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Spicker, Sebastian J.; Küpper, Alexander; Bresges, André – Physics Teacher, 2022
Physics is not a very popular subject at German schools, and several studies indicate that girls are less interested than boys in the traditional physics curriculum. To address this problem, physics education should be up to date, context oriented, interesting for girls and boys, and emerge from their everyday life. The ROSE study shows that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Astronomy, Space Sciences
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Lahiff, Ann; Li, Junmin; Unwin, Lorna; Zenner-Höffkes, Lea; Pilz, Matthias – European Journal of Training and Development, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to address a gap in the comparative research literature on vocational education and training (VET) and skill formation systems. It examines the impact of international technical standardisation and regulation on the design, organisation and delivery of apprenticeships in the aeronautical and aerospace sectors…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Aviation Education, Standards, International Cooperation
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O'Brien, Jason L.; Sears, Christine E. – Social Studies, 2011
Set during the Cold War and space race, this historical role-play focuses on Wernher von Braun's involvement in and culpability for the use of slave laborers to produce V-2 rockets for Nazi Germany. Students will grapple with two central questions. Should von Braun have been allowed to emigrate to the United States given his affiliation with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role Playing, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Biographies
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Bremer, Rainer – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2008
Purpose: This article aims to take up a mirror image-oriented position of the EQF and the announced ECVET system. It seeks to be concerned with the effects that the EQF transformation process into the respective NQF might have on the underlying systems of vocational education and training. Design/methodology/approach: A comparison is drawn between…
Descriptors: Industry, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Comparative Education