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Rotondo, Federico; Giovanelli, L.; Marinò, L.; Fadda, N. – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Although recent reforms of higher education (HE) across Europe have involved reconfigurations of internal governance structures, little research has been conducted on the characteristics and practices of governing bodies and their impact on performance. In particular, more empirical evidence is required on the composition of the board of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Governing Boards, Diversity
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Schumann, Claudia – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2021
The paper explores the portrayal of social relations among youth in the popular Norwegian TV-series "Skam" and places this analysis in relation to Anne Imhof's award-winning performance piece "Faust," which received the Golden Lion at the 2017 Venice Biennale for the German Pavilion. As expressions of how today's youth…
Descriptors: Programming (Broadcast), Interpersonal Relationship, Youth, Foreign Countries
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John Olayemi Okunlola; Suraiya Rathankoomar Naicker; Chinaza Uleanya – Cogent Education, 2024
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has brought about significant changes in organizational leadership. However, the accelerated transformation towards digitization was not without the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, the COVID-19 pandemic aided the digital revolution in several organizations across the globe. This paper presents…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Leadership, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Suha M. Al-Hassan; Natasha Duell; Jennifer E. Lansford; Kenneth A. Dodge; Sevtap Gurdal; Qin Liu; Qian Long; Paul Oburu; Concetta Pastorelli; Ann T. Skinner; Emma Sorbring; Laurence Steinberg; Sombat Tapanya; Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado; Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong; Liane Peña Alampay; Dario Bacchini; Marc H. Bornstein; Lei Chang; Kirby Deater-Deckard; Laura Di Giunta – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
An important question for parents and educators alike is how to promote adolescents' academic identity and school performance. This study investigated relations among parental education, parents' attitudes toward their adolescents' school, parental support for learning at home, and adolescents' academic identity and school performance over time…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Performance, Parent Education, Foreign Countries
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Del Missier, Fabio; Stragà, Marta; Galfano, Giovanni; Venerus, Elisa; Ferrara, Domenico; Penolazzi, Barbara – Creativity Research Journal, 2022
Recent meta-analytic work has highlighted lower creativity in schizophrenic patients as compared to control participants, but the cognitive and affective underpinnings of this difference still need to be fully understood. To this purpose, we adopted a multi-measure approach and compared a group of schizophrenic outpatients and a group of…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Creativity, Severity (of Disability), Cognitive Ability
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Fiorentino, Raffaele; Parmentola, Adele; Sapio, Alessandro; Capurro, Rosita – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
The present research identifies the drivers of the growth of academic spin-offs (ASOs). Empirical studies have found few successful cases of ASOs from a firm-level perspective; many companies fail, and others tend to remain small without making a meaningful contribution to local economic development. Consequently, analysing the factors affecting…
Descriptors: Universities, Entrepreneurship, Educational Innovation, Performance
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Marra, Mita – American Journal of Evaluation, 2021
Drawing on the extensive ethnographic research I conducted on Italy's performance evaluation system, this article highlights the cognitive biases associated with evidence use in decision making and institution working. Framing effects, status quo bias, motivated reasoning, and tacit conflicts between personal and organizational interests were only…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation, Public Administration, Public Policy
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Benjamins, Laura; Roland, Sophie Louise; Bylica, Kelly – International Journal of Music Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the intersections of experiential learning and critical reflection within the unique context of the Accademia Europea dell'Opera (AEDO), a music performance summer program specializing in opera. Researchers explored the development and implementation of a responsive model of reflection and considered the…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Music Education, Opera, Summer Programs
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Anna Flavia Di Natale; Sabrina Bartolotta; Andrea Gaggioli; Giuseppe Riva; Daniela Villani – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Immersive virtual reality (IVR) and Metaverse applications are gaining attention in the educational field, showing potentials in transforming traditional learning methods by supporting active and experiential forms of learning. Our study, conducted within the context of an Italian university course, employs the Extended Expectation-Confirmation…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, College Students
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Lo Prete, F.; Macrì, E.; Rania, F. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2021
This study aims to determine whether team production among peer groups culturally aggregated can affect the individual student performance in an Italian university. Two further hypotheses were tested in order to verify whether students perform better in team than individually and if students culturally aggregated in team perform better than…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Teamwork, Cooperative Learning
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Carlomagno, Nadia; Cordella, Francesco Maria; Minghelli, Valeria; Rivoltella, Pier Cesare – Research on Education and Media, 2021
The didactic-performative experience at a distance, centred on the body in action of the training laboratories activated at the University of Study Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan and the University of Study Suor Orsola Benincasa of Naples, encouraged, through the exercise of 'simplex property' of the separation of functions, the crossing of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Theater Arts, Interaction
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Mario Lepore; Roberto Capone – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
This paper focuses on the impact of changing environment on undergraduate mathematics students' status, described through their engagement, participation, and motivation levels. These parameters were computed through a fuzzy cognitive map, which gathered data from a situation-aware e-learning platform. The main goal is to analyze the students'…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics, Learner Engagement, Student Participation
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Arfé, Barbara; Corato, Francesca; Pizzocaro, Eleonora; Merella, Anne – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Handwriting and spelling problems are often associated in dyslexia. However, the nature of their association is still unclear, and most of the existing research in this area is on deep orthographies (mainly English). The extent to which findings are applicable across languages is uncertain. This article examines the effects of script…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Spelling, Dyslexia, Learning Problems
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Rodríguez-Torrico, Paula; San-Martín, Sonia; Jiménez, Nadia – Computers in the Schools, 2023
A major concern is how to tackle student smartphone addiction (SSA). First, however, analysis of the definition, causes, and consequences of SSA is necessary. There is a lack of consensus in this regard, and little research considers its multidisciplinary nature. This article first reviews the key literature across different disciplines. Based on…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior, Elementary School Students
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Di Maria, Eleonora; De Marchi, Valentina; Spraul, Katharina – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to analyze the characteristics and performance of university-industry (U-I) collaboration for knowledge transfer in relation to environmental sustainability, considering for both parties of the collaborations. Design/methodology/approach: The study is explorative in nature, based on an original data set of more than 350…
Descriptors: Colleges, School Business Relationship, Industry, Foreign Countries
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