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Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning Experiences of an Online Sino-Nordic Doctoral Summer School on Aging
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Wenqian Xu; Lotta Aavikko; Eija Kärnä; Honglin Chen; Muzawir Arief; Andreas Motel-Klingebiel; Ning An – Educational Gerontology, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation of Higher Education, necessitating a rapid shift from in-person to remote teaching and learning. This study investigates the experiences of doctoral students in an online Sino-Nordic summer school on aging, implemented during the pandemic. A survey was conducted to collect and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students
COVID-19 Learning Deficits in Europe: Analysis and Practical Recommendations. Analytical Report
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De Witte, Kristof; François, Maxime – European Commission, 2023
The aim of this report is threefold. Its first section provides an overall sketch of the situation across Europe and the underlying mechanisms for the differences in European countries. The second section focuses on the heterogeneities within each country. It examines the disparities among students in order to understand which of those correlate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Achievement Gains
Universities in the Adult Education Market.
Panhelainen, Mauri – Life and Education in Finland, 1991
Discusses the role of universities in providing adult and continuing education programs. Includes sections on teaching educational science as distance education, summer universities, liberal adult education, and older students. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Taking General Educational School Examinations at an Adult Level.
Virtala, Mirja – Adult Education in Finland, 1984
The author discusses the promotion of basic general education as a main area of adult education, the adult population's level in basic general education and the desire to study school courses, the procedure for studying and passing school examinations, studying for and passing school courses, and the future of Finnish education. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Correspondence Schools
Liberal Adult Education.
Toiviainen, Timo – Adult Education in Finland, 1988
Discusses providers of and the concept of liberal adult education in Finland. Providers include (1) folk high schools, (2) adult education centers, (3) voluntary popular organizations, (4) public libraries, (5) evening schools, (6) cooperative groups formed of universities and other adult education providers, (7) summer universities, and (8)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs, Distance Education
UNIVERSITY ADULT EDUCATION IN FINLAND. (TITLE SUPPLIED).
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HAAPIO, MARJA – 1967
ADULT EDUCATION DEGREES IN FINLAND ARE OFFERED ONLY AT THE INSTITUTE OF ADULT EDUCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE. STUDY IS PURELY THEORETICAL WITH EXAMINATIONS BEING GIVEN AT THREE LEVELS. MOST OF THE RESEARCH ON ADULT EDUCATION HAS BEEN CONDUCTED BY THE INSTITUTE. BEGINNING IN 1873 WITH LECTURES AT A WOMEN'S ACADEMY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Community Education
Criteria, Methods and Implications. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Evaluation of Physics Education (Helsinki, Finland, June 25-29, 1990). Research Report 96.
Ahtee, Maija, Ed.; And Others – 1991
The main purpose of this symposium was to find new ideas and resources for the evaluation and improvement of physics education on all levels. The papers included in this document are entitled: (1) "Quality of Physics Teaching Through Building Models and Advancing Research Skills"; (2) "Evaluation of Physics Education in Terms of Its…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation