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Elizabeth Walton; Petra Engelbrecht – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
Inclusive education is a fundamental right of all students. Despite international policy initiatives, educational exclusion is pervasive, especially in the Global South, and disproportionately affects disabled students. Barriers to inclusive education have been itemised in the literature, but in this conceptual paper that offers a novel…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Barriers, Students with Disabilities
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Nyoni, Jabulani – Perspectives in Education, 2022
Pedagogical contingency policy planning in open distance and e-learning plays a critical role in achieving the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, with the aim to stem poverty, protect the planet, foster gender equality, defend and promote cultures and cultural understanding, and ensure…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Educational Planning
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Muthukrishna, Nithi; Engelbrecht, Petra – South African Journal of Education, 2018
The article proposes the need for the decolonising of the inclusive education movement in Southern African educational contexts. It draws on the authors' own research and reflexive engagement over the last five years on inclusive education policy formulation and implementation in selected Southern African contexts, namely, Botswana, Namibia, South…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Low Income Groups, Social Justice
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Koreeda, Kiyoji, Ed.; Tsuge, Masayoshi, Ed.; Ikuta, Shigeru, Ed.; Dalton, Elizabeth Minchin, Ed.; Ewe, Linda Plantin, Ed. – IGI Global, 2023
Inclusive education remains a significant challenge in today's educational landscape, as K-12 classrooms and higher education institutions struggle to meet the diverse needs of all students. To address this pressing issue, "Developing Inclusive Environments in Education: Global Practices and Curricula," led by Kiyoji Koreeda, offers…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Access to Education
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Smith, Chris – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2015
This paper provides an in-depth analysis into two case studies aimed at addressing the digital divide in two developing countries. A detailed description is provided for each case study along with an analysis of how successful the two projects were at addressing the digital divide in Siyabuswa, South Africa and Ennis, Ireland. The two case studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Comparative Education, Case Studies
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Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2013
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Students, Barriers
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Akoojee, Salim; Nkomo, Mokubung – International Journal of Educational Development, 2011
Access to higher education is a key challenge of the 21st century state. The link between higher education and personal and socio-economic development has intensified the need for ensuring that greater numbers of citizens have expanded access to and have been provided with quality higher education. The article seeks to explore how initiatives for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Higher Education, Sustainable Development