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Yulu Hou – Cogent Education, 2024
Understanding educational aspiration is pivotal for studying access to and success in higher education, given its influence on academic, occupational, and societal trajectories. Yet, aspiration is a challenging topic to research, in part because of its complex definitions, measurements, and contexts. This review focuses on the educational…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Higher Education
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Ye, Juyan; Zhu, Xudong; Lo, Leslie N. K. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2019
This paper adopts an inductive analytical approach to reviewing the major state policies to reform teacher education in China. Based on the perceived impact on teachers and teacher education, 21 policy documents have been selected for this review. Five themes emerge in the analysis, which include: Expansion of teacher education by institutional…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
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Zhang, Changzheng; Huan, Zhijian; Li, Huaizu – Frontiers of Education in China, 2007
By using the education Gini coefficient (EGC), as the indicator of education equity, this paper will calculate the degree of education equity in China during 1978-2004. Results show that although education equity as a whole has improved significantly since 1978, it is rather at a low level compared with the international average. Due to the great…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators, Social Change
Gagni, A. O.; Bartels, Francis L. – 1990
This report addresses the United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) goals for activities related to the development of education in rural areas. Studies were conducted in China, the Philippines, Tanzania, Yugoslavia, Botswana, and Sierra Leone. The first section deals with the analytical study of information on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Education, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1986
Developing countries in Asia and the Pacific are undergoing a critical period in rural development. As part of a plan for integrated rural development, education has shifted its priorities to equalizing access to educational opportunities and improving quality of instruction. Representatives from Bangladesh, China, India, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal,…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning