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Neave, Guy, Ed.; van Vught, Frans A., Ed. – 1994
This volume collects several case studies on the relationship between government and higher education in developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In particular these studies ask whether specific forms of government regulation help to solve the crisis of higher education in the developing world better than other forms of regulation.…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Change, Federal Regulation, Foreign Countries
Gonzalez, Andrew – 1991
This article describes the shift from English to Filipino (Tagalog) as the language of instruction in elementary social studies education in the Philippines, focusing on the Philippines Department of Education's efforts to implement pre-service and in-service teacher training programs to expedite the change. In 1974 the Department of Education…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1977
Part of a series which provides overviews of social science research and teaching in UNESCO member nations, the document focuses on Burma, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, and Singapore. One chapter is devoted to each of the five nations. For each country, the following information is presented: history of social science activity, institutional…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Asian Studies, Comparative Education, Cooperation