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Between Tradition and the Future: On Metrics and Performance Indicators for the Faculty of Law at University of São Paulo
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Stocco Ranieri, Nina Beatriz – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2022
The purpose of this article is to explore the possibilities of constructing performance indicators for the Faculty of Law (FL) at the University of São Paulo (USP), aiming to use them as instruments capable of institutional evaluation and as metrics capable of national and international comparisons, looking to strengthen their reputation. The…
Descriptors: Law Schools, Foreign Countries, Performance Based Assessment, Institutional Evaluation
Reading? What Reading?
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Massey, Carolyn; Wiggin, Paul – Teaching History, 2018
Discussions with sixth-form students about reading led Carolyn Massey and Paul Wiggin to start a sixth-form reading group. They describe here the series of themed sessions that they planned, and the student discussion and reflections that resulted. Listening to their students discuss their reading led Massey and Wiggin to reflect on what is meant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Reading Instruction, Youth Clubs
Global Capitalism's Trojan Horse: Consumer Power and the National Student Survey in England
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Holligan, Chris; Shah, Qasir – Power and Education, 2017
Neo-liberal capitalism is a representation of values that are detrimental to intellectual inquiry. Market deregulation and consumer choice are relentless in their erosion of academic autonomy and traditions of independent scholarship. Education as a 'positional good' may be weakened more in the post-1992 higher education sector, where…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Global Approach, Social Systems
The Use of Educational Game Design and Play in Higher Education to Influence Sustainable Behaviour
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Mercer, Theresa G.; Kythreotis, Andrew P.; Robinson, Zoe P.; Stolte, Terje; George, Sharon M.; Haywood, Stephanie K. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss a novel life cycle approach to education for sustainable development (ESD) where the students become "design thinkers". Design/methodology/approach: A case study on the creation, development and utilisation of educational games by university students is presented. The paper discusses the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Instructional Design, Play