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The Oxford Encyclopedia of School Reform
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Pink, William T., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2022
"The Oxford Encyclopedia of School Reform" is a monumental publication that provides a wide-ranging collection of school reform strategies from several geographical regions around the world. It illustrates both the theory and practical outcomes of reform efforts situated in different cultural contexts. The major theme that runs through…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Change Strategies, Educational Theories, Cultural Context
Paradigms, Distance Learning, Education, and Philosophy
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Higgins, Andrew – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2020
The premise of this brief opinion piece is that the fundamental paradigm of education appeared with Plato. It is that there is a co-location in time and space of learners, teachers, and resources. The absence of any of these elements can lead to shortcomings in the meaning of the term "to be educated". Recent events such as COVID-19…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education
Higher Education, Educational Policy and Citizenship Development
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Veugelers, Wiel; de Groot, Isolde; Llomovatte, Silvia; Naidorf, Judith – Education and Society, 2017
Given the fact that countries can differ in their educational policy and practice and that these national contexts are influenced by international developments makes it interesting to do comparative research into policy and practice of different countries. In this article we present the results of a comparative inquiry into citizenship and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Citizenship Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Conceptualising the Knowledge Work of Digital Professionals through Knorr Cetina's Ideas of Macro-Epistemics and Information Knowledge
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Malcolm, Irene – Studies in Continuing Education, 2013
The problem addressed in this paper is the need for analytical resources to theorise the nature of knowledge work and, in the light of a practice turn in social sciences, to consider how knowledge is generated and circulated. The aim of the paper is to contribute to a practice-based rethinking of how to investigate professional knowledge, relating…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Workplace Learning, Professional Personnel, Information Technology
The Wiley Handbook of Home Education
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Gaither, Milton, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2016
"The Wiley Handbook of Home Education" is a comprehensive collection of the latest scholarship in all aspects of home education in the United States and abroad. This book presents the latest findings on academic achievement of home-schooled children, issues of socialization, and legal argumentation about home-schooling and government…
Descriptors: Guides, Home Schooling, Academic Achievement, Socialization
Developing Alternative Frameworks for Exploring Intercultural Learning: A Critique of Hofstede's Cultural Difference Model
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Signorini, Paola; Wiesemes, Rolf; Murphy, Roger – Teaching in Higher Education, 2009
Hofstede's model of cultural difference has been used widely for exploring aspects of culture in educational settings. In this paper, we review Hofstede's model and explore some of its limitations, particularly in relation to the field of higher education. These limitations include an oversimplification of cultural differences, inconsistencies…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Cultural Differences, Models, Educational Environment