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Bryant, Jayne; Ayers, James; Missimer, Merlina; Broman, Göran – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: Transformative learning (TL) and leadership are key leverage points for supporting society's transition toward sustainability. The purpose of this study is to identify essential components of TL within an international sustainability leadership master's program in Sweden that has been described by many students as life-changing,…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Alumni, Masters Programs, Leadership Training
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Asplund, Fredrik; Flening, Elias – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
The transition from engineering student to early career engineer is often difficult as not all skills that constitute effective engineering practice are formally taught. Work placements are suggested as a solution by providing opportunities to learn skills that academia is unable to teach. However, academic requirements for skills such as research…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Job Placement, Education Work Relationship, Masters Programs
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Kingdon, Patricia – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2018
This paper presents a study that seeks to examine the messages conveyed in one of the initiatives that have been initialized in order to make young people interested in pursuing engineering studies at technological universities. The study is a case study of the web-based advertising (recruitment) campaign KTH from the Inside designed for KTH Royal…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Metropolitan Areas, Foreign Countries, Technology Education
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Söderlundh, Hedda – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2018
Nowadays, most universities have policies for internationalization, and in such policies, attention is increasingly given to internationalization as an aspect of students' learning. However, there have so far been limited efforts to study how such student-centered internationalization can be carried out in practice. This article explores linkages…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Söderhjelm, Teresa; Björklund, Christina; Sandahl, Christer; Bolander-Laksov, Klara – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Demands on academic leadership are increasing, which raises the need for leadership training. This article describes development and implementation of a group training intervention in academic leadership at a departmental level. Little systematic research has addressed the question of what forms of leadership training are associated with…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Content Analysis, Leadership Training, Intervention
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Hamunen, Katri; Appelstrand, Marie; Hujala, Teppo; Kurttila, Mikko; Sriskandarajah, Nadarajah; Vilkriste, Lelde; Westberg, Lotten; Tikkanen, Jukka – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2015
Purpose: This paper explores the concept of peer-to-peer learning (P2PL) in the context of North-European small-scale forest owners. The aim is to develop a framework for initiating new and evaluating already existing forest owners' P2PL communities. Design: Previous studies of peer-learning are used to determine and justify eight dimensions for…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Peer Teaching, Forestry Occupations, Forestry
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Azasu, Samuel; Berggren, Björn – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2015
The purpose of the paper is to describe and analyse efforts to integrate research into teaching in a postgraduate degree program in real estate management. The long term goals of the changes were to increase graduation rates as well as the quality of dissertations. In order to validate our findings, the data for this paper emanate from a three…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Masters Programs, Educational Change, Real Estate
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Vanhoof, Jan; Mahieu, Paul – Policy Futures in Education, 2013
The concept of "knowledge brokerage" focuses on promoting the integration of the best available evidence into policy and practice-related decisions. In this study, emphasis is put on the knowledge brokerage role of cities. The study aims at finding similarities and differences in existing educational knowledge brokerage initiatives, at…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Case Studies, Educational Practices, Management Information Systems
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Wilkins, Stephen; Urbanovic, Jolanta – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2014
Although there seems to be a wide held assumption that transnational higher education programs have to be taught in English to be legitimate "international" programs, there are a few examples globally of international branch campuses that teach in languages other than English. Using seven institutional case studies from around the world,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Case Studies
Karlsson, Hakan – Online Submission, 2011
This paper aims to outline findings from a research project that has investigated an initiative to stimulate youths to become more entrepreneurial. The concept of summer entrepreneur has been developed in the last decade in a Swedish county. It was developed out of the idea that youths should have a possibility to run their own companies as…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs, Case Studies
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Melin, Ulf; Axelsson, Karin – Information Systems Education Journal, 2011
In this paper we focus on lessons learned from developing information systems (IS) higher education in an inter-organizational (IO) network focusing possibilities and challenges. Developing higher education is one area among others where organizing joint efforts in networks are possible. An IO R&D project is described and analyzed in this…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Higher Education, Research and Development, Program Descriptions
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Eriksson, Andrea; Axelsson, Runo; Axelsson, Susanna Bihari – Health Education, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the experiences of an intervention programme for development of health promoting leadership in Gothenburg in Sweden. The more specific purpose is to identify critical aspects of such a programme as part of the development of a health promoting workplace. Design/methodology/approach: A…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Interviews, Foreign Countries, Leadership
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Danby, Susan; Lee, Alison – Australian Universities' Review, 2012
With growing international interest in diversifying sites for pedagogical work within the doctorate, doctoral programmes of different kinds are being developed in different disciplinary, institutional and national settings. However, little is known about how the pedagogical work of these programmes is designed and enacted, and with what effects.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Social Action, Doctoral Programs
Belding, Robert E. – American Education, 1977
Monica's educational bearings are now set toward a field she had never even considered a career possibility until she got into Sweden's required work-sampling program. (Editor)
Descriptors: Career Development, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions
Carlson, Richard – American Education, 1977
Every young Swede, irrespective of goal or inclination, is exposed to the work world and the community through a blend of career and vocational-education programs. (Editor)
Descriptors: Career Development, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Educational Change
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