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Ferreira, Maria Eduarda; Pitarma, Rui – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2021
Deforestation is a global issue. Education has a fundamental role to play in this context. In this regard, the direction and effectiveness of educational practices should focus on the empowerment of students in ecocentric environmental attitudes. A key point in education for environmental sustainability is pedagogical approaches focused on the…
Descriptors: Forestry, Environmental Education, Student Attitudes, Critical Thinking
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João Pedro Pêgo; Vera Lucia Miguéis; Alfredo Soeiro – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2024
The complex trajectories of higher education students are deviations from the regular path due to delays in completing a degree, dropping out, taking breaks, or changing programmes. In this study, we investigated degree changing as a cause of complex student trajectories. We characterised cohorts of students who graduated with a complex trajectory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Trajectories, Time to Degree, Academic Degrees
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Benhadi-Marín, Jacinto; Pereira, José Alberto; Sousa, José Paulo; Santos, Sónia A. P. – Journal of Biological Education, 2020
Individual based models (IBMs) are up-to-date tools both in research and educational areas. Here we introduce an IBM built on NetLogo platform that simulates a top-down trophic cascade controlled by the pressure exerted by two model predators (web-building spiders and ground runner spiders) on a model pest (the olive fruit fly) within a…
Descriptors: Biology, Models, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods