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OECD Publishing, 2019
Addressing teacher education in all its complexity is fundamental to ensuring that all students reach their potential in today's increasingly diverse classrooms and rapidly changing environment. This report provides insight into key features of selected teacher preparation systems by analysing the information collected in the OECD Initial Teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Program Design
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Al-Balushi, Sulaiman M., Ed.; Martin-Hansen, Lisa, Ed.; Song, Youngjin, Ed. – Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education, 2023
This edited book explores different international practices in reforming science teacher education programs for STEM education. Incorporating case studies in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, North America and South America, the contributors emphasise the large variety in STEM teacher preparation. Including science-centric versions of STEM…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Science Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Science Instruction
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Asada, Sarah R. – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2019
The number of US students studying abroad has more than doubled since the turn of the twenty-first century, from 154,168 in 2000-2001 to 332,727 in 2016-2017 (Institute of International Education 2010, 2018). This exponential increase reflects the growing recognition by higher education institutions and the federal government on the importance of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Higher Education, Global Approach
Harshman, Carl L. – 1982
This paper explores the background to and process of quality circles as well as the implications of circles for training. In the first section, the emergence and growth of quality circles in Japan and the United States are traced. Next, the theoretical and conceptual bases of quality circles are examined, while section 3 looks at implementation in…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Job Training, Management Development, Program Content
Lee, Lung-Sheng – 1997
American-style comprehensive high school (CHS) systems were started in Japan and Taiwan in 1994 and 1996, respectively. Most CHSs in Taiwan were transformed from senior vocational schools, whereas others were changed from senior high schools or newly founded. To assist these schools in successfully restructuring or designing new programs, a…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Research
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Kobayashi, Tetsuya – Peabody Journal of Education, 1993
When compared to its counterparts in Europe and the United States, teacher education in Japan can be distinguished by its special characteristics in three areas: administration, structure and curriculum, and students. Preservice and inservice education in Japan are discussed with regard to these areas. (IAH)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education