NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 16 to 30 of 235 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mills, David – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2020
This paper investigates the epistemic politics at work in radically contrasting academic representations of African university futures. Euro-American policy entrepreneurs and research funders call for major investments in Africa's scientific research training capacity to strengthen the continent's integration into a global knowledge system.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Universities, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Bergmann, Jessica; Alban Conto, Carolina; Brossard, Matt – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2022
Emerging evidence shows a positive association between women school leaders and student performance. Some studies suggest women school leaders are more likely than their male counterparts to adopt effective management practices that may contribute to improved outcomes. However, women remain largely underrepresented in school leadership positions,…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, Disproportionate Representation, Gender Bias, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Kee-Jiar, Yeo; Shih-Hui, Lee – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2020
Parents play a unique role in providing and facilitating their children in acquirement of sexual and reproductive health knowledge. The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of parents' attitude, preferences towards sexuality education (SE) and factors that contributed to their attitudes and perceptions based on review of relevant…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Preferences, Sex Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Leslie-Walker, Anika; Mulvenna, Claire; Bramble, Oneida – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2023
This study sought to explore the motivations and challenges to the engagement of female West African university students, whilst participating in competitive and non-competitive extra-curricular sport and physical activity (ECSPA). The study was situated at a university in the North West of England that has a culturally diverse student population.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Affordances, Barriers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Brion, Corrinne – Learning Professional, 2021
The events of 2020 highlighted many longstanding truths about teaching and learning. One such truth is that culture matters for learning, especially for transfer of learning from abstract knowledge into practical application. Because this holds for adults' learning as well as students', it can and should have an impact on professional learning.…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Culturally Relevant Education, Student Diversity, Planning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ronghuai Huang; Dejian Liu; Asha Singh Kanwar; Tao Zhan; Junfeng Yang; Rongxia Zhuang; Mengyu Liu; Zhisheng Li; Michael Agyemang Adarkwah – Open Praxis, 2024
This research delves into the global understanding of smart education from various perspectives, including expert viewpoints, policy dimensions, public datasets, and visions of equity and inclusion. Multiple webinars have revealed that the concept of smart education with a shared vision of quality education in the age of AI is being understood by…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Global Approach, Comparative Education, Technology Uses in Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Jin, Qingna – Education Sciences, 2021
There are a growing number of education programs in science and STEM education with the aim of improving educational outcomes for Indigenous students who have long been underrepresented in current education systems. The aim of this study is to systematically review empirical research from 2011 to 2020 that reported programs to support Indigenous…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Indigenous Populations, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ghadah Angawi – Journal of Education in Muslim Societies, 2024
With the rise of many coaching regulatory organizations, such as The International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), women are becoming central to the dialogue. This is especially the case with The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (GCC, 2024) which…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Computer Software, Computer Mediated Communication, Arabs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Metz, Thaddeus – Education as Change, 2019
What should be the aim when teaching matters of culture to students in public high schools and universities in Africa? One approach, which is parochial, would focus exclusively on imparting local culture, leaving students unfamiliar with, or perhaps contemptuous of, other cultures around the world. A second, cosmopolitan approach would educate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Cultural Awareness, African Culture
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Babalola, Femi E.; Ojobola, Folasade B. – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2022
This study presents the views of stakeholders in Sub-Saharan Africa SSA on the present status of practical physics teaching in the secondary schools of the region and the obstacles to improvement. Their views have been analysed to establish critical factors that govern practice and have guided the formulation of a system description of the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Banda, Roselyn – Journal of International Students, 2018
This article outlines the impact of cultural shock and my way of overcoming it as I migrated to the U.S. as an international student. Often-times, even in academia, where we learn to question and look at things from multiple angles, we essentialize subject positions and as a result silence, alienate, and erase many people. Through the use of…
Descriptors: Females, Feminism, Foreign Countries, Blacks
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Trudell, Joel; Cheffy, Ian – International Review of Education, 2019
Lifelong learning is an established concept in international education, with the discourse surrounding it implying that it is globally relevant. Nevertheless, lifelong learning takes place in specific local contexts in which features such as language, location and content are distinctive. This raises the question: How is an understanding of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Lifelong Learning, Adults
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Maruza, Fadzayi Marcia; Langa, Patricio; Augusto, Geri; Nkhoma, Nelson – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2020
This paper sets out to critically explore the way disability policies are framed in African higher education. Presented in this paper is a review of published studies that detail the dominant framing perspectives that have influenced disability policies in African Higher Education (HE). Review of literature was done using the Yair Levy and Timothy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Educational Policy, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Oppong, Seth – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2022
This article draws on the literature in development economics, psychology and sociology to explicate how decolonised early childhood education and care services can reverse the metacolonial cognition lingering in the postcolonial era. In particular, the author shows that colonial institutions persist even after formal colonisation has ended…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Social Justice, Postcolonialism, Power Structure
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Raven, Matt R. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2020
This manuscript is a published account of the 2019 Distinguished Lecture of the American Association of Agricultural Education (AAAE) Annual Meeting. The theme of this lecture is regenerative agriculture which the author considers to be one of the most important agricultural movements occurring today. The author speaks to fellow Agricultural…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Food, Social Influences, Cultural Influences
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11  |  ...  |  16