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The Bologna Process: Help or Hindrance to the Development of European Higher Education?
2010
JANI URSIN Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland BARBARA ZAMORSKI Centre for Applied Education and the Centre for Educational and Staff Development, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom ELINOR EDVARDSSON STIWNE Department of Behaviourial Sciences and Learning, Linkoping University, Sweden CHRISTINE TEELKEN Department of Organisation Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands MONNE WIHLBORG Department of Health and Social Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
GeoMaTech: Integrating Technology and New Pedagogical Approaches Into Primary and Secondary School Teaching to Enhance Mathematics Education in Hunga…
2015
During the past decades, technology has been becoming an integral part of everyday life and slowly shaping mathematics and science teaching and learning (e.g. Heid & Blume, 2008). Although there have been enormous investments on educational technologies in many countries technology has yet to make a sizable impact on education (e.g. Drijvers et al., 2010). On the one hand students are becoming increasingly proficient users of technology while on the other hand opportunities offered by technologies have still little been utilized. Nevertheless, as technologies are becoming more integrated into education, they are providing new opportunities for pedagogical approaches and classroom organizati…
Peer-group mentoring as a tool for teacher development
2014
Abstract: Peer-group mentoring (PGM) is a new model designed to support the professional development of teachers in Finland. This study examines the experiences of mentees participating in PGM and potential differences in the experiences of teachers in general education and vocational education. It also addresses the mentees perceptions of the results of PGM with regard to the professional, personal and social dimensions of professional development. Quantitative research methods were used. An online survey was completed by 69 teachers in general education and 47 teachers in vocational education (n = 116). The results showed that the participants saw PGM as an important tool for professional…
L'Impact des programmes de formation continue sur les compétences professionnelles des enseignants dans le contexte éducatif syrien (cas de l'enseign…
2014
As in nearly all countries, educational authorities in Syria have concerns about improving the quality of education and about there forms they seek to implement to give teachers the opportunity to acquire new knowledge and skills before and once they start teaching, especially in the context of economic and social change of the magnitude the world lives today. The complexity of the educational context has led the Syrian educational authorities to pay particular attention to programs for initial and continuous training of teachers. To assess the effectiveness of continuous training programs that currently exist in Syria, this thesis has set as its objective to analyze the impact of these pro…
WORK-BASED STUDIES IN HIGHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF LATVIA AND EUROPE: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS
2021
Work-based learning has been developing rapidly in Latvia for the last three years. Since 2017, the Employers’ Confederation of Latvia has been implementing a project of the European Social Fund, which provides for a tripartite learning implementation agreement between the educational institution, the student, and the employer. The project targets vocational learners, but equivalent opportunities are also spoken of in higher vocational education. Such an approach would help the employer direct the future employees in the direction of acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills. The publication aims to give a short overview of the historical development of learning opportunities in the work…
La situación de los sociólogos españoles en el sector privado: implicaciones para la práctica y el desarrollo profesional
2016
The aim of this paper is to broadly outline itineraries of employment insertion of the sociologists, and have greater knowledge of the professional reality of this group in the private sector, in an attempt to inquire about the “job”. And knowing the professional identity of sociologists in the private sector, and the place they occupy. This issue is considered necessary both to identify needs or gaps to overcome in the future to face and adjust the professional reality as well as to meet the demands of future graduates in their practice and professional development. And all this, from the results obtained by empirical work from a questionnaire to meet the professional situation of Spanish …
CO2LD: An innovation educational project for High Degree Professional Training in Refrigeration
2013
EN] Refrigeration is one of the technology sectors that has sufered the most changes in the last twenty years, because of the negative impact of the fuids used in the refrigeration cycles, i.e., refrigerants, due to their impact on the ozone layer and their contribution to global warming. As a result of their negative efects, the European Union has established several directives to restrict the use of refrigerant fuids, and the sector therefore needs to adapt to the new regulations. This process of adaptation of the refrigeration sector to the new regulations must be carried out by all the agents involved, including those engaged in the training and education of the future refrigeration tec…
The Development of the Teachers’ Competences and Abilities Concerning the Educational Mentoring of the Disabled
2015
Abstract In this paper, we will present some important aspects regarding the design and implementation of a project which generates significant results in the life-long learning of the teachers from all levels of the Romanian education system. The project is part of the priority axis: “The development of human resources in education and professional training”. The general objective aims to improve the e-learning interactive methods and the activity with the disabled in order to use them also within the didactic activity, to improve the results of the educational process as well as to increase the disabled access to education.
Faculty professional development within the domains of pedagogical content knowledge in engineering
2013
The purpose of this work is to contribute to reflection on the strategies for faculty professional development that promote a culture of scholarly and systematic innovation in engineering education. This paper presents the results of implementing a professional development proposal for engineering professors based on developing their teaching competencies and discusses their relative effectiveness.
Study abroad and career identity : three narratives of English language students' journeys to English-speaking countries
2010
Kulttuurienväliset opiskelijavaihto-ohjelmat ovat kasvattaneet merkittävästi suosiotaan kuluneiden vuosikymmenten aikana. Kuitenkin vasta viime vuosina on herätty tutkimaan millaisia kokonaisvaltaisia vaikutuksia kulttuurirajojen ylittämisellä sekä vieraaseen kieli- ja kulttuuriympäristöön sopeutumisella on vaihto-opiskelijoiden identiteetille. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on tarkastella seuraavaa kysymystä: millaisia vaikutuksia kansainvälisellä opiskelijavaihdolla on opiskelijan ammatilliselle identiteetille. Tutkielman aineisto on kerätty temaattisella ryhmähaastattelulla. Siinä kolme opiskelijaa kertoo opiskelijavaihtonsa aikaisista kieli- ja kulttuurikokemuksista sekä pohtii identit…