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Brennan, Amelia; Sharma, Akshay; Munguia, Pablo – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2019
A common use of technology in higher education is the provision of online course materials, invoking an investigation of the ways in which students engage with online course content, and how their participation changes over time. This is particularly necessary in the context of high absenteeism from lectures, where online access may be the only…
Descriptors: Attendance, Lecture Method, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education
Department for Education, 2011
To support the review of the National Curriculum, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) was commissioned by the Department for Education in the spring of 2011 to produce a report detailing curricular arrangements in a number of high-performing educational jurisdictions. The principal source of information for this report has been…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Educational Research, Research Reports, Foreign Countries
Ezrin, Sharyn A.; And Others – 1986
A survey of selected program areas in 41 postsecondary educational institutions in Ontario was conducted to gain information on programs and courses with content related to child abuse. A bilingual questionnaire was developed and administered to 139 program heads. An analysis of responses led to the following conclusions: (1) 26 program areas…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Course Content, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education
Polesel, John; Davies, Merryn; Teese, Richard – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
This report investigates students' learning experience at a technical and further education (TAFE) institute and determines the factors that influence students to continue or discontinue their studies. Students who reported satisfaction with their learning experience highlighted relationships with teaching staff and respect for their expertise and…
Descriptors: Courses, Learning Experience, Course Content, Adult Education
Reis, Pedro; Galvao, Cecilia – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
This article discusses the results of a mainly qualitative study into possible impacts of recent controversial socio-scientific issues on a group of Portuguese secondary school students regarding their conceptions about scientists. The 86 participants: (1) answered a questionnaire with open-ended questions; and (2) wrote a science fiction story…
Descriptors: Scientists, Secondary School Students, Science Fiction, Foreign Countries
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2001
This report provides summary information about the publicly funded vocational education and training (VET) sector in Australia for the year 2000 and, to a lesser extent, 1999. Information is provided for Australia as a whole, for states and territories, and for majors and fields of study. The following information is reported: (1) 1.75 million…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum, Developed Nations, Educational Demand
Engin, Ali Osman – Online Submission, 2006
This research has been done to find out the factors influencing the students' successes in learning a foreign language (English). In other words, the effects of the methods and techniques, used by the teachers on the staff to teach the chosen foreign language, on the students' success. The main aim of our study is to make the foreign language…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
Teichler, Ulrich – 1990
This study aimed to synthesize the scattered sources of information available on the 3-year, technically oriented Fachhochschulen type of higher education in the Federal Republic of Germany. Organized into six sections, the book starts with a review of the organization of the higher education system including the trend towards a unitary system,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Admission Criteria, Course Content, Educational Objectives
Simons, Michele; Harris, Roger – 2001
A research project chronicling the nature and extent of the structured staff development undertaken by teachers and trainers employed at public and private providers of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia was one component of a larger study that examined the changing role of staff development for VET teachers and trainers. Data…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Continuing Education, Course Content, Developed Nations
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2001
Of the 477,800 students reported to Australia's national vocational education and training (VET) data collection in 2000, 237,900 were enrolled in a vocational adult and community education (ACE) program. More than 70% of the latter individuals undertook informal training. Vocational ACE programs accounted for 49.8% of all ACE students and nearly…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2008
Across OECD countries, governments are seeking policies to make education more effective while searching for additional resources to meet the increasing demand for education. The 2008 edition of "Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries' performance. It provides a rich,…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Foreign Countries, Educational Demand, Educational Policy