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The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region
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Kapur, Devesh, Ed.; Kong, Lily, Ed.; Lo, Florence, Ed.; Malone, David M., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2023
Since the turn of the millennium it has become clear that the Asia-Pacific Region is, economically, the fastest growing continent in the world, and is likely to remain so for some time despite the setbacks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Asia-Pacific's share of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) doubled from 15 per cent to 30 per cent between 1970…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics
STEM Education for Girls and Women: Breaking Barriers and Exploring Gender Inequality in Asia
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UNESCO Bangkok, 2020
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields are considered catalysts for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Yet, particularly for STEM fields, girls and women, for a multitude of social, cultural and psychological reasons, engage and participate at a lower rate than boys and men. This research…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Womens Education, Females, Barriers
Education in South-East Asia. Oxford Studies in Comparative Education
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Brock, Colin, Ed.; Symaco, Lorraine Pe, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2011
This book on education in South-East Asia is the very first of its kind to comprehensively cover and discuss the education systems and issues in all the countries in the region--the ten member nations of the Association of South-East Asian nations (ASEAN) plus Timor Leste. The eleven chapters on country case studies are written by education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Planning, Equal Education, Comparative Education
Promoting Literacy in Multilingual Settings
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Kosonen, Kimmo; Young, Catherine; Malone, Susan – UNESCO Bangkok, 2006
This compilation of resource papers and findings is from a regional workshop on mother-tongue/bilingual literacy programmes for ethnic and linguistic minorities in multilingual settings. It was organized by Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL), United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Bangkok, 6-10 December…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Language of Instruction, Pilot Projects, Linguistics
Rights to Language: Equity, Power, and Education. Celebrating the 60th Birthday of Tove Skutnabb-Kangas.
Phillipson, Robert, Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers brings together scholarship on language, education, and society from all parts of the world, situating issues of minorities and bilingual education in broader perspectives of human rights, power, and the ecology of language. Part 1, "Language: Its Diversity, its Study, and Our Understandings of It," includes…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Civil Liberties, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student)
The Filipinos in America. In America Series.
Winter, Frank H. – 1988
The history of Filipino immigrants to the United States and the contributions they have made to American society are discussed in this book which is part of a series for children. The Philippines is the only nation in Asia that is predominantly Christian and English-speaking. The country was a colony of the United States from 1896 to 1946, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Childrens Literature, Cultural Background, Economic Factors
Women's Education in the Third World: Comparative Perspectives.
Kelly, Gail P., Ed.; Elliott, Carolyn M., Ed. – 1982
Focusing on Third World countries, this book examines the undereducation of women, causes of women's undereducation, changes in female education patterns, and the significance of such changes in society and in women's lives. The book consists of four parts, comprising different chapters written by social scientists, researchers, and educators.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Birth Rate, Developing Nations, Educational Attainment