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Guevara-Cedeno, J. Y.; Palma-Behnke, R.; Uribe, R. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2012
In the field of electricity markets, the development of training tools for engineers has been extremely useful. A novel experimental economics approach based on a computational Web platform of an electricity market is proposed here for the practical teaching of electrical engineering students. The approach is designed to diminish the gap that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theory Practice Relationship, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods
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Crick, James M. – Education & Training, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how marketing can be taught to students originating from non-marketing or non-business backgrounds (non-marketers), so that academics can engage such students in lectures and tutorials. Design/methodology/approach: The research design involved a qualitative methodology using data from two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Marketing, Distributive Education
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Václavík, Ladislav – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
As a prestigious institution, well-known for its progressive and dynamic teaching and research activities, the Language Centre of Masaryk University launched, in June 2012, the IMPACT Project, which came to a successful end in April 2015 and became one of the crucial turning points in its history. Among the numerous innovative activities included…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Special Purposes, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation
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Ravitch, Sharon M. – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2014
Within the ever-developing, intersecting, and overlapping contexts of globalization, top-down policy, mandates, and standardization of public and higher education, many conceptualize and position practitioner research as a powerful stance and a tool of social, communal, and educational transformation, a set of methodological processes that…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Global Approach, Teacher Researchers, Educational Research
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McDougall, Anne; Jones, Anthony – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2006
Serious criticisms of research in information and communications technology (ICT) in education have been published recently in both the UK and the USA. This paper addresses several issues raised in these commentaries: a lack of sound theoretical underpinnings to our research, persistent neglect of the history of our sub-discipline, the choice of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Research Problems
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Wahl, Diethelm – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 2002
Argues that all forms of education have difficulty moving from knowledge to competent acting. Discusses practical exercise as an alternative to bridge the gap. Recognizes that exercises have to be embedded in trans-situational aims and planning and must include inert emotions. Proposes different training schemes for methodological-didactic and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education