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Ontario's Postsecondary Cooperative Education in a National and a Global Context: A Mixed-Methods Exploration into Its Strength and Issues
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Zha, Qiang; Wu, Qing – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2020
Postsecondary cooperative (PSE co-op) education is a structured method of combining classroom-based education with practical work experience, for which Ontario is termed a "hot bed." Adopting a mixed-methods design, this study explores the status and characteristics of Ontario's PSE co-op in the national and the global contexts through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Cooperative Education, Global Approach
Piano Teacher Education in Finland and Germany: Targeted Competencies and Respective Learning Environments of Two Cases
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Abankwa, Julia; Mikkilä-Erdmann, Mirjamaija – International Journal of Music Education, 2018
The investigation of targeted competencies and respective learning environments in two cases of piano teacher education aimed to identify themes for higher music education programme development. Application of the model of six instrumental/vocal music teacher roles resulted in the conceptual understanding of these roles in four permeable spheres…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Musical Instruments
A Comparative Study of Cooperative Education and Work-Integrated Learning in Germany, South Africa, and Namibia
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Reinhard, Karin; Pogrzeba, Anna; Townsend, Rosemary; Pop, Carver Albertus – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2016
The Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University was the first higher education institution in Germany to combine on-the-job training and academic studies. The study model integrates theory and practice, both being components of cooperative education. The success of this university is based on its cooperation with over 10,000 companies.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Cooperative Education, On the Job Training
Early Child Care Teachers' Socialization Goals and Preferred Behavioral Strategies: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
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Gernhardt, Ariane; Lamm, Bettina; Keller, Heidi; Döge, Paula – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
This study investigated early child care teachers' culturally shaped socialization goals and preferred behavioral strategies. The participants were 183 female teachers and trainees, 93 from Osnabrück, Germany, representing an urban Western context, which can be characterized by a primary cultural orientation toward psychological autonomy and a…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Socialization, Constructivism (Learning), Questionnaires
On the Theory and Practice of Project-Method Teaching.
von Bothier, Hermann – International Journal of Political Education, 1980
This discussion of the German curriculum project, "Work in an Historical Dimension", includes an analysis of the project's philosophical underpinnings as well as descriptions of its objectives, content (images and global realities of work from the 7th century to the present) and its successful implementation in a comprehensive school.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Economics Education
Research to Reality: Putting VET Research To Work. Proceedings of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA) Conference (4th, Adelaide, Australia, March 28-30, 2001).
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Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association, Alexandria. – 2001
This document contains 95 papers and summaries of 5 poster sessions from an Australian conference on putting vocational education and training (VET) research to work. The following are among the areas covered in the papers: factors affecting VET graduates' employability over time; technical and further education (TAFE) institutes as models of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Case Studies