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Giliberto Capano; Paola Coletti – European Journal of Higher Education, 2025
This paper presents an empirical analysis that maps the short-term and middle-to-long-term responses of Italian universities to the COVID-19 crisis by focussing on teaching activities. A representative sample of eighteen public universities was analysed to evaluate how they planned their teaching activities for the 2020-21 and 2021/2022 academic…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries, Public Colleges
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Chiang, Kuang-Hsu; Karjalainen, Asko – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Looking beyond analytical philosophy which underlies most pedagogical thinking, this study presents a novel idea of fluid education. Fluid dialectic is not only a theory but a method of this study, which draws on the Hegelian dialectics supplemented by Taoism. It recognises the messiness of educational reality by exploring how pedagogic antinomies…
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Educational Philosophy, Figurative Language, Educational Change
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Kerr, Kathleen G.; Tweedy, James; Edwards, Keith E.; Kimmel, Dillon – About Campus, 2017
This article describes how the authors, determined to actualize their dedication to student learning, looked to American College Personnel Association (ACPA)'s seminal work from 1994, "The Student Learning Imperative," which redirected those who work in student affairs, where student services and development had traditionally been the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Practices, Student Personnel Services, Models
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Jacobs, Joanne – Education Next, 2017
The Chicago International Charter School (CICS) Irving Park's middle school is one of 130 schools nationwide piloting the Summit Learning Program (SLP), developed--and offered entirely free--by Summit Public Schools, a high-performing charter network based in California. Summit's eight schools, two of them in Washington State, are known for an…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Charter Schools, Middle Schools, Models
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Mossman, Amy Patrick – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2018
Various experts and institutions, including the United Nations, have stressed the complexity of the 21st century's global sustainability challenges. Higher education institutions should be at the center of research and education to meet these challenges. However, these institutions also find themselves in crisis, in part due to the economic…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainability, Global Education, Global Approach
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Biloveský, Vladimír; Djovcoš, Martin – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2016
Institutional translation and interpreting training has a long lasting tradition in Slovakia mainly thanks to such significant translation scholars as Anton Popovic, František Miko, Ján Vilikovský and many others. However the situation has changed after the Velvet Revolution in 1989 and the education needed to start adapting to the new market…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Translation, Interpretive Skills, Traditionalism
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Márquez-Ramos, Laura; Mourelle, Estefanía – Distance Education, 2018
The current network society, with its primacy of information and communication technologies, is challenging the higher education model. The needs and expectations of today's students differ from those of students in the past, and educational practices should adapt to modern times. But what changes will we see in the relationship between societal…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Models, Educational Practices, Social Change
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Bendíková, Elena – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2016
The study presents basic information on the curricular transformation of physical and sport education in Slovakia after the year 1989, which is related to the education process in the 21st century. What is more, it points to the basis for modern transformation in relation to sports as well as to insufficient undergraduate teacher training and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Educational Development, Educational Change
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Yildiz, Soner Onder – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2016
From the beginning of Turkish Republic till date, Turkish Education System (TES) has been steered by a handful of politicians and civil servants, who enjoy maximum centralized authority. Over the years, therefore, centralized management has repeatedly been blamed for the deadlocks hampering progress in the TES. Turkish scholars often seem to find…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Methods, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
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Murray, Neil – ELT Journal, 2016
English-medium universities have generally adopted centralized models of in-sessional English language provision, where expertise resides and is often delivered within language development units or as part of larger cognate departments, typically TESOL or Applied Linguistics departments. This arrangement might be seen as reflecting a…
Descriptors: College English, Academic Discourse, Educational Practices, Administrative Organization
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Lundahl, Lisbeth – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2016
The concept of a Nordic model of education is sometimes used to refer to the considerable similarities of education reforms and systems of the five Nordic countries (i.e. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) during the second half of the 20th century--reforms that aimed at social justice, equality and cohesion not least by providing…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Educational Practices, Educational Methods, Regional Characteristics
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Nyland, Berenice; Ng, Josephine – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
This article explores early childhood curriculum reform in Australia and Singapore in order to identify international trends in early childhood education (ECE), similarities in curriculum reform initiatives and implementation strategies adopted. We have observed the existence of many shared ideas across the two contexts that may influence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum, Trend Analysis
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Nilsson, Jenny; Bunar, Nihad – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Education systems around the world have experienced a rise in the number of newly arrived students. This article explores the manner in which the Swedish education system responds to the diverse needs of these students. Using the concept of post-migration ecology, the authors outline and critically discuss the legal, organisational, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migrant Children, Ecology, Student Diversity
Katz, Philip M. – Council of Independent Colleges, 2015
During the most recent decade, interdisciplinary instruction at the undergraduate level has increased rapidly. Independent colleges and universities are both innovators in developing new approaches to interdisciplinary education and strong supporters of traditional liberal arts disciplines. Some observers argue that interdisciplinary approaches…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Instructional Innovation, Educational Practices, Educational Change
Burns, Tracey; Köster, Florian; Fuster, Marc – OECD Publishing, 2016
Governing multi-level education systems requires governance models that balance responsiveness to local diversity with the ability to ensure national objectives. This delicate equilibrium is difficult to achieve given the complexity of many education systems. Countries are therefore increasingly looking for examples of good practice and models of…
Descriptors: Governance, Case Studies, School Administration, Best Practices
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