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Direct linkMackenzie, Lee – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
This article critically analyses the extent to which research in the field of English and development in the global South supports the claim that English can contribute to development. Particular reference is made to the Colombian context, which, along with several other countries in Latin America, has prioritised English language teaching in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Planning
Download full textYanniris, Constantinos – Education Sciences, 2021
The complex nature of contemporary challenges requires a culture of cooperation between academic disciplines. However, to what extent do educational systems prepare students to think beyond the boundaries of austerely defined and often entrenched academic fields? UNESCO has successively called for Environmental Education, Education for Sustainable…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Citizenship Education, Peace
Osiobe, Ejiro U. – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2020
Latin American countries have evolved over the years. Still, after years of military reign, socioeconomicinstability, and civil wars, the region has been known for its anti-hegemonic economic growth (educationalpolicies) strategies. Central and South America's educational system has long been under investigation by researchers both theoretically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Latin Americans, Educational Practices
Vasquez-Martinez, Claudio-Rafael; Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Felipe; Flores, Francisco; Cardona-T., Jose-Gerardo; Mendez, María-Eugenia; Valdez-Jiménez, Liliana; Espino, Piero; Olaguez, Eugenia; Rendon, Hector; Chavoya, Jorge; Zúñiga, Luz-María; Fonseca-Ramirez, Oscar-Hernan; Alvarez, Maria-Ines; Torres-Mata, Joaquin; Betancourt-Nuñez, Erik-Moises; Rodriguez-Ramirez, Sergio-Esteban; Alvarez-Gomez, Miguel; Cabral-Araiza, Jesus; Anguiano, Carlos – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2019
The intention of the present paper is to show that people have a series of educational needs in the era of information, so that they can become competent digital citizens. These educational needs are evident in the policies promoted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, which were well known to Latin American…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Needs, Educational Change, Latin Americans
Gamboa, Luis Fernando; Waltenberg, Fábio D. – Educational Assessment, 2015
Measuring the distance between countries and the goal of equality of opportunity in education has been the focus of recent contributions in the economic literature, which have concentrated either on intergroup gaps in access to a given level of studies or on intergroup gaps in educational achievement. We argue that both aspects are important and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Opportunities, Comparative Education, Achievement Gap
Akresh, Richard – Future of Children, 2016
We have good reason to predict that a warming climate will produce more conflict and violence. A growing contingent of researchers has been examining the relationship in recent years, and they've found that hotter temperatures and reduced rainfall are linked to increases in conflict at all scales, from interpersonal violence to war. Children are…
Descriptors: Children, Climate, Conflict, War
Poveda, Alexander Cotte – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This paper develops an index to evaluate the level of effectiveness of the control of violence based on the data envelopment analysis approach. The index is used to examine the grade of effectiveness of the control of violence at the level of Colombian departments between 1993 and 2007. Comparing the results across Colombian departments, we find…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations
Bulla, Francisco Javier Matiz; Hormiga, Esther – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand why high-skilled immigrants from a developing country (Colombia) are returning to their home country to create businesses instead of starting up in their host country (Spain). Design/methodology/approach: A case study methodology was used to present the experiences of three high-skilled…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Methods, Immigrants
Slavin, Robert E. – Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (NJ3), 2009
In recent years, there has been a revival of interest in financial incentives to encourage students to attend school and to improve their academic achievement, graduation rates, and other outcomes. Conditional cash transfer programs in developing countries, especially PROGRESA in Mexico, have found positive effects on attendance in large-scale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Financial Support
Hanson, E. Mark – 1989
A nation's transition from dictatorship to democracy generally involves institutional reform attempts with new priorities serving a wider range of people and goals. This study describes and compares the goals, means, and outcomes of administrative reforms in the public educational systems of three Hispanic nations (Venezuela, Colombia, and Spain).…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Cooperation, Decentralization, Democracy
Peer reviewedPuryear, Jeffrey M. – Comparative Education Review, 1979
This study examines the impact of general education, technical training, and varying combinations of the two on subsequent earnings, by investigating whether the industrial apprenticeship program of Colombia's National Apprenticeship Service (SENA) increases subsequent earnings after adjusting for the effect of other potentially important…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Educational Philosophy, General Education
Ray, Douglas – 1987
Educational evaluation is ideally much broader than the examination of students' work at stipulated intervals. It addresses the selection of objectives, the methodology, the capability of management, the adequacy of data sources, the resources required, and even the alternative educational purposes that could be served. This study evaluates the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Developing Nations, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedHanson, E. Mark – Journal of Educational Administration, 1998
Explains key issues and forces that shape organization and management strategies of educational decentralization, using examples from Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Nicaragua, and Spain. Core decentralization issues include national and regional goals, planning, political stress, resource distribution, infrastructure development, and job…
Descriptors: Centralization, Decentralization, Developing Nations, Educational Policy
Fiske, Edward B. – 1996
This book identifies and examines the political dimensions of decentralization. Decentralization programs vary from country to country, but there are common threads and fundamental questions in all situations. The book covers the following themes and topics: (1) a case study of school decentralization in Colombia over a period of more than two…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Decentralization, Developing Nations
Warren, Marion Kohashi – 1984
Twelve United States Agency for International Development (AID) education projects were evaluated between 1980 and 1981. Four were in Asia (Philippines, Nepal, Thailand, Korea), two in Africa (Kenya, Nigeria), four in Latin America (Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador), and two in the Near East (Jordan, Afghanistan). The evaluations measured the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cultural Traits, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
