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Van Boxtel, Joanne M. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2018
This paper describes a collaborative technical assistance project, which was co-constructed by the Ministry of Education (MINED) of El Salvador and the author, to support the advancement of inclusive education through culturally responsive professional development. This research-based project is presented as a model of culturally responsive…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Faculty Development, Technical Assistance, Program Descriptions
UNESCO Bangkok, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect all levels and forms of education, impacting the lives of millions of learners and teachers across the globe. UNESCO in the Asia and Pacific region is adopting different measures to support its Member States in mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such measures have focused on ensuring…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries, School Closing
UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2013
The UNESCO International Bureau of Education is a leading institute in the field of curriculum, valued both for its specialist knowledge, expertise and networks, and for providing curriculum support services that include up-to-date, evidence-based information and practical support to UNESCO Member States. Knowledge and education are considered…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Curriculum Development, Professional Development, Training
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Wilson, Michael John; Wood, Leigh; Solomonides, Ian; Dixon, Peter; Goos, Merrilyn – Industry and Higher Education, 2013
Transitions from "industry" to "academia" represent a unique type of career change. Although such transitions are becoming increasingly common in Australian universities and beyond, there is no coherent framework for making sense of the multiple and intersecting factors involved in these inter-domain movements. This form of…
Descriptors: Career Change, Occupational Mobility, Beginning Teachers, Socialization
Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2014
The Regional Educational Laboratory of the Pacific (REL Pacific) program at McREL International partners with schools, state departments of education, and other education stakeholders to use data and research to drive data-informed decisions. Dedicated, experienced staff work closely with local experts, who provide support for ongoing regional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Geographic Location
Rogers, W. Todd – Canadian Journal of Education, 2014
Principals and teachers do not use large-scale assessment results because the lack of distinct and reliable subtests prevents identifying strengths and weaknesses of students and instruction, the results arrive too late to be used, and principals and teachers need assistance to use the results to improve instruction so as to improve student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Testing, Multidimensional Scaling, Evaluation Utilization
Oguntoyinbo, Lekan – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
The malaria center is at the heart of the kind of work Michigan State University's (MSU) African Studies Center has been engaged in on the African continent since it was founded half a century ago. The university is marking the center's 50th anniversary this year with a series of events that include large photo exhibits at one of the university's…
Descriptors: African Studies, Exhibits, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics
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Osses, Alejandra; Bellei, Cristián; Valenzuela, Juan Pablo – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2015
To what extent school improvement processes can be initiated and sustained from the outside has been a relevant question for policy-makers seeking to increase quality in education. Since 2008, the Chilean Government is strongly promoting the use of external technical support (ETS) services to support school improvement processes, as part of the…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Educational Improvement, Educational Resources, School Support
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Siu, Fiona K. P. – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2013
Electronic Portfolios (hereafter ePortfolios) were incorporated into courses run by the English Language Centre at the City University of Hong Kong from Jan 2009 to Aug 2010. Experience with this innovation constitutes the substance of this report. Major challenges included: 1) Making the ePortfolio platform user-friendly by providing technical…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Electronic Publishing, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
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Miller, Suzanne – Young Children, 2010
Five-year-old Michael lived on a small island in Micronesia. He was wonderfully creative in laying out a house on the sand with the sticks he gathered from a mangrove swamp. Akanina, a mother in the village, lost both her infant son and her own mother within a short time due to a lack of available health care and affordable medication. In Rino's…
Descriptors: Poverty, Foreign Countries, Poverty Areas, Poverty Programs
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Educational Leadership, 2011
This article first presents findings from a report from the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and the National Staff Development Council titled "Professional Development in the United States: Trends and Challenges." The report raised the issue of the "intensity" of professional development--that is, the number…
Descriptors: Expertise, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Teaching Methods
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Colclough, Christopher; Webb, Andrew – Comparative Education, 2012
Despite a long history of post-independence aid to education, Kenya's relationships with overseas donors have, until recently, been markedly fractious. Donors' concerns about transparency and corruption, in the context of a political regime which became increasingly authoritarian, led to sharp reductions in aid to Kenyan education during the…
Descriptors: International Education, Donors, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Ishikuma, Toshinori; Nishiyama, Hisako – Communique, 2011
March 11, 2011, began the most difficult natural disaster ever experienced in Japan. Earthquakes, a massive tsunami, and multiple breaches at nuclear power plants have changed the lives of many Japanese people including children, teachers, and parents. Throughout this difficult time, Japanese school psychologists and teachers have been supported…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, School Psychologists, Foreign Countries, School Psychology
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Hussey, Michael – Social Education, 2011
On January 3, 1909, Emily Hamilton and Louis Overstreet wrote to President Theodore Roosevelt begging his "leave to work under your Committee for the relief of the sufferers of Italy." The two were engaged and were willing to rush their marriage plans if the president needed them. Their letter was prompted by the powerful earthquake that…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Foreign Countries, Presidents, Emergency Programs
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Adewumi, S. E.; Dooga, J.; Dakas, D. C. J.; Yakmut, D. I.; Mafwil, T. J. – Distance Education, 2011
This report describes the eLearning Fellowship Program at the University of Jos (UNIJOS), first introduced in October 2008 through a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and recently adopted by the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA) Educational Technology Initiative (ETI). The fellowship is a one-year program aimed at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Fellowships, Electronic Learning
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