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Revina, Shintia; Leung, Frederick Koon Shing – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021
Research on educational borrowing has been largely concerned with debates on the complexity of transferring educational models and approaches from one culture to another. This study aims to understand the issues involved in the adoption of a Dutch approach to mathematics instruction, Realistic Mathematics Education (RME), in Indonesian culture.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Adoption (Ideas), Textbooks
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Iliás, Marina; de Moor, Marleen; Willemen, Agnes; Oosterman, Mirjam; Schuengel, Carlo – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2022
Home-based parental involvement in early education is linked to beneficial outcomes in children's development and may redress unequal educational outcomes associated with family background. The type of educational activities at home and the way parents provide their support may differ across parents with and without a migration background. It is…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Immigrants, Mothers
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Hingstman, Mariëtte; Doolaard, Simone; Warrens, Matthijs J.; Bosker, Roel J. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2021
Success for All, a multi-tiered school reform program, has its origins in the US and has recently expanded to the Netherlands. Using a multiple case study approach, we investigated similarities and differences in the way struggling readers are supported at two Success for All schools in the US and two in the Netherlands. First- and second-grade…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Reading Instruction, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
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Poolman, B. G.; Leseman, P. P. M.; Doornenbal, J. M.; Minnaert, A. E. M. G. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Rural children are a largely understudied population in language and literacy research, despite the fact that these children often enter school with delays in their language development. Since most rural areas suffered from so-called selective rural outmigration, many parents in rural areas are lower or middle educated. The home literacy climate,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Primary Education
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Evers, Arnoud T.; Van der Heijden, Béatrice I. J. M.; Kreijns, Karel – European Journal of Training and Development, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate organisational (cultural and relational) and task factors which potentially enhance teachers' professional development at work (TPD at Work). The development of lifelong learning competencies and, consequently, the careers of teachers, has become a permanent issue on the agenda of schools…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Lifelong Learning
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Fisher, Darrell; den Brok, Perry; Waldrip, Bruce; Dorman, Jeffrey – Learning Environments Research, 2011
This study reports the first development in Australia of primary science teacher typologies of teacher-student interpersonal behaviour, which was measured by students' perceptions using the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI). Earlier work with the QTI in The Netherlands has revealed eight different interpersonal styles, which were later…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Student Attitudes, Multivariate Analysis