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Yan, Fengqiao – Frontiers of Education in China, 2013
Through experiencing and reviewing multiple-country endeavors in academic profession study and participating in a new project regarding the academic profession in Asia, the author pinpoints and anticipates the shortcomings of study alone or dominantly questionnaire-based and ignoring the broader social context. The author proposes a new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Questionnaires, College Faculty
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Nettle, Ruth; Brightling, Pauline; Hope, Anne – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2013
Purpose: This article outlines the emergence of programme teams in the Australian dairy farm sector as a response to counter weaknesses in the institutional environment for agricultural innovation which favours technology adoption/diffusion approaches. Design/methodology/approach: The strengths, weaknesses and risks of different approaches to…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Risk, Innovation, Agricultural Education
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Schömer, Frank; González-Monteagudo, José – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2013
This paper explores participation in higher education in Germany and Spain through two case studies from the RANLHE project. There is one case in each national context (Germany and Spain) based on biographical interviews undertaken between 2008 and 2010. Social, economic and cultural dimensions are explored in order to better understand the German…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Barriers, Access to Education
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Lloyd, Caroline; Payne, Jonathan – Research Papers in Education, 2012
The view that vocational education and training is central to economic prosperity and social well-being is one that is widely held by policy-makers in many countries. Delivering this agenda requires skilled and professional teachers. Ensuring that vocational teachers are able to maintain and develop both their "craft" skills and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Environment, Professional Development, Vocational Education
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White, Carmen M. – Ethnography and Education, 2013
Several societies throughout the global North and South are now witnessing unprecedented patterns of marginally higher female academic performance and educational attainment. But the processes that have generated such patterns and responses to their development have not been uniform across or within these societies. In multiracial Fiji, statistics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Females, Institutional Environment
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Daunhauer, Lisa A.; Coster, Wendy J.; Tickle-Degnen, Linda; Cermak, Sharon A. – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2010
The relationship between cognitive functioning and play behaviors of children residing in an orphanage was examined. Twenty-six young children (15 boys) between 10 and 38 months of age participated. More developmentally competent play behaviors were highly related to better performance on cognitive functioning as measured by the Bayley Scales of…
Descriptors: Play, Young Children, Institutional Environment, Cognitive Development
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Langford, Peter H. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2010
The purpose of the current study was to benchmark a broad range of work practices and outcomes in Australian universities against other industries. Past research suggests occupational stress experienced by academic staff is worse than experienced by employees in other industries. However, no other practices or outcomes can be compared confidently.…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Benchmarking, Performance Technology, Foreign Countries
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Fernandez-Ballesteros, R.; And Others – Evaluation Practice, 1991
Thirty-two facilities for the elderly in Spain were compared with 55 such facilities in the United States through a Spanish translation of the Multiphasic Environmental Assessment Procedure of R. Moos and S. Lemke (1979). Implications of program findings for facility improvement and methodology for international evaluation are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Institutional Environment
Batten, Margaret; Girling-Butcher, Sue – 1981
In order to test the validity of a measure of Australian students' views on the quality of life within their schools, a small-scale study was conducted in seven secondary schools, including both public and private institutions. The 52-item survey instrument was administered to 651 students in grades 9-12. Followup interviews of students were held…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Chappell, Neena L.; Penning, Margaret J. – Essence: Issues in the Study of Ageing, Dying, and Death, 1982
Compared the mental health of the elderly living in three different environments: conventional community housing, subsidized housing, and institutions providing medical care. Mental health variables include autonomy and independence. Results indicated institutions do not appear to have better effects for their inhabitants given similar levels of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Disabilities, Environmental Influences
Johansson, Marjut – 1998
This paper discusses the interlanguage conversation as a process in an institutional setting. The interaction type in question is language proficiency interview and the material discussed is a series of interviews of French second language learners whose mother tongue is either Finnish or Swedish. These interviews are compared to non-evaluative…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Error Correction, Finnish, Foreign Countries
Lang, Daniel W. – 1999
Diversity is a policy objective pursued by most higher education systems; at the same time these systems are also concerned about equity of access and the quality of educational opportunity. For a variety of reasons, individual institutions attempt to benchmark themselves against other institutions. Both activities involve measurement,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Diversity (Faculty)
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Caleekal-John, Anuppa; Goodstadt, Michael S. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1983
Available data on Canadian and U.S. student drinking patterns are compared. Among the factors and implications discussed are prevalency and volume of drinking, its relation to other drug use, negative behavioral consequences, student characteristics, attitudes, motivation, and the influence of home, high school, and college environment in…
Descriptors: Age, Alcoholic Beverages, Attendance Patterns, Behavior Patterns