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Daniel Bryan; Chelsea Viteri; Caitlin Murphy Hatz; Kati R. Csoman; Edwin Manuel Pilaquinga; Emily McGrath – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2022
This article uses a case study approach to reimagine risk management in education abroad programming. It brings together a group of program partners to explore pre-COVID risk management decision-making during political unrest in Ecuador in 2019. Through continued dialogue and self-directed creative reflection techniques, the partners (a Dean of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Risk Management, Study Abroad, Partnerships in Education
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Coles, Tim; Poland, Roger H. C.; Clifton, Julian – Journal of Biological Education, 2015
The global expansion and diversification of the travel market has opened up new opportunities to deliver educational programmes through tourism. Applying the principles and practices commonly associated with ecotourism enables students to gain lasting benefits through their active participation in conservation-oriented activities. In many cases,…
Descriptors: Tourism, Travel, Conservation (Environment), Correlation
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Komatsu, Taro – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2016
This article examines whether and to what extent educational reforms in a post-conflict society conform to "global (regional) standards," and explores the meaning of inconsistencies observed in the process of global reform transfer. Among the nations of the world, nowhere is the influence of external forces on educational reforms more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Governance, Developing Nations
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Alkraiji, Abdullah; Jackson, Thomas; Murray, Ian – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: This paper seeks to carry out a critical study of health data standards and adoption process with a focus on Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach: Many developed nations have initiated programs to develop, promote, adopt and customise international health data standards to the local needs. The current status of, and future plans for,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Data Collection, Standards
Bajah, S. T. – 1993
This report is a case study of the shortage of science and mathematics teachers in Nigeria. The paper begins with a discussion of the Nigerian educational system, including the place of science and mathematics in the school system, and the shortage of science and mathematics teachers. Programs undertaken to increase the number of science and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Educational Policy
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 2001
This report presents findings from a Cairo conference on vocational education and training (VET) standards. It focuses on four European Training Foundation documents. Chapter 1 introduces an international model for development of standards and explains how to identify employment requirements based on labor market analysis and a questionnaire (and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Competency Based Education, Developing Nations