"Rethinking learning in the digital age" was the theme of EDUsummIT 2017, which was held in Borovets, Bulgaria in September, 2017. Approximately 100 policy makers, practitioners and researchers met to discuss key topics in nine Thematic Working Groups. These topics were: (1) education systems in the digital age: the need for alignment;…

In this paper, we present data from a study exploring the use of coding to promote mathematical thinking. A teaching experiment was undertaken with 40 Year 2 students participating in six 45-minute lessons of coding (one lesson per week for six weeks). All lessons were video-recorded and analysed to determine students' mathematical thinking.…

Background: Studio-based courses - the primary approach in design education--have been viewed as effective environments for learning. However, few studies have utilized an ecological lens to explore how the studio environment creates opportunities for social interaction through immersive studies of studio learning. Purpose: We engaged in an…

There is increasing pressure to make pathways to higher education more accessible to students from a wide range of backgrounds, including those from lower socioeconomic circumstances. Often, those students gain vocational qualifications but those qualifications do not always support them fully to articulate to higher education. This is, at least…

Students experience a variety of challenges as they move from one level in school to the next. In this session, we consider and discuss two central questions related to students' progressions through their mathematical experience, particularly at transitions roughly characterized as elementary to middle school, middle school to high school, and…

This report from Public Agenda is a summary of the process and outcomes of the "Difficult Dialogues" that took place in November 2008 at the 4th annual policy summit of the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC). Nearly 200 state legislators, institutional and system-level leaders and governing board members, faculty, executive…

More than 60% of all community college students are placed into remedial, non-credit bearing courses. Concerns over the lack of articulation across the K-12 and postsecondary educational systems have led to concerns over whether students have had the opportunity to learn and demonstrate the skills required for success in college level classes. To…

There is increased attention on the first year experience at universities generally as a result of the Australian federal government's focus on increased accountability for universities and widening participation in further education (DEST, 2003; Jardine & Krause, 2005; Kift, 2005; Krause, Hartley, James & McInnes, 2005). However, these…

The split between higher education and vocational education and training (VET) in Australia is not clean. This paper discusses a number of aspects of this tertiary education sector: the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), which describes the qualifications offered by the three education sectors: schools, higher education and VET; student…

The authors define articulation as the process designed to guide students into and through postsecondary educational programs and consider the lack of information regarding articulation of special needs students. They introduce seven papers and reactions from a symposium on the topic. See also EC 133 817-823. (CL)

The modern polytechnic college is an outgrowth of changes made in engineering curricula toward more theoretical and less practical applications oriented engineering science. A February 1985 survey revealed that there are currently 68 public, 17 private non-profit, and 7 for profit polytechnics in the U.S. Only 17 of these institutions are…

The paper summarizes a 1980 symposium on articulation (designing a transition from secondary to postsecondary education) for special needs students in vocational education. For individual papers and reactions, see EC 133 816-823. (CL)

A close examination of two scenarios, one optimistic and the other pessimistic, reveals that the future of foreign language teaching in the United States is very much in the hands of the profession. Even if an external factor such as inflation does become serious, the profession must show unity and demonstrate its ability to realize optimistic…

This article draws an analogy from A. A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh," to urge foreign language educators to break out of a circular chase for "woozles" and to seek new areas for articulation. Articulation includes, but is not restricted to, the meshing of foreign language programs at various levels of instruction; the term also refers to the broader…

One of a series of papers on critical issues in vocational-technical education, this paper discusses problems and possible solutions to the need for special consideration of individual needs as students migrate within and between educational programs. Articulation is required so that students may move from program to program, or from institution…