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Lu, Jinjin; Liu, Yingliang – English Language Teaching, 2016
Enhancing students' learning autonomy has been emphasized in the current round of English curriculum reforms by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in China. The initial aim of the new guidelines was developed to enhance students' English proficiency to better fulfil their basic education (Nine-year compulsory education). However, up until now, very…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Autonomy, English (Second Language), English Curriculum
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Lima, Licínio C.; Guimarães, Paula – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2016
This paper focuses on recognition of prior learning as part of a national policy based on European Union guidelines for lifelong learning, and it explains how recognition of prior learning has been perceived since it was implemented in Portugal in 2000. Data discussed are the result of a mixed method research project that surveyed adult learners,…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Public Policy, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
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Çetin, Ömer Faruk – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
Democracy is a most accepted form of government system and has a great importance for citizens by allowing them equal and active participation in common life. As its development and characteristics are important for all citizens of a country, each democratic country puts much emphasis on democracy education in its educational curricula. In recent…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Democracy, Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing
Cen, Yuhao – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Little empirical research has been done on student learning outcomes and college experiences in China, where the gross enrollment rate in higher education reached 26.5 percent and the undergraduate population exceeded 22 million in 2010. This study seeks to describe, explain, and interpret student learning as perceived from students in Chinese…
Descriptors: College Students, Outcomes of Education, Student Development, Models
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Perez-Felkner, Lara – Grantee Submission, 2015
Background/Context: Schools have attempted to address stratification in black and Latino students' access to higher education through extensive reform initiatives, including those focused on social supports. A crucial focus has been missing from these efforts, essential to improving the effectiveness of support mechanisms and understanding why…
Descriptors: High School Students, Charter Schools, Student Attitudes, Resilience (Psychology)
Anderson, Angela R. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Although many private Christian liberal arts programs exist today that seek to foster servant-leader (SL) development within their students, there is a void of both literature and data that details how servant-leadership development occurs and what contexts may be appropriate or necessary for this development. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Adult Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Liberal Arts