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Chambers, Angela; Atkinson, David; Farr, Fiona – Language Teaching, 2015
The Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS), founded in 1997, brings together researchers and postgraduate students from several disciplines in language studies, and is structured in three research clusters: New learning environments; Discourse, society and identity; and Plurilingualism and language policy. There is a certain amount of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cluster Grouping, Language Research, Languages
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Yassin, Sulaiman Md. – International Education Studies, 2014
Without any doubt happiness among staff in any organization is pertinent to ensure continued growth and development. However, not many studies were carried out to determine the domains that will be able to measure the level of happiness among staff in universities. Thus, the aim of this study is to elicit the domains that explain the overall…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Research Universities, Psychological Patterns
Chen, Jui-Kuei; Chen, I-Shuo – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study is selecting type of university that can create its competitive advantages in a changing world. The study analyzes 25 related experiential professors. The VIKOR-based methodology is used to tackle the ranking of four types of universities. The study found that the rank of the university types is: Research-Intensive,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Indicators, Educational Research, Educational Innovation
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Zuljan, Milena Valencic – Educational Studies, 2007
In the first part of this paper, conceptions of trainee teachers are defined, together with their importance for the process of teacher education. Many studies concerning teacher conceptions and models of teacher development show that the conceptions of instruction, knowledge, and teacher and learner roles are a key part of the teacher's…
Descriptors: Professional Training, Student Teachers, School Restructuring, Teacher Education
Benton, Tom; Chamberlain, Tamsin; Wilson, Rebekah; Teeman, David – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2007
In April 2006, the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to conduct an independent external review in order to develop a single "statistical neighbour" model. This single model aimed to combine the key elements of the different models currently available and be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Benchmarking, Research Reports