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Andrea L. Schuman; Alaa Abdalla; Jennifer Case; David B. Knight – Chemical Engineering Education, 2025
Study abroad attempts to prepare students to effectively work in a multi-national environment. This study compares students' experiences in a unit operations laboratory course offered in multiple modalities: at students' home university, and four- and eight-week study abroad. The results examine the impact of support on students' learning and…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Program Length, Comparative Analysis, Educational Experience
Powell, Justin J. W.; Dusdal, Jennifer – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2017
Charting significant growth in science production over the 20th century in four European Union member states, this neo-institutional analysis describes the development and current state of universities and research institutes that bolster Europe's position as a key region in global science. On-going internationalization and Europeanization of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Research, Research Universities, Research and Development Centers
Petzold, Knut; Moog, Petra – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
In contrast to previous studies, this investigation aims to get deeper insights into the causes of the intention to study abroad by using an experimental approach. Although international experience is often considered as important, many students at German universities do not even consider abroad. Referring to the Theory of Rational Choice (RCT)…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Intention, Educational Benefits, Student Attitudes
Evans, Claire; Stroud, Dean – Journal of Education and Work, 2016
An important driver of change in work, employment and skills is European Union policy aims of sustainable economic growth and the cultivation of a green economy. Part of the latter--which is supported by increasing environmental regulation--focuses on the development of a "green skills agenda," which involves the "greening" of…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Economic Progress
Han, Shuangmiao; Zhong, Zhou; Li, Wei – Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2016
This investigation concerns the latest teaching and learning innovations in Chinese engineering higher education with special reference to Tsinghua University in Beijing, a leading university of China. Set in the context of rapid enrolment expansion in Chinese higher education since entering the 21st century, the study addresses how university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Awards, Case Studies
Bünning, Frank – International Journal of Training Research, 2013
Pedagogic approaches to TVET offer a limited range of teaching strategies which make use of experimental learning. Thus experiments were developed for teachers of structural engineering and timber processing technologies and were subject to empirical evaluation by a researcher at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg and Kassel University.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Engineering Education
Kluge, Annette; Sauer, Juergen; Burkolter, Dina; Ritzmann, Sandrina – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
Training in process control environments requires operators to be prepared for temporal and adaptive transfer of skill. Three training methods were compared with regard to their effectiveness in supporting transfer: Drill & Practice (D&P), Error Training (ET), and procedure-based and error heuristics training (PHT). Communication…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Training Methods, Methods, Task Analysis
Ahrens, Andreas; Wen, Melody Ling-Yu; Huang, Ya-Hui; Zascerinska, Jelena; Bassus, Olaf – Online Submission, 2010
The social dimension of Web 2.0 penetrates our society more thoroughly with the availability of broadband services. Aim of the following paper is to analyze the students' view on the relationship between social dimension of Web 2.0 technologies and e-learning within education. The meaning of the key concept of social dimension of Web 2.0 is…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries, Social Environment
Smith, Anna Tolman; Jesien, W. S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
Interest in technical education of the higher order has been greatly increased by the European war, and as a consequence numerous inquiries have been received at the Bureau of Education with regard to the higher technical schools of foreign countries. These inquiries relate in the main to the organization and conduct of the foreign schools, their…
Descriptors: Technical Education, Foreign Countries, Classification, Standards
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers