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Tsedeke Abate; Getachew Tarekegn; Mekbib Alemu; Kassa Michael; Carl Angell – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2024
One agenda of science instruction in primary schools is to develop learners' scientific reasoning abilities and to equip them with the necessary twenty-first-century skills. Few studies have been conducted to develop measurement tools that aspire to assess primary school learners' scientific reasoning. Most of these studies lack a theoretical…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Science Instruction, Elementary School Students, Educational History
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Bennell, Paul – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023
This is the second of two articles on World Bank support for technical and vocational education and training in sub-Saharan Africa. The first article reviewed the World Bank's latest policy document on TVET in SSA. This article takes a broader historical perspective by examining the evolution of World Bank policy and practice in this key area of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Education, Vocational Education, Policy
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Kalin, Jana, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2017
This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 15th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in June 2017 in Borovets, Bulgaria, and papers submitted to the 5th International Partner Conference of the International Research Centre (IRC) "Scientific Cooperation," Rostov-on-Don,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conference Papers, Comparative Education, International Studies
Hadley, Sierd – Online Submission, 2010
This paper draws together research on seasonality, child labour and education in the context of primary education in sub-Saharan Africa. It describes how income poverty and demand for labour can fluctuate within and between years, affecting participation and progression through school systems. It highlights how analysis of the private and public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Migration, Poverty
Somerset, Anthony – Online Submission, 2007
Kenya has introduced policies to promote universal primary schooling at least three times since independence. Analysis of enrolments over four decades shows how these initiatives have resulted in gains in participation which have not always been sustained. This study illuminates the dynamics of efforts to increase access to education and acts as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Elementary Education, Educational Policy
Scanlon, David – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
Since 1960 most of the countries in middle Africa have gained their independence and are confronting the great problems of nation building and economic development. The entire region shows both a popular enthusiasm for education and a conviction among leaders that education is a key to economic and social development. This bulletin has been…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Course Content