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Direct linkHickey, Sam, Ed.; Hossain, Naomi, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2019
Why have many developing countries that have succeeded in expanding access to education made such limited progress on improving learning outcomes? There is a growing recognition that the learning crisis constitutes a significant dimension of global inequality and also that educational outcomes in developing countries are shaped by political as…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Politics of Education, Access to Education, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedDavis, Ernest Kofi; Bishop, Alan J.; Seah, Wee Tiong – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2015
This paper reports on a study which sought to investigate how social and political influences affect students' preference for language of instruction in mathematics in Ghana, where the language of instruction from grade 4 onwards in school is not the students' main language. 4 focus group interviews were carried out with 16 primary school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Language of Instruction, Student Attitudes
Kosack, Stephen – Comparative Education, 2009
The goal of Education for All (EFA) is in jeopardy, and the cause is widely perceived to be a lack of political will. But we lack an accurate definition of political will. In this article, I offer a definition that determines beforehand whether a government will have political will. In contrast to current academic work and popular discourse, which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Politics of Education, Political Influences
