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OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2009
This book presents OECD's main messages regarding the current state of education. Organised into nine sections, this report examines early childhood, schooling, transitions beyond initial education, higher education, adult education, lifelong learning, outcomes and returns, equity, and innovation. Each section offers both key findings and…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Higher Education, Early Childhood Education, Adult Education
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Akyeampong, Kwame – Comparative Education, 2009
When Ghana became independent in 1957 it had one of the most developed education systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Over the next forty years its education system expanded to provide places for most, but not all, of its children. Since the education reforms of the late 1980s enrolments have grown steadily; this contrasts with some SSA countries…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education
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Gilmour, David; Soudien, Crain – Comparative Education, 2009
Silent exclusion, when children register and attend school but learn little, is a critical feature of educational access in South Africa. Several international studies (e.g. TIMMS, SACMEQ) have shown that despite high levels of investment, South African schools perform poorly in relation to other countries at similar levels of income. Equitable…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Equal Education
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Ansalone, George – Educational Research Quarterly, 2010
For almost a century, schools have assigned students to various groups or classes based on their perceived academic ability. Referred to as Tracking, in the United States, and Streaming, in England, this organizational differentiation very often results in unequal access to knowledge and the differential treatment of students. Proponents of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Ability, Track System (Education), Access to Education
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Walton, Elizabeth; Nel, Norma; Hugo, Anna; Muller, Helene – South African Journal of Education, 2009
In line with international trends in education, South Africa has embraced inclusive education as the means by which learners who experience barriers to learning will be educated. As inclusion is beginning to be realised in South African schools, a gap in the emerging research base on inclusive education is that of inclusion in the independent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Private Schools, Barriers
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Ojogwu, C. N. – College Student Journal, 2009
Millennium Development Goals were established by the United Nations to help underdeveloped countries to overcome problems of illiteracy, poverty, low health status and quality of life. Much emphasis was placed on the attainment of MDG targets in education because of its pivotal role in national development. The targets include education for all…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Barriers
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Watson, Sheelah Flatman – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
Equality of access to mainstream education environments for all, and more specifically for children with disabilities, is the documented policy of the United Nations, European Union and the Irish Nation State. Transition from historical segregation practices requires States' commitment to the provision of relevant resources. This paper argues that…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Developmental Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Barriers
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Infante, Marta D.; Matus, Claudia – Disability & Society, 2009
The processes of globalization have demanded that emergent countries include issues of diversity into their political, economic and educational agendas. Consequently, educational institutions have started, in order to ascribe to requests made by transnational organizations (UNESCO, the World Bank and OECD), to include diversity as a priority to…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Ethnic Diversity
McIlroy, Ann Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This case study explored Advanced Placement open enrollment programs in New Mexico in an attempt to identify mechanisms embedded within the implementation practices which possibly prevent the equitable enrollment of students of color. Advanced Placement (AP) courses have become a gate-keeper in competitive college admissions. Therefore, a study of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Data Analysis, Advanced Placement, College Admission
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Oliver, Kimberly L.; Hamzeh, Manal – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2010
Drawing on feminist, critical, and poststructural theories, the purpose of this research was: (a) to understand fifth-grade mestizas self-identified barriers to physical activity, and (b) to work with them to develop strategies for challenging these barriers. Data were collected over the 2005-06 school year. Our interpretations are divided into…
Descriptors: Females, Physical Activities, Play, Grade 5
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Tamara Yakaboski – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2010
The single-parent undergraduate is an underserved student population who face organizational barriers and negative climates. These barriers negatively impact their collegiate experience and could influence retention. This research uses feminist-informed focus groups to explore the single-parent undergraduate experience and posit suggestions for…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Organizational Change, One Parent Family, Mothers
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Garcia-Huidobro, Juan Eduardo; Corvalan, Javier – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2009
Inclusive education inherently involves the inclusion of all citizens in a democratic society. Based on this view, questions emerge with respect to equality and integration in educational systems. Although inclusion should be viewed as a requirement in a democratic society, along with the integration in schools of students from different social…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Democracy, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Oonge, Harrison Ntabo – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined how teachers perceive Free Primary Education had influenced access, retention and progression of marginalized students in primary schools in Kisii County, Kenya. A critical pedagogy framework was used to unpack and shed light on teacher and school practices that affected access to basic education of at risk students. Data was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, At Risk Students, Elementary School Teachers, Academic Persistence
Mogan, Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation examines the process of desegregation on the campus of a Catholic university in the North. Focusing on Villanova University during the period from 1940-1985, the narrative explores the tension between the University's public commitment to desegregation and the difficulties of implementing integration on a predominately white…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Universities, Catholics, School Desegregation
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Bonilla, James Francisco – Journal of Faculty Development, 2011
In this article the author's review of the literature uncovers six potentially negative effects of technology in the classroom. These include: 1) Limiting pedagogy in teaching for cultural competence; 2) Reinforcing the Digital Divide; 3) Constraining the potential for holistic, humanistic education; 4) Privileging one style of communication while…
Descriptors: Humanistic Education, Educational Technology, Sensory Experience, Teaching Methods
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