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Direct linkHagerer, Ilse – Tertiary Education and Management, 2022
One of the main discussions in higher education is whether universities have appropriately adapted their structures and processes in response to the New Public Management (NPM) reforms and the Bologna Process. There are no profound empirical investigations on the extent to which faculties take elements of the reforms into account in terms of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Higher Education, College Administration, Administrator Attitudes
Hordern, Jim – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2018
This paper draws on sociological and philosophical work on educational knowledge and expertise to consider what is distinctive about different traditions of educational inquiry. It is argued that an examination of the character of educational knowledge benefits from scrutiny of the relations between specialised and non-specialised forms of…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Knowledge Level, Specialization, Educational Research
Download full textStädler, Michael; Linke, Knut; von Zobeltitz, André – Higher Education Studies, 2018
This article contains the analytical results of qualitative and descriptive research regarding the definition of specialisation courses in the areas of "Informatics" and "Management" for extra-occupational study offers within the discipline of Business Informatics. The subjects were IT specialists with either foundation or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Curriculum, Information Technology, Specialization
Evers, Arne; McCormick, Carina M.; Hawley, Leslie R.; Muñiz, José; Balboni, Giulia; Bartram, Dave; Boben, Dusica; Egeland, Jens; El-Hassan, Karma; Fernández-Hermida, José R.; Fine, Saul; Frans, Örjan; Gintiliené, Grazina; Hagemeister, Carmen; Halama, Peter; Iliescu, Dragos; Jaworowska, Aleksandra; Jiménez, Paul; Manthouli, Marina; Matesic, Krunoslav; Michaelsen, Lars; Mogaji, Andrew; Morley-Kirk, James; Rózsa, Sándor; Rowlands, Lorraine; Schittekatte, Mark; Sümer, H. Canan; Suwartono, Tono; Urbánek, Tomáš; Wechsler, Solange; Zelenevska, Tamara; Zanev, Svetoslav; Zhang, Jianxin – International Journal of Testing, 2017
On behalf of the International Test Commission and the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations a world-wide survey on the opinions of professional psychologists on testing practices was carried out. The main objective of this study was to collect data for a better understanding of the state of psychological testing worldwide. These data…
Descriptors: Testing, Attitudes, Surveys, Psychologists
Li, Junmin; Pilz, Matthias – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
Modularisation of vocational training courses is a major issue across many European countries. Germany has been slow to implement modularisation in its VET system: the prevailing view of modular concepts in the country is one of great scepticism, but there is very little empirical data to inform the debate. This exploratory study focuses on the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Correlation
Zinn, Bernd – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
Whereas the epistemological beliefs of learners of general subjects has been the focus of many studies in the past, so far, little is known about the beliefs of apprentices on knowledge and the acquiring of knowledge. The present study analysed the first level of epistemological beliefs of students in industrial and technical professions and their…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Epistemology, Trainees, Factor Analysis
Hofer, Sarah I. – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
The existence of gender-STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) stereotypes has been repeatedly documented. This article examines physics teachers' gender bias in grading and the influence of teaching experience in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. In a 2?×?2 between-subjects design, with years of teaching experience included as…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Physics, Generalization, Gender Differences
Otero, Manuel Souto – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2007
This article enquires about why some countries have specialised their further education provision more than others, focusing on three types of specialisation: by subject, by geographical area and by age group. The article proposes an analytical framework to understand the drivers for further education provider specialisation, based on four…
Descriptors: Age, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disciplines, Postsecondary Education
Morkel, Arnd – Western European Education, 1979
Changes that have taken place in higher education contradict the basic principles of the classic university, destroy the substance of academic study, eliminate the distinction between school and university, and transform the university into a specialized institution. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Higher Education
Peer reviewedEckert-Lill, Christiane – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1993
The German system for educating and certifying pharmacists is described, including national standards for curriculum content and design, licensing examinations, the structure of graduate study and specialization, and the availability of continuing professional education. (MSE)
Descriptors: Certification, Curriculum Design, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
History of Higher Education Annual, 1988
Four articles and two review papers are presented on themes relating to educational leadership within institutions, organizations, and networks and to the development and promulgation of ideas within academic disciplines. Three of the articles explore the opportunity structures that promoted the rise of two college presidents and one powerful…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Presidents, Educational Change, Educational History
Hirsch, Donald – 1994
This booklet describes how eight European countries structure educational provision for children in the middle years of schooling, ages 10 through 14. The booklet discusses the status of middle years education, the tracking of students, equal opportunities for minorities, specialization of teachers and counselors, academic versus holistic…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum, Educational Administration, Educational Opportunities
