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Larsen, Peter Gorm; Kristiansen, Erik Lasse; Bennedsen, Jens; Bjerge, Kim – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
In general engineering studies focus on the technical skills in their own discipline. However, in their subsequent industrial careers, a significant portion of their time needs to be devoted to non-technical skills. In addition, in an increasingly globalised world collaboration in teams across cultures and disciplines is paramount to the creation…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Engineering Education, Qualitative Research, Interviews
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Konca, Ahmet Sami; Tasdemir, Adem – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
This study describes a faculty technology mentoring project intended at providing support and mentoring a faculty member. The project took place in Ahi Evran University from February to June 2015. The mentor and mentee weekly met and explored new technologies which were suitable to the mentee's courses and discussed potential benefits and barriers…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Mentors, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods
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Schneider, Britta; Daddow, Angela A. – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2017
As higher education has shifted from an elite to an internationalised and massified system, we can no longer assume that students entering Western universities are familiar with the multiple literacy expectations of the university and professional worlds. Students are required to negotiate between different literacy practices, imbued with…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Curriculum Design, Teaching Methods
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Cheung, Pui Pui Phoebe; Siu, Andrew M. H.; Brown, Ted; Yu, Mong-lin – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2018
This pilot study explored the efficacy of a social-cognitive intervention program for adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Seven adolescents with ASD (mean age = 12.57 years) attended a school-based 10-week program. Social Skills Improvement System Rating Scales, Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS), and Theory of Mind Inventory were…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Intervention, Interpersonal Competence, Autism
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Cotter, Elizabeth W.; Bera, Victoria; Elsemore, Johanna; Snelling, Anastasia – American Journal of Health Education, 2018
Background: Latinos in the United States are at heightened risk for obesity and health disparities, yet community-based interventions to promote health are limited. Purpose: This research examined the feasibility and efficacy of a culturally relevant obesity prevention program (Vivir Sano), which included stress reduction and behavioral lifestyle…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Community Programs, Statistical Analysis, Hispanic Americans
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Barba-Sánchez, Virginia; Atienza-Sahuquillo, Carlos – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to encourage entrepreneurship and creativity among primary school pupils than they acquire entrepreneurial skills through running a business. Design/methodology/approach: A pilot experience has been structured into three large phases: analysis of the starting situation; production of the materials and their…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, Interviews
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Gol-Guven, Mine – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2017
This study examines the effectiveness of the Lions Quest Program: Skills for Growing by employing a quasi-experimental design with a control group. The experimental and control group each comprises two primary schools--one public, one private. One classroom at each grade level, 1 through 4, in each school was selected by random sampling for a…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Program Descriptions, Student Attitudes, Educational Environment
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Stranger--Johannessen, Espen; Norton, Bonny – Modern Language Journal, 2017
The African Storybook (ASb) is a digital initiative that promotes multilingual literacy for African children by providing openly licenced children's stories in multiple African languages, as well as English, French, and Portuguese. Based on Darvin and Norton's (2015) model of identity and investment, and drawing on the Douglas Fir Group's (2016)…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Social Capital
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Wohlgemuth, Ulla Gerner – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
This article reports the results from a study on reasons for choosing social education for a profession when you are a man. The study concluded that multiple job opportunities and caring for others is a strong motive for men along with possible further studies. The study also disclosed that many men still encounter incomprehension when stating…
Descriptors: Males, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Early Childhood Education
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Pryce, Julia M.; Keller, Thomas E. – Youth & Society, 2013
This prospective, mixed-method study presents an in-depth view of school-based youth mentoring relationships using qualitative data from direct observations, in-depth interviews, and open-ended questionnaires with mentors and students. The dimension of interpersonal tone, referring to the interaction style between adult mentor and student, was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mentors, Qualitative Research, Observation
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Christie, Beth; Beames, Simon; Higgins, Peter – British Educational Research Journal, 2016
Limited research exists that considers the usefulness of outdoor learning as a legitimate pedagogical approach for the delivery of a mainstream secondary school curriculum. To address this shortcoming, we investigated the ways in which mathematics and geography teachers and students from three secondary schools in Scotland responded to the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Outdoor Education, Critical Thinking
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Menghini, Michela – London Review of Education, 2016
This article illustrates the findings on multilingualism related to the educational sphere in the city of Rome, within the scope and theoretical framework of the international project LUCIDE (Languages in Urban Communities--Integration and Diversity for Europe). Particularly, it describes the type of linguistic and cultural support offered to…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
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Baker, Will; Hüttner, Julia – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
The rapid increase in English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education has resulted in the need for a greater evidence base documenting EMI in practice spanning a range of settings. Studies of EMI focusing on linguistic issues are beginning to emerge but there are few comparative studies looking at multiple sites, levels and stakeholders. In…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
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Burnett, Cora – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
This article reports on the "uptake" dynamics and resultant manifestations of a school-based, incentive-driven, sport-for-development programme in the South African context of poverty. The ecological systems theory of Brofenbrenner, the theory of complexity and a neo-liberal framework underpin the social constructions of local meanings…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Foreign Countries, Poverty, Elementary School Teachers
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Ehlen, Corry G. J. M.; van der Klink, Marcel R.; Boshuizen, Henny P. A. – Studies in Continuing Education, 2016
Increasingly, innovative collaboration between industry and schools is being exploited as a way of improving the quality and relevance of education. Even though these innovations appear to have substantial benefits, often the impact proves to fade away after their implementation. A better understanding of how to sustain complex innovations seems…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Social Capital, Interpersonal Relationship, Educational Quality
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