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Petrovskaya, Irina; Shaposhnikov, Sergei – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2020
Internationalisation of higher education implies the need to prepare students to work in a globalized and culturally diverse environment by developing adequate intercultural competences. The present study focused on the behavioural dimension of intercultural communication competence and investigated whether the short-term experience of working on…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, College Students, Global Approach, Interpersonal Competence
Kurpis, Lada Helen; Hunter, James – Journal of Marketing Education, 2017
Business schools can increase their competitiveness by offering students intercultural skills development opportunities integrated into the traditional curricula. This article makes a contribution by proposing an approach to developing students' cultural intelligence that is based on the cultural intelligence (CQ) model, experiential learning…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Experiential Learning, Learning Activities, Cross Cultural Studies
Huels, Brian; Weber, Jill – Journal of Education for Business, 2021
This research presents an in-class activity and accompanying homework assignment designed to encourage students to engage in critical thought about managerial decisions made by a real-world company that appeared on the hit reality show "Shark Tank." This alternative approach to teaching cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis helps students…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Administration, Decision Making
Anand Shankar Raja, Manivannan; Kallarakal, Tomy K. – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand the outcomes of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in the light of COVID-19 concerning the students of higher educational institutions (HEIs) in India. The COVID-19 has disrupted the normal teaching-learning role across the world and has put everyone in a nightmare. HEIs are now requesting…
Descriptors: Online Courses, COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education
Webster, Robert L.; Hammond, Kevin L. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
Organizations are thought to adopt or evolve to an organizational strategy that will improve organizational effectiveness. Familiar strategies in the business world include a production strategy, low cost strategy, and market orientation strategy. In the world of higher education however organizational strategies may take a different form such as…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, School Effectiveness, Organizational Effectiveness, National Surveys
Farkas, Steve; Duffett, Ann – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2012
With public school budgets pinched and educational demands rising, "business as usual" is becoming less and less tenable in American schools. Taxpayers, parents, teachers, principals, and students are expected to do more with fewer resources. But what's the best way to go about slimming down and shaping up the system of public education?…
Descriptors: Class Size, Extracurricular Activities, School Nurses, Educational Finance
Swart, William; MacLeod, Ken – Education Sciences, 2021
Problem-based learning is the latest name for a teaching philosophy that is as old as Ancient Greece. Whether you call it Socratic Inquiry, case-based teaching, problem-based learning, interactive group learning, or "flipped" learning, the essential concept is to encourage the student to collaborate in applying their gained knowledge to…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Classroom Design, Space Utilization, Cooperative Learning
Torgerson, David; Torgerson, Carole; Jefferson, Laura; Buckley, Hannah; Ainsworth, Hannah; Heaps, Clare; Mitchell, Natasha – Education Endowment Foundation, 2014
The Discover Summer School was a four-week programme which aimed to improve the reading and writing skills of children during the summer between Year 6 and Year 7. The programme was targeted at pupils who had been predicted to achieve below Level 4b in English by the end of Key Stage 2. Pupils meeting the eligibility criteria for the study, and…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Low Achievement
Glennie, Elizabeth; Lauff, Erich; Ottem, Randy – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2017
High school students who complete technical coursework in a given field should be able to demonstrate their skill mastery by passing a technical skill assessment that is recognized in that field. States are using a variety of approaches to assess students' skill attainment, with some adopting industry-recognized assessments linked to national…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Career Education, Professional Education, State Legislation
Styles, Ben; Bradshaw, Sally – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2015
This NFER report has been produced for the Education Endowment Foundation and its evaluation of a speaking and listening intervention combining two programmes: the Vocabulary Enrichment Intervention Programme (VEIP) and the narrative Intervention Programme (NIP). The intervention was used with pupils who needed extra support to improve their…
Descriptors: Intervention, Vocabulary Development, Narration, Literacy
Mattera, Shira Kolnik; Lloyd, Chrishana M.; Fishman, Mike; Bangser, Michael – MDRC, 2013
Low-income preschool children face many risks to their social-emotional development that can affect their school experience and social outcomes for years to come. Although there are some promising approaches to improving young children's social-emotional competence, the evidence base is limited, particularly on the effectiveness of these…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Low Income Groups, At Risk Students, Social Development
Philbrick, Jane Hass; Smith, F. Ruth; Bart, Barbara – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
A web survey is a cost-effective and efficient method to use when measuring the characteristics of an audience and developing or testing new product concepts. This paper reports on the use of a web survey by a start-up media/internet firm, Farmers' Almanac TV. The results indicate that using email to contact respondents from a client list results…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Audiences
Johnson, Wanda – 1995
Driven by a competitive environment with other employers to maintain a quality workforce, businesses are increasingly becoming aware of the necessity to assist employees with programs and services regarding family needs. Unfortunately, most small to medium size companies are either ignorant of the necessity for family friendly services or lack the…
Descriptors: Careers, Directories, Employee Assistance Programs, Employer Attitudes
LaPlante, Josephine M.; Durham, Taylor R. – 1983
A revised edition of PS-14, "An Introduction to Benefit-Cost Analysis for Evaluating Public Programs," presents concepts and techniques of benefit-cost analysis as tools that can be used to assist in deciding between alternatives. The goals of the new edition include teaching students to think about the possible benefits and costs of each…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Courses, Decision Making
Gilbertson, Alan; And Others – 1989
A study investigated the processes Wisconsin's businesses and industries use to identify training and retraining needs and the mechanisms they use to communicate these needs to the state's vocational, technical, and adult education (VTAE) system. Data were collected by a survey questionnaire sent to a representative sample of 361 Wisconsin firms.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes