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Pongsin, Viseshiri; Lawthong, Nuttaporn; Fry, Gerald W.; Ransom, Lakeesha; Kim, Seongdok; Thi My, Ngoc Nguyen – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2023
The major analytical research question addressed in this paper is: What are Thailand's strengths and weaknesses as an international education hub for students from the Asian region? The key descriptive research question is: What is the nature of the educational experience of Asian students in Thailand? The two major research methodologies of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, International Education, Asians
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Smythe, Suzanne – International Review of Education, 2022
It is rare in contemporary times to encounter international education policy reports that inspire hope and excitement for the future, such as we are offered in the 1972 report of the International Commission on the Development of Education set up by UNESCO in 1971 and chaired by Edgar Faure. "Learning to be: The world of education today and…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Reports, International Organizations, Educational Policy
Golden, Gillian – OECD Publishing, 2020
This paper aims to survey the current landscape of education policy evaluation across OECD countries and economies by examining recent trends and contextual factors that can promote more robust education policy evaluation, as well as identifying key challenges. It takes a view of policy evaluation as an activity that takes place throughout the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Program Evaluation, Educational Trends, Educational Change
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Mendes, Alexander – Language Policy, 2021
This article compares French and Corsican middle school language policy. Above the micro-level of the classroom, and below the macro-level of the EU (or beyond), I analyze two policies sandwiched at the meso-level, national (France) and regional (Corsica) middle school curricula. Based on a content analysis of two curricular policy texts, the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Planning, Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions
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Odile Rohmer; Emilie-Anne Palomares; Maria Popa-Roch – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
Western countries have placed a lot of importance on school inclusion policies in the last decade. Strong promotion of these policies encourages teachers to express egalitarian attitudes and behaviours towards all students. However, at the same time teachers may experience feelings of discomfort because of perceived difficulties and powerlessness…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Teacher Burnout, Institutional Characteristics, Inclusion
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Maroy, Christian; Pons, Xavier – Comparative Education, 2021
This article aims to show the value of the concept of policy trajectory to compare, from a long-term perspective, the transformations of education policies in the context of globalisation. After discussing the scope and limitations of the analyses of the concept in the literature -- descriptive, sequential, metaphorical and building on the works…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Comparative Education, Accountability, Global Approach
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Barbana, Samir; Dumay, Xavier; Dupriez, Vincent – European Educational Research Journal, 2020
This article is an introduction to a European Educational Research Journal special issue on accountability policies and instruments in Europe. Two hypotheses grounded in the new institutionalist theory are presented to conceptualise and analyse the variety of national trajectories and forms of accountability in four European education systems…
Descriptors: Accountability, Governance, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Jean-Marie Arrighi – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2024
Corsican is a Romance language that belongs to the Italo-Romance group. Corsican has been recognised since 1974 as a regional language in France by the Ministry of National Education. The language is officially recognised by the French Constitution as belonging to the heritage of France. Over the past 25 years, several laws, decrees, regulations,…
Descriptors: Romance Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Educational Policy
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Santos, Íris; Centeno, Vera G. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023
The Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) has instigated domestic policy debate aimed at improving education systems' quality and efficiency. Its high performers are often described as knowledge-based legitimation tools that have become reference societies. This article analyses if and the extent to which PISA affects the choice of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Champollion, Pierre, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2020
This comprehensive scientific work embraces, within the generic theme of "educations, territorialities and territories", the vast majority of different facets of the complex relationships between educations and territories that have developed over time. It sheds an original light on the many - and, for some, new - interactions between…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Educational Innovation, Geographic Regions
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Hake, Barry J. – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2022
The literature regarding the social organisation of 'adult' learning opportunities throughout the life course postulates different significations of policy concepts such as 'lifelong education', 'permanent education', 'recurrent education', and 'lifelong learning' in the 1970s. This paper examines policy formation processes in France during the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Adult Learning
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Ignatovich, Elena; Walker, Judith – International Review of Education, 2022
When the Faure report was published in 1972, the Soviet Union already had a robust and holistic cradle-to-grave, lifewide, lifelong education (LLE) system in place. Parts of this system and some of its ideology were reflected in the Faure report, thanks in large part to the contribution of one of the commissioners and authors, Arthur Petrovsky,…
Descriptors: Reports, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
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Tobin, Joseph – Comparative Education, 2022
International comparative ethnographic studies of ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) are difficult to conduct but worth the effort. Comparative studies featuring thick description and polysemic interpretations can challenge taken-for-granted assumptions, expand the menu of the possible, expose the provincialism of national approaches, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Ethnography, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
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Mathou, Cécile – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018
Drawing on Bernstein's concept of recontextualization, this paper explores how mid-level actors interpret and translate curriculum policies in the context of growing concerns about the performance and accountability of education systems. Little is known about the work of recontextualization agents responsible for the professional development,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Curriculum, Comparative Analysis
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Volante, Louis; Klinger, Don A. – European Education, 2021
The present analysis examined the relationship between PISA results and their influence on policy development within a select group of European nations which included Estonia, Italy, France, and Finland. These countries reflect four distinct outcomes in relation to PISA results: (1) high achievement and high equity (Estonia); (2) stagnant…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Secondary School Students, International Assessment, Foreign Countries
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