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Access to What? Creating a Composite Measure of Educational Quantity and Educational Quality for 11 African Countries
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Spaull, Nicholas; Taylor, Stephen – Comparative Education Review, 2015
The aim of the current study is to create a composite statistic of educational quantity and educational quality by combining household data (Demographic and Health Survey) on grade completion and survey data (Southern and Eastern African Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality) on cognitive outcomes for 11 African countries: Kenya, Lesotho,…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Institutional Evaluation, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries
Subsidies and Levies as Policy Instruments to Encourage Employer-Provided Training. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 80
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Muller, Normann; Behringer, Friederike – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
This paper provides an overview of the available information concerning selected policy instruments intended to promote employer-provided training, including the stated rationale and objectives, the target groups and operational design as well as a at a summary of the evaluative evidence regarding their operation. The analysis focuses on policy…
Descriptors: Incentives, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Grants
The "A" Factor: Coming to Terms with the Question of Legacy in South African Education
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Soudien, Crain – International Journal of Educational Development, 2007
This paper attempts to offer an alternative framework for assessing education delivery in South Africa. Its purpose is to develop an analytic approach for understanding education delivery in South Africa in the last 11 years and to use this framework to pose a set of strategic questions about how policy might be framed to deal with delivery. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Racial Segregation, Minority Groups
Proceedings of the 2011 CIAE International Pre-Conference (60th, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 30-November 1, 2011)
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Commission for International Adult Education, 2011
The 2011 International Pre-Conference of the Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE), American Association for Adult & Continuing (AAACE), was successfully conducted from October 30-November 1, at the Hyatt Regency, Indianapolis, Indiana. This publication presents the papers presented during the proceedings. These are: (1) Adult…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Andragogy, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning
Multi-Dimensional Evaluation for Module Improvement: A Mathematics-Based Case Study
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Ellery, Karen – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2006
Due to a poor module evaluation, mediocre student grades and a difficult teaching experience in lectures, the Data Analysis section of a first year core module, Research Methods for Social Sciences (RMSS), offered at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, was completely revised. In order to review the effectiveness of these changes in…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Data Analysis
Proceedings of the International Conference e-Learning 2014. Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Lisbon, Portugal, July 15-19, 2014)
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Baptista Nunes, Miguel, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2014, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Lisbon, Portugal July 15-19, 2014). The e-Learning 2014 conference aims to address the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education