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Rankin, Joanna C.; Pearl, Andrew J.; Jorre de St Jorre, Trina; McSharry McGrath, Moriah; Dyer, Sarah; Sheriff, Samiah; Armitage, Roberta; Ruediger, Kerstin; Jere, Anoushka; Zafar, Saania; Sedres, Shalaine; Chaudhary, Daania – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2022
Recognizing that university statements about equity, diversity, and inclusion are often cosmetic, performative, or at best, aspirational, rather than indicative of on-campus realities, this project analyzes interpretations of student identity and diversity through publicly available materials. The primary purpose of this research was to…
Descriptors: Diversity (Institutional), Institutional Mission, Universities, Web Sites
The Emperor's New Clothes: "Maclean's," NSSE, and the Inappropriate Ranking of Canadian Universities
Grayson, J. Paul – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2020
Most Canadian universities participate in the US-based National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) that measures various aspects of "student engagement." The higher the level of engagement, the greater the probability of positive outcomes and the better the quality of the school. "Maclean's" magazine publishes some of the…
Descriptors: Reputation, Periodicals, Institutional Evaluation, Educational Quality
Holloway, Jessica – Critical Studies in Education, 2021
The collection of papers presented in this issue of Critical Studies in Education adds to the expansive body of work on teachers and teaching. Collectively, the papers draw our attention to new ways the field is problematising the emerging and evolving conditions that shape the work, lives and identities of teachers. With this editorial…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Professionalism, Professional Identity
Wu, Hantian – ECNU Review of Education, 2020
Purpose: This research is an exploratory narrative inquiry into reflections of three Chinese international undergraduate students in a Canadian university, University S, which reveals participants' entire decision-making processes as potential international undergraduate students. Design/Approach/Methods: A two-dimensional analytical framework has…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, Reflection
Liu, Qin; Liu, Li – Quality in Higher Education, 2018
Amidst the international movement toward establishing more rigorous external quality assurance, the recent quality assurance reform within the Ontario public university sector involves a shift of focus from external to internal quality assurance. This paper explores to what extent organisational learning was occurring at three comprehensive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Quality Assurance, Educational Change
Drolet, Julie L.; McDonald-Harker, Caroline; Lalani, Nasreen; McGreer, Sarah; Brown, Matthew R. G.; Silverstone, Peter H. – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2021
The 2016 wildfires in Alberta, Canada, created numerous challenges for families with children under five years of age, due to the limited postdisaster access to early childhood development (ECD) programs, resources, and supports. In the immediate aftermath of the wildfires, families struggled to balance recovery activities with childcare…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Natural Disasters, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children
Costa, Danilo de Melo – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2022
Purpose: Canada is a country that has a democratized higher education system, based on solid principles of access, quality and accountability. Brazil, on the other hand, is a country that seeks to advance its higher education system. For this reason, this paper aims to understand with the main stakeholders of the systems, the perceptions in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Cultural Differences, Access to Education
Keslair, François – OECD Publishing, 2018
This paper explores the impact of test-taking conditions on the quality of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) assessment. Interviewers record information about the room of assessment and interruptions that occurred during each interview. These observations, along with information on interviewer assignment…
Descriptors: Interviews, Testing, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Goff, Lori – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
As the quality of university education garners increasingly more interest in both the public and in the literature, and as quality assurance (QA) processes are developed and implemented within universities around the world, it is important to carefully consider what is meant by the term quality. This study attempts to add to the literature…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Foreign Countries
Brow, Mark V. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Background: National ranking from the triennial Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) often serves as a barometer of national performance and human capital. Though excessive student- and school-level covariates (n > 700) may prove intractable for traditional least-squares estimate procedures, shrinkage methods may be more…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education
Ho, Sonia Wai-Ying; Zhou, George – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2021
In recent years, more and more Chinese students have come to Canada for their education. Some of them are parents, and they bring their children with them. Using a multiple case study design, this study explored these international parent-students in regards to how they select schools for their children. Six participants were recruited. Data were…
Descriptors: School Choice, Asians, Parent Attitudes, Case Studies
Boyd, Wendy, Ed.; Garvis, Susanne, Ed. – Springer, 2021
This book provides significant information regarding the policies and provisions for early childhood teacher education programs in universities in fourteen different countries. Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is expanding rapidly across the globe with unprecedented numbers of children attending EC centres, requiring the investment in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Quality, Educational Policy
Dina Foster; Caitlin McLemore; Brandon Olszewski; Ali Chaudhry; Ekaterina Cooper; Laurie Forcier; Rose Luckin – UK Department for Education, 2023
A rapid, exploratory review to establish a shared understanding of what constitutes good quality EdTech and implementation. The review: (1) examined existing frameworks and standards; and (2) identified the characteristics, quality components, essential conditions and evaluation criteria for the design and implementation of EdTech. The report…
Descriptors: Standards, Educational Technology, Guidelines, Evidence Based Practice
Anderson, Kate – Childhood Education, 2018
Learning assessment is essential for education systems to provide quality and equitable education. Education partners, both national and international, are supporting education systems around the world in their efforts to develop and implement holistic learning assessment strategies and mechanisms. In many cases, examining how learning is being…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Educational Practices
Geelan, David – Education Sciences, 2020
There is a long history of philosophical inquiry into the concept of explanation in science, and this work has some implications for the ways in which science teachers, particularly in the physical sciences (physics and chemistry), explain ideas to students. Recent work has outlined a constructivist approach to developing, delivering, and refining…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teaching Skills, Science Instruction, Physics