Is communications a strategic activity in UK Education? [PDF]
This qualitative exploratory paper investigates whether communications/public relations is regarded by opinion formers in UK education as a strategic business activity or a tactical marketing tool.
A Bryman +15 more
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Towards Inclusive Teacher Education: Sensitising individuals to how they learn [PDF]
Higher Education has struggled to acknowledge and translate into better teaching and learning practices that sizeable literature base suggesting a link between cognitive style, learning preferences and performance.
Evans, Carol, Waring, Michael
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This study looks at the quality of preschool teacher education in Ethiopia in view of three basic components: curriculum relevance, profiles of teacher educators, and the selection and recruitment of candidates.
Abraha Asfaw, Binyam Sisay
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A review on massive e-learning (MOOC) design, delivery and assessment [PDF]
MOOCs or Massive Online Open Courses based on Open Educational Resources (OER) might be one of the most versatile ways to offer access to quality education, especially for those residing in far or disadvantaged areas.
Bassi, Roxana +3 more
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The medical education systems in China and Thailand: A comparative study
Background and Aims Both China and Thailand attach great importance to education and are committed to high educational standards on an international level.
Aihong Mei +5 more
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The rise of the blended professional in higher education: a comparison between the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States [PDF]
This paper builds on earlier work by the author to explore the international dimensions of a study of the changing roles and identities of professional staff in higher education (Whitchurch 2008a and b).
Whitchurch, Celia
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‘It is Only the Instructed and Trained Overlooker and Artisan That Can Successfully Compete against Foreign Skills’: Nineteenth-Century Adult Technical and Vocational Education Offered by the Yorkshire Union of Mechanics' Institutes and the Foundation of Further Education Curricula [PDF]
Further education colleges in England and Wales have offered government-recognised courses and qualifications which receive public funding and have included technical and vocational courses since their foundation in the early twentieth century. Yet developments in such curricula and qualifications are not new and they can be traced back to the first ...
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Differentiating the EdD and the PhD in Higher Education
Purpose: Higher education, as a field of study, is one of the few programmatic areas that offer two doctoral degrees: The Doctor of Education (EdD) and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
Holly A. Foster +3 more
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Teacher training of Veterinary professors in Spain
For a long time, no specific qualification or certified training in teaching have been not demanded to professors to access higher education. Thus, the professor teaching training tends to be, in the majority of cases, a self-directed ...
Mª Teresa Encinas Cerezo +2 more
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Increasing the impact of mathematics support on aiding student transition in higher education [PDF]
The ever growing gap between secondary and university level mathematics is a major concern to higher education institutions. The increase in diversity of students’ background in mathematics, with entry qualifications ranging from the more traditional A ...
Gallimore, Michael, Stewart, Jill
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