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Parker, Walter C. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2011
This study focuses on the recent adoption of "international education" (IE) by US public schools. Theoretically, it conceptualises this phenomenon as a social movement and a dynamic arena of knowledge construction and contestation. Methodologically, it combines fieldwork, interviews and critical discourse analysis. The central finding is…
Descriptors: Public Schools, International Education, National Security, Global Approach
Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 2011
The Research Institute for Higher Education (RIHE) at Hiroshima University established a program of research on the Changing Academic Profession (CAP) in 2005. The first conference of this new project was held in Hiroshima in February 2011. This conference was organized by the Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, Japan in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study, Higher Education, Educational Change
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Storms, Barbara A.; Prada, Michael Jay; Donahue, E. Nicole – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2011
While politicians and other pundits may not agree on how to improve schools, there is agreement that many areas require attention from improving student achievement, to ensuring effective instruction. As school districts struggle with these and other complex issues, there is a growing demand for executive level leaders who have knowledge and…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Degrees, Organizational Change
New York Univ., NY. Dept. of Technology and Industrial Education. – 1978
Prepared for bilingual vocational curriculum specialists, this volume presents eight modules to aid in curriculum development. The first module defines and explores the subject of bilingual vocational education and outlines six models (informal, supplementary, transitional, two-way, gradual, and open) of bilingual education. To illustrate the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Change
Brook, Diane L. – 1977
Observations of geography instruction in two high schools in London and research at the University of London Institute of Education provide the basis for an overview of pre-college geography instruction in Britain. Because British secondary schools concentrate more on universal education, they are developing a curriculum which is similar to the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Altbach, Philip G. – 1983
The comparative higher education course offered at the State University of New York at Buffalo is briefly described, and a course schedule is presented, including required and recommended readings for each topic. The course is intended to provide a broad cross-cultural perspective and considers the growth and development of universities in Europe,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Activism, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Van de Graaff, John H.; And Others – 1978
The result of an interdisciplinary seminar in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University, this book reviews patterns of academic power in several nations. The authors are John H. Van de Graaff, Burton R. Clark, Dorotea Furth, Dietrich Goldschmidt, and Donald F. Wheeler. Separate chapters are devoted to the Federal Republic of…
Descriptors: Books, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Administration