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Direct linkAgostinho, Marta; Moniz Alves, Catarina; Aresta, Sandra; Borrego, Filipa; Borlido-Santos, Júlio; Cortez, João; Lima Costa, Tatiana; António Lopes, José; Moreira, Susana; Santos, José; Trindade, Margarida; Varela, Carolina; Vidal, Sheila – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2020
This paper results from on-going reflection within the practitioners group "Plataforma de Interface à Ciência" (Platform of Professionals at the Interface of Science), an informal nationwide network in Portugal that brings together professionals involved in a large scope of activities related to research management, knowledge transfer…
Descriptors: Research Administration, Scientific Research, Technology Transfer, Foreign Countries
Britton, Willoughby B.; Brown, Anne-Catharine; Kaplan, Christopher T.; Goldman, Roberta E.; DeLuca, Marie; Rojiani, Rahil; Reis, Harry; Xi, Mandy; Chou, Jonathan C.; McKenna, Faye; Hitchcock, Peter; Rocha, Tomas A.; Himmelfarb, Josh; Margolis, David M.; Niles, Halsey F.; Eckert, Allison M.; Frank, Tana – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2013
Contemplative practices, which engage the subjective or "first-person" perspective, are being incorporated into systems of higher education that have traditionally relied on didactic or "third-person" approaches (Dederer 2007; Kroll 2010; Repetti 2010; Roth 2006; Shapiro, Brown, and Astin 2011; Smith 2006; Zajonc 2006). The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Metacognition
Dezhina, I. – Russian Education and Society, 2007
In the period after the collapse of the Soviet Union, cadre problems in Russian science gradually came to be included among the problems that are the most pressing and whose solutions need to be given top priority. The mass exodus of young and middle-aged qualified specialists from scientific research institutes, design bureaus, and scientific…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, State Regulation, Foreign Countries, Russian
Department of Education and Science, London (England). – 1970
This document reports available statistics relevant to science and technology in Great Britain. The 52 tables are arranged in nine sections: (1) Scientific Research and Development in the United Kingdom, (2) Central Government Expenditure on Scientific Research and Development, (3) Overseas Technological Royalty Transactions, (4) New Supply of…
Descriptors: Employment, Engineering, Expenditures, Scientific Personnel
Peer reviewedChemical and Engineering News, 1972
The nature of, and attitudes toward, science and technology in China are explored. The priorities and accomplishments in science and medicine are reviewed with a brief projection of the possible future of Chinese science. (TS)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Medicine, Sciences, Scientific Methodology
Peer reviewedWalsh, John – Science, 1979
The demographics of academic science are changing with the increase in the number of doctoral level researchers who are excluded from the traditional faculty tenure track, but hold research posts on open-ended terms. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Research, Science Education, Scientific Personnel
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1970
This report is written in English and French and presents the results of a survey of scientific and technical manpower, expenditures for research, and experimental development for most nations in the world. The data were gathered from 1966 to 1967 by questionnaires and have been presented in three tables. Table 1 presents data for each country on…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Labor Utilization, Scientific Personnel, Scientific Research
LENGYEL, PETER – 1966
PROCEEDINGS FROM A MEETING OF UNESCO'S ADVISORY COUNCIL TO ITS OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND ITS DIVISION OF SCIENCE POLICY ARE REPORTED. THE CENTRAL THEME OF THE CONFERENCE IS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AN INTRODUCTORY PAPER DEALS WITH RESOURCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Economic Development, Human Resources, Natural Resources
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1966
Part of a continuing series under the title "Science Policy Studies and Documents," dealing with surveys and studies on the national science policy of member states, this booklet presents data on Norway. Included are data on (1) historical development (universities, colleges, societies, museums, research), (2) legal and administrative…
Descriptors: Administration, College Science, International Education, Policy
Peer reviewedChemical and Engineering News, 1972
Prepared by the National Academy of Sciences, the report suggests implications of the 25 percent cut in support of physics programs as possible loss of scientific supremacy, employment problems, and the abandonment of whole subfields of research. (CP)
Descriptors: Budgets, Employment, Financial Support, Occupations
Peer reviewedZiman, John – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1981
Describes the educational process involved in becoming a scientist, the different dimensions of academic science, industrialized science, the scientists' management of research and development, scientists in their social context, and the vocational motivation for becoming a scientist. (DS)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Research, Researchers
Vetter, Betty M. – 1977
This paper examines some of the findings of selected pertinent reports concerning the nature of women scientists and engineers conducting research. It also looks at women employed in academic institutions, in industry, and in government. Some changes over time are shown in the paper for the periods where comparable data exist, including a…
Descriptors: Data, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities, Engineers
Peer reviewedChemical and Engineering News, 1978
The rationale behind postdoctoral work for PhD chemists is discussed. Speculations concerning the decline in postdoctoral appointments since 1976 are advanced. (CP)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Employment Patterns, Higher Education, Industry
Download full textBird, John – 1988
This booklet contains illustrations of the upper atmosphere, describes some recent discoveries, and suggests future research questions. It contains many color photographs. Sections include: (1) "Where Does Space Begin?"; (2) "Importance of the Upper Atmosphere" (including neutral atmosphere, ionized regions, and balloon and investigations); (3)…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Satellites (Aerospace), Science Materials, Scientific Personnel
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. – 1978
This directory of the Assembly of Life Sciences (ALS), National Research Council, reflects the status of all committees, their membership, Corresponding Societies, and ALS staff as of October, 1978. Organization charts illustrate the relationship between the Assembly of Life Sciences and the general structure of the National Academy of Sciences,…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Directories, Federal Government, Federal Programs
