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López, Ruth M. – National Education Policy Center, 2021
The focus of this brief is on the education of unaccompanied immigrant children arriving from Central America and Mexico, fleeing violence and poverty in their countries. Upon arrival, these children encounter a complicated immigration legal system, while having to navigate a new society within an anti-immigrant sociopolitical context. In recent…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration, Public Policy, Trauma
Bleiklie, Ivar, Ed.; Enders, Jürgen, Ed.; Lepori, Benedetto, Ed. – Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education, 2017
This book asks how modern universities are organized and managed, and questions whether 30 years of university reforms have resulted in stronger managerial structures and leadership control. It further asks whether current organisational and decision-making structures can be explained by public reform policies. The book offers a coherent,…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Change, College Administration, Decision Making
Blase, Karen; Fixsen, Dean – US Department of Health and Human Services, 2013
This brief is part of a series that explores key implementation considerations. It focuses on the importance of identifying, operationalizing, and implementing the "core components" of evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions that likely are critical to producing positive outcomes. The brief offers a definition of "core components",…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Evidence, Research Design
Cherubini, Lorenzo – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2011
By considering the "Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Policy Framework" (2007) from a Foucauldian perspective, this paper presents a policy discourse of knowledge, power, and identity from a multicultural education framework. Through Foucauldian theoretical perspectives, the paper creates alternate possibilities in confronting the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Canada Natives
Osgood, Jayne – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This accessible and timely book builds upon and contributes to ongoing debates surrounding professionalism in the early years workforce. In a sector where policy is rapidly changing, Jayne Osgood challenges existing assumptions concerning professional identities and questions what broader lessons might be learnt about race, ethnicity, social class…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Public Policy, Child Care, Discourse Analysis
Csizmadia, Tibor; Enders, Jurgen; Westerheijden, Don F. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2008
This article focuses on responses of higher education institutions to governmental policy. We investigate the influence of organisational characteristics on the implementation of quality management in Hungarian higher education institutions. Our theoretical framework is based on organisational theories (resource dependency and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Policy, Institutional Characteristics, Educational Quality
Bransford, John D., Ed.; Stipek, Deborah J., Ed.; Vye, Nancy J., Ed.; Gomez, Louis M., Ed.; Lam, Diana, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2009
In this book, leading scholars in the field examine the available research on the use of evidence in education and provide suggestions for strengthening the research-to-practice pipeline. Critics within and outside the field of education often point out the absence of a strong reciprocal connection between research and practice. The emergence of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Improvement, Evidence, Research and Development
Gioka, Olga – Research in Science Education, 2009
The aim of the reported study was to explore how science teachers made sense of their roles and responsibilities in teaching and assessing science coursework. The focus was on the teacher assessment, the feedback that teachers gave to students and, how they perceived their role when they taught and assessed students' science coursework reports.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Formative Evaluation, Educational Change, Public Policy
Cannella, Gaile S.; Swadener, Beth Blue – International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice: Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies, 2006
Critical analysis of change in public policy within and across nations recognizes that the education and welfare of children, families, and all citizens is intertwined with economics, politics, and cultural discourse(s). In the United States, increasingly narrow media, judiciary, and academic discourses have supported legislative actions that…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Social Systems, Social Sciences, Politics of Education
Watts, A. G. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2006
Based on a keynote address to the 2006 Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Career Counsellors, this article reviews a number of significant international developments in public policy for career development. It also comments on some recent developments in Australia. Finally, it discusses four strategic issues that are important to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Guidance, Public Policy, Career Development
Preston, John – Journal of Education Policy, 2008
"Civil defence pedagogies" normalise continuous emergency through educational channels such as school, community and adult education. Using critical whiteness studies, and critiques of white supremacy from critical race theory, as a conceptual base, the protection of whiteness, and particularly the white middle-class family, is considered to be…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Policy Analysis, Racial Factors, Social Theories
Milford, Jaime L.; Austin, Julia L.; Smith, Jane Ellen – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2007
The Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) and Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) are both highly effective and empirically validated psychosocial approaches to the treatment of addictions whose unique designs may help achieve certain public health objectives. Literature will be reviewed to examine the potential impact of CRA and…
Descriptors: Public Health, Reinforcement, Public Policy, Theory Practice Relationship
Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2007
This report identifies the essential aims, learning outcomes, and guiding principles for a 21st century college education. It is based on extensive input both from educators and employers and responds to the new global challenges today's students face. It describes the learning contemporary students need from college, and what it will take to help…
Descriptors: General Education, Leadership, Educational Practices, Academic Achievement
Sumsion, Jennifer – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2006
This article uses an ethical audit framework proposed by Cribb and Ball to critically analyze the possible implications of the rapid growth of corporatized childcare in Australia. In particular, it seeks to examine how corporatization affects childcare service provision and whether it conflicts with other social goals. Noting the paucity of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Privatization, Policy Analysis
Runhaar, Hens; Dieperink, Carel; Driessen, Peter – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2006
Purpose: The paper seeks to propose the basic competencies of environmental social scientists regarding policy analysis for sustainable development. The ultimate goal is to contribute to an improvement of educational programmes in higher education by suggesting a toolbox that should be integrated in the curriculum. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Social Scientists, Social Theories, Public Policy