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Pittich, Daniel; Tenberg, Ralf; Lensing, Karsten – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
The article discusses the challenges and the potential approaches of competence-based programmes for higher education institutions, starting at their inception in the Bologna process. It focuses particularly on curriculum transformation and implementation of action-orientated learning concepts. Consequently, the article takes stock of recent…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Higher Education, Engineering Education, Curriculum Development
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Burchert, Joanna; Hoeve, Aimée; Kämäräinen, Pekka – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2014
This article focuses on two examples of interactive research (IR) in vocational education and training. IR is a process which brings together practitioners and researchers with the aim to implement an innovation. This innovation in the first project meant to create a hybrid learning environment; in the second it supported introducing digital media…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Research, Educational Innovation
Burchert, Joanna; Hoeve, Aimée; Kämäräinen, Pekka – Online Submission, 2014
This article focuses on two examples of interactive research (IR) in vocational education and training. IR is a process which brings together practitioners and researchers with the aim to implement an innovation. This innovation in the first project meant to create a hybrid learning environment; in the second it supported introducing digital media…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Research, Educational Innovation
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Krummheuer, Götz – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2013
In 2008, the research center "Individual Development and Adaptive Education" was constituted by the Goethe University, the German Institute for International Educational Research, and the Sigmund Freud Institute, all located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (http://www.idea-frankfurt.eu). The research of the center focuses on the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Research and Development Centers, Mathematics, Cognitive Processes
Frohlich, Ellen – Group of Eight (NJ1), 2012
As described in "Go8 Backgrounder 24: Answering the Global Challenge--Experiences from European Excellence Initiatives," Germany began a debate about how to strengthen its position as an excellent location for science and research in 2004. This debate focussed in particular on the competitiveness of the country's universities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Educational Finance, Financial Support
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di Fuccia, David; Witteck, Torsten; Markic, Silvija; Eilks, Ingo – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2012
By the 1970s a fundamental shift had taken place in German science education. This was a shift away from the learning of more-or-less isolated facts and facets in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics towards a restructuring of science teaching along the general principles of the respective science domains. The changes included also the addition of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Research and Development, Scientific Principles, Problem Based Learning
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Finkelstein, Martin; Cummings, William – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
This study focuses on aspects of the Changing Academic Profession survey of 2007-08 that describe the place of faculty in their institutions. The authors examine the following aspects of institutional life: (1) the faculty role in institutional governance; (2) who evaluates their teaching and research; (3) the locus of their loyalties as between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Academic Rank (Professional), Teaching Conditions
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Bowman, Diana M.; Hodge, Graeme A. – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2007
This article examines nanotechnology within the context of the public interest. It notes that though nanotechnology research and development investment totalled US$9.6 billion in 2005, the public presently understands neither the implications nor how it might be best governed. The article maps a range of nanotechnology dialogue activities under…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Governance, Governing Boards
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Bormann, Inka; Michelsen, Gerd – European Educational Research Journal, 2010
This article introduces a tri-national research and development project which aims to develop indicators for the cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary educational task "education for sustainable development" (ESD). These indicators are meant to help monitor the implementation of ESD efforts in schools and institutions of higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Sustainable Development, Research Projects
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Kindler, Heinz – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
The child welfare system in Germany has been described as family service-oriented because families in need are entitled to request family support services. If there is any form of child maltreatment, there may be some kind of mandatory state intervention to protect the child. Using trends in the number of children affected by maltreatment, the…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Foreign Countries, Family Programs, Child Abuse
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Cassia, Lucio; Colombelli, Alessandra; Paleari, Stefano – Industry and Higher Education, 2008
The purpose of this paper is, first, to highlight the role of the relationships between universities, institutions and firms in different regional development processes working towards a knowledge economy, and, second, to draw some implications for local policy makers. Adopting the regional innovation system (RIS) approach, the authors analyse …
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Research and Development, School Business Relationship
Nisbet, John, Ed.; And Others – 1985
Nineteen articles on the status of the relationship among educational research, policy, and practice around the world are collected in the 1985 edition of the "World Yearbook of Education." Contributors address the development of national policies on educational research in countries in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Agency Role, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Policy
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Ihsen, S.; Buschmeyer, A. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
International companies are recognised by equity between men and women as well as between other different groups (Diversity) as an economic factor and incorporate it into their company visions. Mixed teams are set up to design target group-oriented products, for example in automotive engineering. Therefore they need employees who represent the…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Labor Market, Engineering, Foreign Countries
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Bernath, Ulrich; Kleinschmidt, Axel; Walti, Christine; Zawacki, Olaf – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2003
The Center for Distance Education at the University of Oldenburg began offering online tutorials with mentors in the 1990s. Virtual study centers using Lotus Learning Space as the online learning management system were created in 1999. Appropriate technical support, technology training, and preparation of mentors to be online teachers were…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Distance Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Dubeck, Kirsti; Schulz, Dieter – European Education, 2004
The Euroregions are a form of border and cross-border cooperation. The Euroregion Neisse (D)-Nisa (CZ)-Nysa (PL) is one of four Euroregions along the German-Polish border. It was established in 1991 by the Union of Polish Communities (ERN), The Union of German communities (ERN), and the Regional Community Union of the Cities and Communities of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Research and Development, International Cooperation
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