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Sanchez, Daniel, Comp.; Hawkey, James, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2019
The aim of the dossier is to provide a concise description of European minority languages in education. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects such as the number of schools, teachers, pupils, and…
Descriptors: Romance Languages, Language Minorities, Educational Policy, Educational Improvement
Eshet, Dan – Facing History and Ourselves, 2008
This book focuses on the recent debates surrounding headscarves in public schools in France, where the wearing of an article of clothing became the focus of intense national debate. The book is divided into two parts. Part One, Framing the Discussion, includes the following essays: (1) Essay: Immigration and Integration in Europe (2) France; (3)…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Jews, Democracy, Foreign Countries
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Fumaroli, Marc – French Review, 1992
France's cultural policy since the 1950s is criticized as having more of a leisure and recreational focus than being truly encouraging of French culture and intellect. Politics and economics are seen as inappropriate policy motivators. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, French
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Garnier, Maurice A.; Hage, Jerald – Sociology of Education, 1991
Discusses a study of the effects of material incentives and institutionalized values upon the expansion of secondary school systems in France. Reports that class was more important than gender in determining expansion because state policies placed greater emphasis on emphasized class in determining supply. Concludes that state policy reinforced…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Females
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Judge, Harry – Oxford Review of Education, 1995
Considers the contrasts and changing nature of teaching in France, England, and the United States. Reveals that sweeping public policy directives in the early 1960s created radically different educational institutions in England and France. By contrast, the United States has remained fairly constant with its emphasis on local autonomy. (MJP)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy, Educational Theories
ar Mogn, Olier, Comp.; Stuijt, Mark, Comp. – 1998
This regional dossier aims to provide concise, descriptive information and basic educational statistics about minority language education in a specific region of the European Union--Brittany. Details are provided about the features of the educational system, recent educational policies, divisions of responsibilities, main actors, legal…
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, Educational Policy, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Berthoumieux, Michel; Willemsma, Adalgard – 1997
This regional dossier aims to provide concise, descriptive information and basic educational statistics about minority language education in a specific region of the European Union--the South of France. Details are provided about the features of the educational system, recent educational policies, divisions of responsibilities, main actors, legal…
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, Educational Policy, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Stuijt, Mark – 1998
This regional dossier aims to provide concise, descriptive information and basic educational statistics about minority language education in a specific region of the European Union--the southwestern part of France, also known as the North Basque country. Details are provided about the features of the educational system, recent educational…
Descriptors: Basque, Cultural Maintenance, Educational Policy, Ethnic Groups
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Forissier, Thomas; Clement, Pierre – Journal of Biological Education, 2003
"Biological identity" is the result of interactions between the environment and the genome. These interactions, however, were not taught before 2001. In the French syllabus for 16-year-old students, two of the five sections on genetics deal with biological identity. We analysed the texts and images of the chapters relating to these two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Genetics, Environmental Influences