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Direct linkKrüger, Karsten, Ed.; Parellada, Martí, Ed.; Samoilovich, Daniel, Ed.; Sursock, Andrée, Ed. – Educational Governance Research, 2018
This book examines governance reforms in higher education in six European countries: Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal. It focuses in particular on the governance of the systems and institutions in these countries. The book shows that each of the national reform processes has been characterised by its own specific…
Descriptors: Governance, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Change, Higher Education
Paseka, Angelika, Ed.; Byrne, Delma, Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2019
This book addresses central questions regarding parental involvement across European educational systems; exploring the commonalities and differences across European countries and the extent to which current policy and practice pertaining to parental involvement is inclusive of diversity. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that draws from the…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Policy, Diversity
Jeynes, William, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2022
Offering contributions from international leaders in the field, this volume builds on empirically informed meta-analyses to foreground relationship-based aspects of parental involvement in children's education and learning. Chapters explore how factors including parent-child communication, cultural and parental expectations, as well as…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Educational Psychology, Meta Analysis
Kwiek, Marek, Ed.; Kurkiewicz, Andrzej, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
The recent decade brought about new ways of thinking about universities. European-level educational policies became increasingly influential as the agenda of university reforms was viewed as part of greater Lisbon strategy reforms. National governments adopted the economic concept of the university consistently developed in subsequent official…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Hahn, Carole L. – 1998
This study examines diversity in citizenship education within a set of boundaries where the ideals of citizenship, democracy, and education were somewhat similar. The five nations expected to be quite similar were the United States, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark. Even among these western…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Download full textGlenn, Charles L. – 1989
The role of parent choice in publicly funded education in six selected nations is examined. Focusing upon education in developed Western democracies, this study is intended to be instructive to U.S. education as it examines the interplay between state-mandated universal education and parents' right of choice. Twenty-five national education systems…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Essed, Philomena – 1991
This cross-cultural investigation of racism in the lives of black women explores everyday manifestations and perceptions of racism. The daily experiences of individuals are combined with a structured account of racism in an interdisciplinary framework. Empirical data consist of verbal accounts gathered in 1985 and 1986 in non-directive interviews…
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Coping, Cross Cultural Studies
Harkness, Sara, Ed.; Super, Charles M., Ed. – 1996
This volume presents observations and thinking of scholars from a variety of disciplines about parental cultural belief systems. The chapters are concerned with the sources and consequences of parental ethnotheories in a number of societies. The following chapters are included: (1) "Introduction" (Sara Harkness and Charles M. Super); (2)…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Child Development, Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies
Early Intervention and Culture: Preparation for Literacy. The Interface between Theory and Practice.
Eldering, Lotty, Ed.; Leseman, Paul, Ed. – 1993
This collection of 20 papers addresses child development and early intervention issues related to literacy acquisition from a cross-cultural perspective. Titles of the papers are: (1) "Preparing Young Children for Literacy: Issues in Theory and Practice" (Lotty Eldering and Paul Leseman); (2) "Jomtien Revisited: A Plea for a…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Developed Nations
Hambleton, Ronald K., Ed.; Zaal, Jac N., Ed. – 1991
The 14 chapters of this book focus on the technical advances, advances in applied settings, and emerging topics in the testing field. Part 1 discusses methodological advances, Part 2 considers developments in applied settings, and Part 3 reviews emerging topics in the field of testing. Part 1 papers include: (1) "Advances in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Aptitude Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
Hallahan, Daniel P., Ed.; Keogh, Barbara K., Ed. – 2001
To honor the founder of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities, William M. Cruickshank, this collection of essays reflects a range of perspectives on the "state of the art" in learning disabilities, documenting both commonalties and differences across countries. After an introduction, essays include: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Attention Deficit Disorders, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Pelgrum, W. J., Ed.; And Others – 1993
The Computers in Education (Comped) study was designed as a two-stage survey. The first stage (1987-1990) was aimed at gathering information from a representative sample of schools at elementary, lower secondary and upper secondary level with regard to the state of computer use in education. The survey's focus was on the extent and availability of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Moore, Sarah Jane, Ed.; Morfit, Christine, Ed. – 1993
Selected writings by Richard Lambert on languages and international studies include the following: "Foreign Language Planning in the United States"; "Southeast Asian Language Instruction"; "Implications of the New Dutch National Action Plan for American Foreign Language Policy"; "Distance Education and Foreign…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Distance Education, Educational Finance
