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Education Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 2

June 2016 - 7 articles

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27 Citations

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“How It’s Done”: The Role of Mentoring and Advice in Preparing the Next Generation of Historically Black College and University Presidents

Felecia Commodore,
Sydney Freeman,
Marybeth Gasman and
Courtney M. Carter

Educ. Sci.2016, 6(2), 19;https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci6020019

21 June 2016

The college and university presidency is one of the most coveted positions in academe. Due to the projected retirements of current Historically Black College and University (HBCU) presidents, the researchers interviewed 21 current presidents, institu...

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15 Pages

Creating a Community Rather Than a Course—Possibilities and Dilemmas in an MOOC

Niklas Karlsson and
Anna-Lena Godhe

Educ. Sci.2016, 6(2), 18;https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci6020018

20 June 2016

In this article, a massive open online course (MOOC) made by and for Swedish teachers will be presented and discussed in order to determine what possibilities and dilemmas are involved when creating and participating in an MOOC that is meant to be a...

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DICONALE: A Novel German-Spanish Onomasiological Lexicographical Model Involving Paradigmatic and Syntagmatic Information

Paloma Sánchez Hernández

Educ. Sci.2016, 6(2), 17;https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci6020017

15 June 2016

This contribution, based on the DICONALE ON LINE and COMBIDIGILEX (FFI2015-64476-P) research projects, aims to create an onomasiological bilingual dictionary with online access for German and Spanish verbal lexemes. The objective of this work is to p...

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9 Citations

7,384 Views

15 Pages

A University-Assisted, Place-Based Model for Enhancing Students’ Peer, Family, and Community Ecologies

Michael A. Lawson,
Tania Alameda-Lawson and
K. Andrew R. Richards

Educ. Sci.2016, 6(2), 16;https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci6020016

14 June 2016

Community schools have recently (re)emerged in the United States as a vital, comprehensive strategy for addressing poverty-related barriers to children’s school learning. However, not all low-income school communities are endowed with the resources n...

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Concept Paper

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13 Pages

Putting Order into Our Universe: The Concept of Blended Learning—A Methodology within the Concept-based Terminology Framework

Joana Fernandes,
Rute Costa and
Paula Peres

Educ. Sci.2016, 6(2), 15;https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci6020015

9 June 2016

This paper aims at discussing the advantages of a methodology design grounded on a concept-based approach to Terminology applied to the most prominent scenario of current Higher Education: blended learning. Terminology is a discipline that aims at re...

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Value and Pricing of MOOCs

Rose M. Baker and
David L. Passmore

Educ. Sci.2016, 6(2), 14;https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci6020014

27 May 2016

Reviewed in this article is the potential for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to transform higher education delivery, accessibility, and costs. Next, five major value propositions for MOOCs are considered (headhunting, certification, face-to-face...

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