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Guadalupe Francia; Lovisa Ericson; Antonio Luzon – Cogent Education, 2024
This article contributes to the development of systematic knowledge relating to equity policies during a pandemic. Based on Didier Fassin's conception of biopolitics as a theoretical framework, the study makes use of critical discourse analysis to examine the school closure policies of two EU countries (Sweden and Spain) and one non-EU country…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Equal Education, Access to Education, School Closing
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Sampaio Maia, João; Rosa, Vítor; Mascarenhas, Daniela; Duarte Teodoro, Vítor – Cogent Education, 2022
From the 61 indicators presented in the two TALIS 2018 Reports, we constructed indices on the education quality, based on the teachers' and principals' opinions, by country/economy, for the 10 themes of these Reports. The indices result from the association between the OECD perspective on indicators' influence on the education quality and whether…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Administrator Surveys, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes
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Wei, Ming – Cogent Education, 2020
Access to higher education is essential to the achievement of social justice and economic development of a society. This study examines differences in the status quo of the equity of college admission examinations between China and the US by comparing news reports in the two countries. Interesting differences were revealed between the two media.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Equal Education, College Admission, Comparative Education
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Zackariasson, Maria; Magnusson, Jenny – Cogent Education, 2020
In this article, we will discuss how circumstances and requirements on a micro-level may be of relevance for the conditions for international student mobility within higher education. This will be done through examining similarities and differences in the organization of degree project courses at universities in Russia and Sweden, and how…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Literacy, Cross Cultural Studies, Student Mobility
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Karatsiori, Marianthi – Cogent Education, 2016
This article aims to illuminate the structure of initial language teacher education in 25 European countries and to identify similarities and differences between different countries on issues concerning the content and structure of teacher training programmes in order for somebody to be qualified to work as a French language teacher in secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Language Teachers, Cross Cultural Studies
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Bellibas, Mehmet Sukru; Gumus, Emine – Cogent Education, 2016
Professional development for teachers has been a substantial issue in contemporary educational research and policy. Yet, opportunities for professional development activities have been very limited in Turkey. In this study, we examined Turkish teachers' involvement in professional development activities by comparing their participation with the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education