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can lead to school failure and this means that one in every five young adults on average drop out before completing upper … secondary education. Reducing school failure pays off for both society and individuals. The highest performing education systems …
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, particularly when it comes to teacher-student relations and the proportion of students who arrive late for school. The degree to … which students from different socio-economic backgrounds attend the same school did not change between 2003 and 2012, while … students with different academic abilities and needs were less likely to attend the same school in 2012 than in 2003, on …
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Children spend about a third of their waking hours in school during most weeks in the year. Thus, schools have a …
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Following the burst of the dot-com bubble in 2000, scepticism about e-learning replaced over-enthusiasm. Rhetoric aside, where do we stand? Why and how do different kinds of tertiary education institutions engage in e-learning? What do institutions perceive to be the pedagogic impact of...
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Both the admission process and criteria for admission affect tertiary enrolment. Centralised admission systems can make the admission process more efficient, but can limit the number of applications and offers made to applicants; minimum performance requirements or tuition fees are barriers to...
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Following the burst of the dot-com bubble in 2000, scepticism about e-learning replaced over-enthusiasm. Rhetoric aside, where do we stand? Why and how do different kinds of tertiary education institutions engage in e-learning? What do institutions perceive to be the pedagogic impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002898609
Reviews of National Policies for Education: Chile covers the entire system of Chilean education from pre-school through …
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Reform of education, training and human resource development is an integral part of the transition to a democratic society and market economy. Romania has made progress in all these areas since reform began in 1990. Still, the real impetus for change is more recent and can be dated to the...
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In the early 1990s, in the midst of a major economic slump, the Finnish government embarked on a strategy to re-mold Finland into a knowledge society. This report prepared for the OECD by an independent group of experts raises issues of fees for higher education, examines strategies for...
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. Fundamental changes will include the decentralisation of administrative responsibilities and increased school autonomy, enabling …
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