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Download full textAdelman, Cliff; Ewell, Peter; Gaston, Paul; Schneider, Carol Geary – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2011
Through this document, Lumina Foundation for Education offers a "Degree Qualifications Profile," a tool that can help transform U.S. higher education. A Degree Profile--or qualifications framework--illustrates clearly what students should be expected to know and be able to do once they earn their degrees--at any level. This Degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Profiles, Qualifications, Academic Degrees
Peer reviewedLawler, James – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1980
Urie Bronfenbrenner has characterized Soviet education as collective, and Amerian education as individualistic. Bronfenbrenner's suggestion, made 10 years ago, that the United States should adopt some of the Soviet methods, is still valid today. (GDC)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cooperation, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
WEDEMEYER, CHARLES A., ED. – 1963
THE FIRST ESSAY IN THIS MEMORIAL ANTHOLOGY ASSERTS THAT CORRESPONDENCE COURSES CONCEIVED IN A MATURE, REALISTIC SPIRIT CAN MAKE A UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO LIBERAL ADULT EDUCATION. IN THE NEXT, A NEED IS SEEN TO REASSESS ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND TO MAKE RADICAL CHANGES IN KEEPING WITH CURRENT DEMANDS AND RESOURCES. ANOTHER AUTHOR REVIEWS THE…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Extension Education, General Education, Group Instruction
Direct linkNagayama, Mariko; Gilliard, Jennifer L. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2005
Staff interviews and classroom observations based on predetermined observation criteria and open-ended questions were conducted at early care and education programs in Kakunodate, Akita, Japan; Tazawako, Akita, Japan; Butte, Montana; and Missoula, Montana. Differences in curriculum, classroom structure and educational strategies were found. For…
Descriptors: Interviews, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Ethnic Groups
Owens, Lee – 1992
Learning mode preferences of secondary school students were compared for 1,259 students from Sydney (Australia), 837 students from Perth (Australia), 2,125 students from England, and 570 students from Minneapolis (Minnesota). Students were in grades 7 through 12. Preferences for cooperative, competitive, and individualized learning modes were…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Style, Comparative Testing, Competition
Nutt, Diane, Ed.; Calderon, Denis, Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2009
Students around the globe have unique first-year experiences but struggle with many of the same challenges. This monograph focuses on their journeys and provides insights for educators interested in learning about how institutions across the globe provide supports to students dealing with first-year transition issues. Based on the successful…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Studies, Program Attitudes, College Freshmen
Deffenbaugh, W. S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
The growth of cities has created many new social, economic, and educational problems in the United States, for within a half century the country has become not predominantly rural but predominantly urban. The cities of the country have become the centers of political, industrial, and commercial power, as well as of wealth, education, and culture.…
Descriptors: Publicity, Curriculum Development, Individual Instruction, Play
