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Ragnarsdottir, Hanna – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2010
This article draws upon two qualitative studies with internationally educated teachers and teacher assistants in preschools in Iceland as well as ethnic minority student teachers at the Iceland University of Education. The common research question in both studies is whether the experiences of these teachers reveal barriers to integration within…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Multicultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Minority Groups
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Shami, Pervez A. – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2009
This paper is on Early Childhood Education (ECE)--a goal of Education For All (EFA), assesses the progress of Pakistan's efforts and strategies mainly during post Dakar period 2001-02 to 2005-06 and the major challenges being encountered. The information includes analysis of National Educational Data on ECE in the light of policies and plans, EFA…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Change Strategies
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Naidoo, Loshini – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2009
Schools represent the primary setting where refugee children learn about Australian life and culture. They serve as a broad context for acculturation not only for academic development and language acquisition but for cultural learning too. This paper focuses on the after-school homework tutoring programme that uses University of Western Sydney…
Descriptors: Homework, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Social Capital
Shulock, Nancy; Moore, Colleen – Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, 2013
The California Community Colleges are vital to closing the projected shortfall of Californians with a postsecondary credential and sustaining the state's economic competitiveness. Increasing the number of students who pursue and earn certificates and associate degrees in career technical education (CTE) fields is an important component of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Community Colleges, College Role
Helme, Sue; Lamb, Stephen – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2011
School completion rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are well below the rates for non-Indigenous students. The target of halving the gap by 2020 in Year 12 (or equivalent) attainment rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students is a major national challenge. This paper discusses the causes of low completion rates for…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Graduation Rate, Equal Education, Pacific Islanders
Mack, Laura – Academy for Educational Development, 2009
While increasing girls' access to education is a global priority, there are numerous barriers that impede significant progress in achieving gender parity in schools. While enrollment of girl students is up in Tanzania, especially at the primary and secondary levels, AED has become concerned about the barriers girls face, including gender-based…
Descriptors: Females, Access to Education, Transportation, Foreign Countries
Hu, Lindsay Anne Kwock – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigates equitable practices used by a Teach For America (TFA) corps member (CM) in her second year of teaching low income, minority students. This study's conceptual framework is based on a contemporary conceptualization of equity pedagogy that includes: (a) tools of power and access (Delpit, 1988); (b) culturally relevant…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Critical Theory, Culturally Relevant Education, Equal Education
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Grodsky, Eric; Jackson, Erika – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Over the past half century, scholars in a variety of fields have contributed to our understanding of the relationship between higher education and social stratification. We review this literature, highlighting complementarities and inconsistencies. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: We situate our review of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Stratification, Research Methodology, Educational Research
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Omotayo, Dare Michael; Ihebereme, Chioma; Maduewesi, Sir B. U. – Education, 2008
Since independence, Nigeria has been searching diligently for a viable educational system capable of enhancing the socio-economic and political values inherent in the country. This paper discusses concepts such as management, qualitative education and Universal Basic Education. In addition to the above, the paper also examines the National…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Administration
Parry, Douglas L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The low academic achievement among Latino students in many inner city high schools leads to higher failure, dropout, and absenteeism rates, as well as lower standardized test scores and graduation rates. The purpose of this study was to explore whether Latino parental attitudes toward and perceptions, level of, and form of involvement may be…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Working Hours, High Schools, Equal Education
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Maiztegui-Onate, Concepcion; Santibanez-Gruber, Rosa – Intercultural Education, 2008
The analysis of school systems which, under the assumption of formal equality, do not correct, but rather legitimate, social differences, has a long tradition in educational research. This topic has been broadened and enriched through the discourse of equity. In effect, equity in education pivots on redistribution proportional to the needs of…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Equal Education, Educational Research, Educational Attainment
Agboola, B. M.; Ofoegbu, F. I. – Online Submission, 2010
Demand for university education has increased due to the recent innovations of universal, free and compulsory education at the basic and senior secondary education level. Education has been expanding very rapidly at all levels in Nigeria. However, there are serious problems related to quality, equity, unavailable human and material resources and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Compulsory Education, Foreign Countries, Access to Education
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Benavot, Aaron – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2008
After briefly describing the emergence and evolution of the global movement toward Education for All (EFA), the Introduction discusses the difficulties of employing target goals to bring about significant policy change and educational transformation. The article then presents a comprehensive overview of the uneven progress towards EFA since 2000,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Educational Policy
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Blumberg, Rae Lesser – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2008
Gender bias in textbooks (GBIT) is a low-profile education issue, given the 72,000,000 children who still have no access to schooling, but this article argues that GBIT is: (1) an important, (2) near-universal, (3) remarkably uniform, (4) quite persistent but (5) virtually invisible obstacle on the road to gender equality in education--an obstacle…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Gender Bias
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Lloyd, Christine – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2008
Taking as its starting point a critique of policy for inclusion which I published 6 years ago after the publication of the Green Paper "Excellence for All Children; Meeting Special Educational Needs" (DfEE, 1997), the present paper presents a critical analysis of subsequent policy relating to the inclusion of children with Special…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Disabilities, Educational Opportunities, Educational Experience
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