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Direct linkRasmussen, Palle; Staugaard, Hans Jørgen – International Review of Education, 2016
Adult education is governed at many levels--internationally, nationally and locally. The authors of this paper look at the challenges, structures and practices of adult education policy at the local level, more specifically in North Denmark (Northern Jutland), one of the five administrative regions of the Danish nation-state. In many ways, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Sustainable Development, Geographic Regions
Download full textAdams, Lindsay – World Bank, 2019
The Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) initiative produces comparative data and knowledge on education policies and institutions, with the aim of helping countries systematically strengthen their education systems. SABER evaluates the quality of education policies against evidence-based global standards, using new diagnostic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Young Children, Preschool Education
Halsey, John – Education in Rural Australia, 2011
This article is essentially written as two linked parts. The first part considers how space, spatiality and history can contribute to understanding and "doing something about" the sustainability of rural communities. This is done by extensive reference to Soja's (1989 & 1996) space and spatial theorising and selective perspectives of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Sustainability
Tagoe, Michael Ayitey – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2011
The Millennium Development Goals launched in 2001 provide a worldwide agenda to reduce poverty by 2015. Though the eight goals provide synergies for the rapid reduction of poverty, the MDGs have come under criticism for being too narrow and sometimes leaving out critical aspects of human development and well-being. Although the MDGs address some…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Economic Progress, Poverty, Illiteracy
Daniel, Beverly-Jean – Urban Education, 2010
This article makes the argument for a reframing and a reconceptualization of the urban-suburban divide which can inform the options and possibilities for transformative practices in urban schools. Drawing primarily from a Canadian, and more specifically a southern Ontario context, the article explores the changing realities of urban within this…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries
Shah, Chandra; Burke, Gerald – Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Monash University, 2003
In the higher education sector most students enrol in a course with the intention of obtaining a qualification. In the vocational education and training (VET) sector many students tend to complete only some units of competencies or modules of a course. This study analysed the progress until 2000 of students who commenced a TAFE course in 1997, and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Vocational Education
