, Hasan Shawky – World Journal of Education, 2018
The present study aimed to identify the reality of E-Learning systems and tools use (Blackboard) by faculty members and students in teaching and learning courses at the college of education at Najran University. To achieve this aim, two questionnaires for both faculty members and students were developed. A sample of (60) faculty members and (120)…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Integrated Learning Systems
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Leal Filho, Walter; Brandli, Luciana Londero; Becker, Deisi; Skanavis, Constantina; Kounani, Aristea; Sardi, Chrysoula; Papaioannidou, Dimitra; Paço, Arminda; Azeiteiro, Ulisses; de Sousa, Luiza Olim; Raath, Schalk; Pretorius, Rudi Wessel; Shiel, Christine; Vargas, Valeria; Trencher, Gregory; Marans, Robert W. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: There is a widely held belief that sustainable development (SD) policies are essential for universities to successfully engage in matters related to sustainability, and are an indicator of the extent to which they are active in this field. This paper aims to examine the evidence which currently exists to support this assumption. It…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Universities, School Policy
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Yang, Jason Cheng-Cheng – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2017
Higher education in Taiwan is facing competition and challenges from the macro environment of globalization. Taiwan's key policy direction is enhancing university quality in order to respond to these future trends. Universities' international competitiveness relies on not only faculty members' teaching quality, but also their research performance.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Environmental Influences
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Nabaho, Lazarus; Oonyu, Joseph; Aguti, Jessica N. – Africa Education Review, 2019
There is a dearth of studies on academics' perceptions of good teaching in transitional economies such as Uganda and the degree of parity between academics' conceptions of good teaching and the items in the student evaluation of teaching (SET) questionnaires. Against this backdrop, the article reports on a study that explored how academics at…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Communication Skills, Student Evaluation
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Denisova-Schmidt, Elena; Huber, Martin; Leontyeva, Elvira – European Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Based on empirical data from selected public universities in Khabarovsk, Russia, this paper compares first- and fifth-year students regarding their attitudes towards corruption in general and university corruption in particular. Even after making both groups of students comparable with respect to a range of socio-economic characteristics by a…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Cheating, Foreign Countries, Universities
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Watson, Derek; Hall, Lynne; Tazzyman, Sarah – Industry and Higher Education, 2016
This paper reports in part on a major study, carried out in 2013, in which data were collected from university senior executives and academics in the five university business schools in the North East of England: it focuses on the quantitative findings produced. Whilst prima facie evidence would suggest that universities are strategically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Questionnaires, Statistical Analysis
Vardell, Emily Johanna – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The concept of health insurance literacy, which can be defined as "the extent to which consumers can make informed purchase and use decisions" (Kim, Braun, & Williams, 2013, p. 3), has only recently become a focus of health literacy research. Though employees have been making health insurance decisions for many years, the Affordable…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Literacy, Purchasing, Information Seeking
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Al-Matarneh, Rana; Fethi, Ihsan – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
The current concept of architectural design education in most schools of architecture in Jordan is a blend between manual and digital approaches. However, the disconnection between these two methods has resulted in the students' failure to transfer skills learnt through traditional methods to the digital method of CAAD. The objective of this study…
Descriptors: Building Design, Technology Integration, Architectural Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Yang, Jing; Huang, Si-min; Li, Ze-jian; Feng, Lie; Lu, Chun-ting – International Journal of Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: To develop a novel method for closely and effectively integrating simulation scenarios and clinical practices to improve clinical skills training in the concepts of translational medicine. Methods: Forty-two and 38 third-year medical students in the classes of 2010 and 2009 at Jinan University were selected as an observation group and a…
Descriptors: Simulation, Vignettes, Medical Students, Statistical Analysis
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Alonderiene, Raimonda; Majauskaite, Modesta – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: Although leadership is found to have impact on the followers' attitudes and performance there is a gap in leadership studies in HEIs, especially having Lithuania in mind. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of leadership style on job satisfaction of faculty in higher education institutions (HEI). Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Job Satisfaction, Supervisors, Comparative Analysis
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Campbell, Kathleen Taylor; Parker, Randy – Research in the Schools, 2016
After widespread accusations that universities were not adequately preparing school leadership candidates with real world experiences, the movement to reform U.S. university principal preparation began. The National Policy Board for Educational Administration approved the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) standards as guidelines…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Internship Programs, Principals, Administrator Education
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