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The Poetry of Turkish Village Institute-Educated Poets: Social Commentary on a Developing Nation
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Zabitgil, Ozlem – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the study was to reach a close understanding of villagers' experience of change in the changing context of the Turkish Republic. The poetry books of two renowned literary figures Mehmet Basaran and Talip Apaydin were studied to investigate villagers' reactions and responses to various national changes. The literary work of these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Rural Schools, Social Change
Teachers and Teaching: Conceptualizing Quality Education in Rural Nicaragua
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Sanyal, Anita – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Policy discourses reflected in the World Declaration on Education for All (EFA) (Inter-Agency Commission, 1990) and the subsequent Dakar Framework for Action and EFA: The Quality Imperative (UNESCO, 2001, 2004), have called for the improvement of the quality of basic education. These discourses emphasize student-centered pedagogical approaches in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Educational Quality, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Perceptions of Special Educational Practices in Malawi: Voices from Primary Schools and Communities
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Lubeski, Nancy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This doctoral research work explores the quality of educational experiences and access to opportunities for girls with disabilities in selected rural primary schools in Malawi. The context for this study lies within four of the six goals contained within the World Declaration on Education for All doctrine, a document which lays out a framework for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Special Education Teachers, Elementary School Students