The Bologna Process model of higher education has been introduced into some Australian universities since 2008. This model promoted university study through a liberal arts philosophy that advanced a worldview approach at the undergraduate level. The model generalized the student experience and eliminated undergraduate specialization. An interesting situation for music undergraduate study thus a...

Transfer of learning is using previous knowledge in novel contexts. While this is a basic assumption of the educational process, students may not always perceive all the options for using what they have learned in different, novel situations. Within the framework of transfer of learning, this study outlines an attitudinal survey concerning faculty and student attitudes about transfer of learnin...

a r t i c l e i n f o Youth in the foster care system are at greater risk for a host of aversive outcomes including diminished educational performance and attainment. While these issues are well-documented, less is known about gender differences on academic outcomes for these students. Over the past three decades, women have overtaken men in college attendance and post-secondary degree attainme...

The article examines the genesis of the medical education model proposed by A. Flexner in the United States and compares it with Antonio da Silva Mello's 1930s proposal to apply the German university model to Brazilian medical teaching. The heart of these medical reforms - which sought to introduce the teaching of biomedicine and to boost the esteem of the scientific career - did not depend sol...

Hypotheses derived from Kelley's cube model of causal inferences were tested in an educational setting by relating high and low students' attributions to reported affect and expectations. In general, low and high scoring students clustered in different cells of the cube, with high scoring students claiming their scores were nondistinctive, but low scorers emphasizing (a) distinctiveness, (b) hi...

We develop a political economy model that might explain the different environmental performance of countries, through educational choices. Individuals decide whether to invest in additional education according to their expectations regarding future environmental quality. They also vote on a tax that will be used exclusively to finance environmental protection. We show that, under the assumption...

During the process of developing new and sophisticated methods of teaching, teachers often neglect the fundamental principle of quality management, which is to adopt a customer orientation. This study proposes a new methodology to involve students in the education improvement process. The emphasis is placed on investigating student expectations, transforming student expectations into actions an...