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Hollitt, Julie A. – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
This literature review interrogates current international writing about inclusive education (IE) in regional and remote settings, with explicit reference to Australian considerations, including the emergent National Curriculum. The task of this review has been to establish the types of knowledge reported about IE in minority, marginalized and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Rural Education, Learning Problems
Hall, Budd, Ed.; And Others – 1982
This book, consisting of 13 papers, deals with the theory, practice, and reactions to participatory research in the area of social research for development. Included in the volume are the following papers: "Breaking the Monopoly of Knowledge: Research Methods, Participation, and Development," by Budd Hall; "Creating Alternative…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Programs, Educational Research
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Mangla, P. B. – Education for Information: The International Review of Education and Training in Library and Information Science, 1984
Traces historical developments and recent trends in library and information science research in United States, Great Britain, and India; discusses factors contributing to developments in United States and United Kingdom; and reviews Ranganathan's contributions in detail. Some factors hindering research in India and areas which require research are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Schuemer, Rudolf, Ed. – 1991
This report contains, in addition to the introduction and preface, 13 papers written by individuals working in the field of evaluation who present the concepts and practices of evaluation at their own particular distance education institutions. The introduction (Schuemer) gives a short outline of the evaluation nomenclature and an overview of the…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Distance Education, Educational Quality, Educational Research
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1995
The International Communication section of the proceedings contains the following nine papers: "Mobile Satellite Communications--From Obscurity to Overkill" (Patricia T. Whalen); "Does Television Cultivate the Image of America in Japan?" (Shinichi Saito); "Linking International News to U.S. Interests: A Content…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Freedom of Information, Imperialism, Internet
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Bailey, Gerald Douglass – 1970
This skit is presented as an example of a creative writing assignment that combines humanities with social studies. The author recommends that high school teachers make such assignments for themselves and their students. The teacher is given the same assignment because brushing up on rusty composition skills and direct experience in creative…
Descriptors: Assignments, Biographies, Colonialism, Creative Dramatics
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Russell, Ralph – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Safder Alladina's analysis of the position of South Asian languages in Britain leaves much to be desired, concerning itself largely with Urdu, Hindi to a lesser extent, and hardly at all with Bengali, Gujarati, and Panjabi. The problems and solutions of devising policies appropriate to these languages need to be discussed in greater detail. (CB)
Descriptors: Bengali, Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Maskiell, Michelle – 1984
The impact of education on the lives of Indian women who attended Kinnaird College in British India is examined. The lives of 468 of the 1,544 women listed in the admissions register from 1913 to 1947, or about a 30 percent non-random sample, are the basis of the study. Alumnae records were examined, and personal interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Comparative Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change
Dollerup, Cay; And Others – 1989
This paper, number eight in an ongoing series, is part of an interdisciplinary project on the context of reading and reading research that explores similarities and dissimilarities in the response to literature in readers from different cultures. Presented are the written responses from 129 readers in Denmark, Greenland, Great Britain, India, and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Bennett, Helen; And Others – 1988
This paper, number nine in an ongoing series, is part of an interdisciplinary project on the context of reading and reading research that explores similarities and dissimilarities in the response to literature in readers from different cultures. Presented are the written responses from 137 readers in Denmark, Greenland, Great Britain, India, and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Dollerup, Cay; And Others – 1989
This paper, number 10 in an ongoing series, is part of an interdisciplinary project on the context of reading and reading research that explores similarities and dissimilarities in the response to literature in readers from different cultures. Presented are the written responses from 140 readers in Denmark, Greenland, Great Britain, India, and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Le Grand, Kathryn R. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Nigerian anthropologist John Ogbu examines the academic failure of minority groups within the context of American society and draws comparisons to minority group education in five other cultures. (MKM)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Aspiration, Comparative Education, Educational Anthropology
Law, Bill – 2002
This paper sets out career-related stories of people and their struggle to make sense of a life through work. They show that career management is not primarily a matching process but, for most, the making of a life the best way one can. The nine stories from five continents have these focuses: a feeling for a career; a career is other people or…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Career Change, Career Development