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Miyaji, Isao; Fukui, Hirokazu – European Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Lessons on Satoyama environmental education were held for undergraduate students who are training to be educators. The lessons blend inquiry-based learning through research using ICT tools and experiential learning in a complementary manner. Students learn about the underlying concepts about the environment from a global perspective through…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Natural Resources, Undergraduate Students, Educational Technology
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Mensah, Justice – Asian Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
The objective of the paper was to provide an overview of strategic planning and how a Strategic Plan (SP) can be developed and implemented effectively in Higher Education Institution (HEIs) in developing countries for continuous quality improvement. Related literature was reviewed and analysed using the narrative synthesis approach. It was…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Control, Strategic Planning, Higher Education
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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Burghardt, Beatrix – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2020
This paper discusses the stage of second language acquisition known as attrition and what learners and teachers can do to prevent attrition and promote retention. Attrition is the stage at which a learner's attained proficiency declines due to a reduction of contact with the second language, whether from lack of contact with other speakers of the…
Descriptors: Prevention, Language Skill Attrition, Retention (Psychology), Language Proficiency
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Moore, Jacob P.; Reinsfelder, Thomas L. – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2020
Open Educational Resources (OER) represent a small but growing portion of the educational resources market, but the use of OER in engineering is limited. This study seeks to identify the current adoption patterns of OER in engineering mechanics courses and barriers to adoption. Research questions are examined through the lens of Rogers' Diffusion…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Engineering Education, Adoption (Ideas), Barriers
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Vanderpuye, Irene; Obosu, Gideon Kwesi; Nishimuko, Mikako – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2020
Using the descriptive survey design and a sample of 142 teachers from eight inclusive schools in Cape Coast Ghana, the study investigated teachers' attitude, their perception about resources they need for the effective implementation of inclusive education (IE) and the impact of IE on pupils. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Sustainability, Special Education, Students with Disabilities
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Fischer, Lane; Belikov, Olga; Ikahihifo, Tarah K.; Hilton, John, III; Wiley, David; Martin, M. Troy – Open Praxis, 2020
A survey of 2,574 students and 1,157 faculty members across ten institutions of postsecondary education in the state of Utah was conducted by the "Utah Academic Libraries Consortium." Survey items were created to understand the influence of textbook costs on student academic behavior and the viability of faculty adopting open educational…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Pedersen, Louisa Haugaard – Global Studies of Childhood, 2020
This article is based on a school experiment of three local makerspaces that connected and turned into a global makerspace online. The three municipal schools were from Australia, United Kingdom and Denmark and participated in "the Global Makerspace project," which was a part of the European Union project "Makerspaces in the early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Shared Resources and Services, Communities of Practice
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Beese, Jane; Martin, Jennifer – Urban Education, 2020
The privatization of public funds for education through school choice programs has fueled the expansion of virtual online charter schools. This redirection of funds contributes to the idea that virtual school success is comparable or even superior to the performance of traditional public schools. The schools most adversely affected are the schools…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Urban Schools, Academic Achievement, School Effectiveness
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Neumann, Eszter; Gewirtz, Sharon; Maguire, Meg; Towers, Emma – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2020
Conservativism has gained significant influence on education-policy making and debates about education in many Anglophone countries. While conservative educational governments have advanced some neoliberal governance trends, they have also introduced characteristic neoconservative education elements, notably in the area of curricular content. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
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Harkness, Susan; Gregg, Paul; Fernández-Salgado, Mariña – Child Development, 2020
This article assessed changes in the association between single motherhood and children's verbal cognitive ability at age-11 using data from three cohorts of British children, born in 1958 (n = 10,675), 1970 (n = 8,933) and 2000 (n = 9,989), and mediation analysis. Consistent with previous studies, direct effects were small and insignificant. For…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, One Parent Family, Mothers, Verbal Ability
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Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Conrad, Dianne; Bozkurt, Aras; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan; Bedenlier, Svenja; Jung, Insung; Stöter, Joachim; Veletsianos, George; Blaschke, Lisa Marie; Bond, Melissa; Broens, Andrea; Bruhn, Elisa; Dolch, Carina; Kalz, Marco; Kerres, Michael; Kondakci, Yasar; Marin, Victoria; Mayrberger, Kerstin; Müskens, Wolfgang; Naidu, Som; Qayyum, Adnan; Roberts, Jennifer; Sangrà, Albert; Loglo, Frank Senyo; van Tryon, Patricia J. Slagter; Xiao, Junhong – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This paper explores elements of open education within the context of higher education. After an introduction to the origins of open education and its theoretical foundations, the topics of open and distance learning, international education issues in open education, open educational practices and scholarship, open educational resources, MOOCs,…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Open Educational Resources, Online Courses
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Johnston, James; Reeves, Alan – European Journal of Higher Education, 2020
This paper explores the comparative performance of two subject areas (Units of Assessment -- UOAs) in the UK national Research Assessment Exercises of 1992, 1996, 2001, 2008 and the Research Excellence Framework of 2014. The Units of Assessment are Economics and Econometrics; and Business and Management Studies. Given the wide range of disciplines…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Business Administration Education, Institutional Characteristics, Decision Making
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Sebastian, Paul – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
This study was conducted in order to better understand how, if at all, language centers (LCs) are relevant in current technological and methodological contexts of second language education. Five language centers housed by four different institutions of higher education in the western United States were examined. Two representatives from each of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Program Effectiveness, Second Language Learning
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Giroux, Stacey A.; Gesselman, Amanda N.; Garcia, Justin R.; Luetke, Maya; Rosenberg, Molly – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: Assess the impact of survey non-response and non-completion for a campus climate survey. Participants: Intended for all degree-seeking students at a large, public, midwestern university, November 2014. Methods: The survey covered sexual assault experiences and related attitudes. We identify the magnitude and potential impact of survey…
Descriptors: College Students, Sexual Abuse, Student Surveys, College Environment
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Goodman, Sarena; Volz, Alice Henriques – Education Finance and Policy, 2020
Between 2000 and 2010, U.S. public colleges and universities experienced widespread and uneven changes in funding from state and local appropriations. We find that over this period annual decreases in statewide appropriations led to lower public enrollment and higher for-profit enrollment (with no effect on enrollment overall), as well as…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Proprietary Schools, Private Colleges, State Aid
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