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PISA 2009 Results: Learning to Learn. Student Engagement, Strategies and Practices. Volume III
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OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2010
One of the ultimate goals of policy makers is to enable citizens to take advantage of a globalised world economy. This is leading them to focus on the improvement of education policies, ensuring the quality of service provision, a more equitable distribution of learning opportunities and stronger incentives for greater efficiency in schooling.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Global Approach, International Education
Multiple Dimensions of Family Involvement and Their Relations to Behavioral and Learning Competencies for Urban, Low-Income Children
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Fantuzzo, John; McWayne, Christine; Perry, Marlo A.; Childs, Stephanie – School Psychology Review, 2004
Relations between multiple dimensions of family involvement in early childhood education and classroom outcomes were examined. Participants included 144 urban, Head Start children. Parental report of family involvement was gathered in late fall using a multidimensional assessment. Relations between family involvement dimensions and end of the year…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Vocabulary Skills, Learning Motivation
Promoting Student Learning through a Student-Centred Problem-Based Learning Subject Curriculum
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Chung, Jenny; Chow, Susanna – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2004
This study, adopting an action-learning approach, aimed to redesign an existing problem-based learning (PBL) subject curriculum to accommodate the learning potential and interests of students. Based on students' perceptions of learning and learning experiences with PBL, a Subject Planning Team (SPT) consisting of both students and teachers was…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Motivation, Problem Based Learning, Student Attitudes
Outcomes for Vocational Education and Training Diploma and Associate Diploma Students.
Dumbrell, Tom; de Montfort, Rowena; Finnegan, Wendy – 2001
A study examined outcomes for graduates and module completers who studied in associate diploma, diploma, and advanced diploma courses, using data from the 1999 Student Outcomes Survey, together with focus groups in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. One aim was to determine whether module completers had different training needs than graduates;…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Dropouts, Associate Degrees, Developed Nations
Adult Learning and Social Division: A Persistent Pattern. A Report of the Findings of a UK-Wide Survey on Adult Participation in Education and Learning Carried Out for NIACE by Research Surveys of Great Britain (RSGB).
Sargant, Naomi; Aldridge, Fiona – 2002
Adult participation in learning in the United Kingdom in 2002 was examined in a survey of a representative sample of 4,896 adults who were selected using a random location sampling method that involved dividing the study area into 600 areas of equal proportion. The findings from the 2002 survey were compared with those of surveys conducted in 1996…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Educational Attitudes
TAFE Graduates: Do They Get What They Want from Training? Statistics 2001.
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2002
The question of whether graduates of Australia's technical and further education (TAFE) programs are getting what they want from training was examined. A market segmentation approach was used to analyze data from the 2001 Student Outcomes Survey (SOS). The market segments analyzed covered 93% of TAFE graduates surveyed in the 2001 SOS. The…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Change, Definitions, Education Work Relationship
Student Engagement with School: Individual and School-Level Influences. Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth. Research Report.
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Fullarton, Sue – 2002
The engagement of young Australians with school and individual and school-level influences on student engagement (defined as participation in extracurricular activities) were examined by analyzing data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth. Being female, being from a higher socioeconomic background, and having professional parents were…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Persistence, Definitions, Education Work Relationship