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Children's Rights, Educational Research and the UNCRC: Past, Present and Future
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Gillett-Swan, Jenna, Ed.; Coppock, Vicki, ED. – Symposium Books, 2016
"Children's Rights, Educational Research, and the UNCRC" provides international perspectives on contemporary issues pertaining to children's rights in education. The global context, relevance and implications of children's rights, educational research and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) are explored from…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Educational Research, International Organizations, Treaties
Computer Science (CS) in the Compulsory Education Curriculum: Implications for Future Research
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Passey, Don – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
The subject of computer science (CS) and computer science education (CSE) has relatively recently arisen as a subject for inclusion within the compulsory school curriculum. Up to this present time, a major focus of technologies in the school curriculum has in many countries been on applications of existing technologies into subject practice (both…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Integrated Curriculum, Required Courses, Educational Policy
Lost in Translation: The Meaning of Learning Outcomes across National and Institutional Policy Contexts
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Sin, Cristina – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Student-centred learning has gradually come to the foreground of the Bologna Process. In parallel, learning outcomes have been advocated as key degree descriptors, illustrative of student-centred approaches. This paper examines learning outcomes in their diverse understandings and enactment in three European countries--England, Portugal and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Learner Controlled Instruction, Policy Formation
The Devil in the Detail: Contradictory National Requirements and Bologna Master Degrees
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Sin, Cristina – Tertiary Education and Management, 2013
This article compares the national-level requirements for master degree provision in England, Denmark and Portugal following the implementation of the Bologna Process, and ponders upon the reconcilability of these requirements in cross-national initiatives (e.g. joint degrees). In all three countries, master degrees have to comply with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Degrees, Masters Programs, Qualifications
Survey on the Implementation of the Bologna Process in Portugal
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Veiga, Amelia; Amaral, Alberto – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
For several years Portuguese higher education institutions have been waiting for the legislation framework necessary for the implementation of the Bologna process. Such legislation was passed quite recently (2006) and has resulted in an unexpected flood of proposals presented at very short notice by higher education institutions to the Ministry.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Educational Legislation
The Balance between Higher Education Autonomy and Public Quality Assurance: Development of the Portuguese System for Teacher Education Accreditation
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Campos, Bartolo – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
The accreditation systems of higher education institutions and/or programs are becoming a policy measure used to find a balance between their autonomy and public assurance concerning the quality of the qualifications they award. This article analyses, from the point of view of this balance of power, the process of development of the Portuguese…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Quality Control, Educational Quality