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Download full textDeacon, Lisa – Canadian Bureau for International Education, 2014
This report depicts the experience and perspectives of 100 Brazilian international students who responded to CBIE's "2014 International Student Survey".
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Student Motivation
Direct linkTreat, Carol Rava – Principal Leadership, 2013
Hundreds of middle level and high schools are trying new strategies to improve attendance as an important path to improving achievement; graduation rates; and in many states, funding. Celebrity wake-up calls are just one of the tactics that school administrators are turning to as they look to leverage their own mix of sizzle and substance to…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, High Schools, Student Motivation, Attendance
Peer reviewedNodulman, Jessica A. – Communication Teacher, 2011
This article presents an activity that combines this popular website, Postsecret.com, with college students' love for the internet, and course content on privacy boundaries and theory, disclosure, communicative control, and privacy rule development. By taking part in this activity, students practice privacy disclosure and are able to examine their…
Descriptors: College Students, Web Sites, Reputation, Privacy
Hollins, Paul; Whitton, Nicola – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2011
This paper draws on lessons learned from the development process of the entertainment games industry and discusses how they can be applied to the field of game-based learning. This paper examines policy makers and those wishing to commission or develop games for learning and highlights potential opportunities as well as pitfalls. The paper focuses…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Burns, E. Robert – American Biology Teacher, 2008
Lance Armstrong (2000) authored a book titled "It's Not About the Bike -- My Journey Back to Life," regarding his battle with testicular cancer. It became a "New York Times" Bestseller and was selected by the "School Library Journal" as one of the "Best Adult Books for High School Students for 2001." The goal of the project described in this…
Descriptors: Cancer, Athletes, Reputation, Authors
Gu, Qing; Schweisfurth, Michele – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2006
From a comparative perspective, this paper analyses Chinese learners' intercultural experiences in Chinese and British educational contexts. In the Chinese context, interview and questionnaire research was carried out in 24 universities that hosted the British Council's English teaching development programmes. The research uncovered perspectives…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Context, Context Effect, Student Motivation
Shimahara, Nobuo Kenneth – 1982
The influence of the college entrance examination (CEE) on social cohesion in Japanese society is considered, based on a 1976-1977 study in Nagoya, Japan. Attention is focused on socialization of adolescents and educational practice at the secondary level, and specifically cognitive and motivational orientations that are affected by CEE practice,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Case Studies, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
