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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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van Andel, Jeroen; Botas, Paulo Charles Pimentel; Huisman, Jeroen – Higher Education Review, 2012
There has been much debate on the concept of student as customer/consumer in higher education but little empirical research, most of which lacks a solid theoretical framework. This article summarises the key arguments in the literature and their shortcomings, proposes a framework to analyse student perceptions and behaviour, and reports research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Commercialization
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Botas, Paulo Charles Pimentel – Higher Education Review, 2009
This article explores from a sociological perspective how MA students of Education perceive the impact of their teachers' research activities on the quality of teaching and learning in higher education in the UK. It originates from a qualitative research design, from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 43 postgraduate (MA) students of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Interviews, Teacher Researchers
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Botas, Paulo Charles Pimentel – Higher Education Review, 2008
This article explores from a sociological perspective how MA students of Education perceive the quality of their teachers' teaching in higher education. Power relations in the teaching and learning process in the classroom, and the criteria students use to qualify their perception of teaching in higher education, are examined. In this qualitative…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Design, Qualitative Research, Student Attitudes