The aim of this article is twofold. First, the final results of two research projects, which investigated the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on primary schools teachers in disadvantaged areas in Brazil (BET k-12) and South Africa (MELISSA), are presented and discussed. Second, the Self-Efficacy construct is proposed as a tool to measure how teachers’ perception of bein...

OBJECTIVE To examine the perceived effect of teaching clinical skills and associated teacher training programmes on general practitioners' morale and clinical practice. DESIGN Qualitative semistructured interview study. SETTING General practices throughout north London. SUBJECTS 30 general practitioners who taught clinical skills were asked about the effect of teaching and teacher trainin...

The first years of teaching are decisive to shape teachers’ motivation and attitudes, as adaptive professionals that respond fast changing contexts. This career stage should provide acculturation in collaborative professional communities discuss tackle growing challenges for learners’ improvement. Induction support can be key the personal, social, development beginning teachers, fostering their...

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Entrepreneurial (EE) are quite abstract demanding concepts teacher students. Yet, Key Sustainability Competences entail important qualities of future citizens workers, students should become prepared to accommodate education these competencies in their teaching practice. This paper explores students’ process sense-making sustainable development ho...

In order to implement education for sustainable development (ESD), teachers from all subjects need be equipped with ESD-specific professional action competence, including physical (PE) teachers. However, the current state of research on approaches defining teacher competence is complex and there little debate what competences PE in particular ESD. The purpose this study make a theoretical contr...

At the University of Siegen we design within the research project “Informatics in secondary schools and e-learning to master the digital media upheaval” a contribution of informatics to foster media competences in the context of the Internet. Existing international curricula for informatics as well as information and communication technology (ICT) are analysed confining to the aspect of providi...

Cross-cultural knowledge management in the e-environment results from interactions with others from different cultures that require new understanding and interpretations. The authors find that few studies have been conducted to address the objective of identifying the competences that are needed to promote learning and information processing in the 21st century. The authors’ primary goal is to ...

This article argues that the TENC ePortfolio definition should integrate rhetorical, pedagogical, social, and technical perspectives. The rhetorical perspective is needed to show the learner ́s competences, achievements and history; the pedagogical perspective aims at supporting learner ́s selfreflection, through the definition of competences mastered, review and creation of (new) CDPs, creation ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the prediction of autonomy support, psychological mediators and self-determined academic motivation on basic competences. A sample of 405 adolescent students aged between 12 and 16 was used to measure autonomy support, psychological needs, self-determined motivation and basic competences. The results supported the factorial structure of the scale and sho...

Exploiting big data seems to be an important success factor for companies in the digital age. However, recent studies show that there is a short supply of professionals who are able to deal with data appropriately. This is at least partly caused by a mismatch between university offerings and presumed industry needs. This study analyses two related questions. First, what competences are actually...