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Adebayo, Kudus Oluwatoyin; Njoku, Emeka T. – Field Methods, 2023
How does shared identity between researcher and the researched influence trust-building for data generation and knowledge production? We reflect on this question based on two separate studies conducted by African-based researchers in sociology and political science in Nigeria. We advanced two interrelated positions. The first underscores the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Science Research, Researchers, Interpersonal Relationship
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Paulina Aravena-Bravo; Alejandrina Cristia; Rowena Garcia; Hiromasa Kotera; Ramona Kunene Nicolas; Ronel Laranjo; Bolanle Elizabeth Arokoyo; Silvia Benavides-Varela; Titia Benders; Natalie Boll-Avetisyan; Margaret Cychosz; Rodrigo Dal Ben; Yatma Diop; Catalina Durán-Urzúa; Naomi Havron; Marie Manalili; Bhuvana Narasimhan; Paul Okyere Omane; Caroline Rowland; Leticia Schiavon Kolberg; Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata; Suzy J. Styles; Belén Troncoso-Acosta; Fei Ting Woon – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2024
With a long-term aim of empowering researchers everywhere to contribute to work on language development, we organized the First Truly Global /L+/ International Summer/Winter School on Language Acquisition, a free 5-day virtual school for early career researchers. In this paper, we describe the school, our experience organizing it, and lessons…
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Acquisition, Virtual Schools, Educational Researchers
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Coniam, David; Falvey, Peter – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2022
This book focuses on the topic of academic publishing. It discusses the mounting, serious problems that researchers, particularly new researchers, encounter when trying to publish their research. The book addresses the issues of publishing as well as the salient factors militating against academic publication and the mitigating factors encouraging…
Descriptors: Writing for Publication, Faculty Publishing, Researchers, Foreign Countries
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Abuya, Benta; Evans, David; Gulesci, Selim; Haberland, Nicole; Hares, Susannah; Malik, Rabea; Mortara, Alessia; Rose, Pauline – Population Council, 2023
In this report, the authors--a group of researchers who commonly adopt varying research traditions and approaches--have come together to outline some crucial next steps to advance the research agenda on girls' education. The authors propose five areas where researchers can better collaborate to advance the field, and they call for better…
Descriptors: Womens Education, Females, Educational Research, Researchers
Flint-O'Kane, M.; Abbey, E.; Tager, J.; Williams, J.; Marillier, S.; Oberlander, L.; Shackleton, L.; Swanepoel, F. – Association of Commonwealth Universities, 2021
Significant investments have been made in the last five years to further strengthen the relationship between the United Kingdom (UK) and African continent for science and innovation partnerships. This has enabled the enhancement of longstanding relationships for joint research and development activities as well as the establishment of new,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Research and Development, Innovation
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Bryant, Katie – McGill Journal of Education, 2014
Researchers from various disciplines have become interested in the supposedly extreme differences in rates of research between academics situated in the Global North and South, specifically those on the African continent. Yet, having worked as a researcher and a writing coach in the context of one university in the southern African region for the…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, Research, Foreign Countries, Researchers
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Quigley, Cassie F.; Beeman-Cadwallader, Nicole; Carter, Ingrid S. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2019
In this paper, the authors illustrate the impacts of their cross-cultural research in Africa, on their current work in science and STEM education. Through the examination of two research projects in cross-cultural settings in Africa, the authors explore the lasting impacts of this type of work. Specifically, through the use of Critical Personal…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Personal Narratives, STEM Education, Feminism
Australian Council for Educational Research, 2015
The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) carries out large-scale cross-national research studies in member countries in the Southern and Eastern Africa region. It aims to assess the conditions of schooling and performance levels of learners and teachers in the areas of literacy and numeracy. SACMEQ has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Researchers, Educational Quality
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Juffermans, Kasper; Van Camp, Kirsten – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2013
Drawing on fieldwork in a primary school in rural Gambia, West Africa, this article foregrounds the notion of voice as analytical heuristics for understanding language in education. Arguing for more attention to voices from the field and for critical reflection on the researcher's voice in research, the article addresses the ways in which school…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Elementary Schools, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
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Singh, Gurmit – Distance Education, 2011
Dissemination of findings about the HIV epidemic at international conferences has been dominated by researchers from developed countries working in well-resourced and supported institutions. This has led to exclusionary practices where community healthcare workers and practitioners working in under-resourced contexts have had limited opportunities…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Mentors, Audiences, Foreign Countries
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Mertens, Donna M. – Qualitative Inquiry, 2010
Paradigms serve as metaphysical frameworks that guide researchers in the identification and clarification of their beliefs with regard to ethics, reality, knowledge, and methodology. The transformative paradigm is explained and illustrated as a framework for researchers who place a priority on social justice and the furtherance of human rights.…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Methods Research, Educational Research, Models
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Mjelde, Liv; Daly, Richard – International Journal of Training Research, 2012
This work is based on the experience of the authors' involvement in the development of a Masters of Vocational Pedagogy program in Uganda and Southern Sudan between 2007 and 2011. This is also grounded in work with Vocational Education and Culture (VET) over many years. The terms VET and Culture are interdependent; both terms are highly contested…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Masters Programs
Elfert, Maren, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (NJ1), 2008
Family literacy emphasises the intergenerational transfer of language and literacy from parents to their children or from one generation to another. A range of family literacy programmes exists, varying according to the groups at which each is aimed. Some programmes focus on children, some on adults, and others on both. Some programmes are run at…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Family Literacy, Global Approach, Literacy Education
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Brock-Utne, Birgit – International Journal of Educational Development, 2010
Since 1995 I have been engaged in consultancies and since 2001 in research dealing with the language of instruction policies in Africa. To what extent are the policies being implemented? What is the role of research and consultancy when it comes to language policy? What happens when researchers or consultants come up with recommendations which do…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Consultants, Donors, Language of Instruction
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Davis, Stephen L. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2008
The conduct of fieldwork is an adventure, a voyage into the unknown. The author has several times had the opportunity to reflect on his fieldwork, which was most often conducted among remote Indigenous groups, initially in Australia and then wider afield in Thailand, the Philippines, and Africa. He is struck by the significant amount of time,…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Researchers, Field Experience Programs
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