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Leask, Marilyn; Jumani, Nabi Bux – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2015
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development periodically surveys teaching and learning issues (the TALIS surveys) in the most developed countries. In their 2009 report, they commented that although teacher quality is the fundamental component in high performing systems, the education sector has been slow to develop systemic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Management, Teacher Effectiveness, Cross Cultural Studies
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Chirkov, Valery I. – Theory and Research in Education, 2009
In this article I highlight recent (published after 2000) cross-cultural studies on the role of autonomous academic motivation and autonomy support in students' cognitive and psychological development. The self-determination theory (SDT) thesis of a universal beneficial role of autonomous motivation is supported by numerous empirical results from…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Social Theories, Cross Cultural Studies, Role
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Pryor, John; Kuupole, Alfredina; Kutor, Nicholas; Dunne, Mairead; Adu-Yeboah, Christine – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2009
This paper explores issues emerging from the authors' experiences of collaborative research in Ghana, by researchers from a Ghanaian and a British university. The text emerges from discussions between partners and in retrospective reflection on the research process. It is constructed by bringing together personal accounts of the different authors…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Cooperative Programs