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Graf, Lukas – Comparative Education, 2021
This paper argues that country size can play a crucial role in shaping the type of gradual change observed in collective skill formation systems. Collectively governed dual-apprenticeship training has its base in the industrial and crafts sectors of the economy and builds on the decentralised cooperation of multiple public and private…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Apprenticeships
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Cassimon, Danny; Essers, Dennis; Renard, Robrecht – Comparative Education, 2011
A decade has passed since participants in the World Education Forum committed themselves to achieve, by 2015, the six Education for All (EFA) goals under the Dakar Framework for Action. Despite significant progress, some of the goals are likely to be missed by a large margin. Besides the absence of a well co-ordinated multi-donor approach in…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Donors, Debt (Financial), Foreign Countries
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Alexiadou, Nafsika; van de Bunt-Kokhuis, Sylvia – Comparative Education, 2013
This article presents a comparative analysis of two country-specific cases. The comparative analysis is situated within the broad domain of the changing knowledge economy landscape for educational policy. The two cases examine the transfer, embedding and enactment of policies during the interactions between supranational, national, institutional…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Governance, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Hoppers, Wim – Comparative Education, 2009
This article examines "inter-ministerial cooperation" (IMC) in the education sector as a form of development cooperation, whereby a ministry of education in the north collaborates with counterpart(s) in the south for purposes of mutual interest and development. It explores the characteristics and dynamics of IMC, and addresses the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Technical Assistance, Agency Cooperation
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Maldonado-Maldonado, Alma; Cantwell, Brendan – Comparative Education, 2008
Understandings of cross-border university collaboration are often informed by a concept of internationalisation that privileges the rationales of university administrators. A case study of two asymmetric universities along the border of Mexico and the United States--one of the most active and problematic borders in the world--found that, rather…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Partnerships in Education
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Sayer, John – Comparative Education, 2006
Despite broad agreements on professional mobility, there has been little movement towards consensus across the European Union on what constitutes the good teacher and therefore on common features in training and qualification. Political declarations have not led to significant action by national politicians. Impetus towards a European dimension in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Case Studies, International Cooperation