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Download full textWeber Tavares da Silva Junior; Thiago Alves – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2024
With the aim of investigating the relationship between the funding of public basic education and the educational results achieved, this study analyzed a pre-selected set of foreign academic works and identified elements that can be used to encourage debate about the Brazilian model of educational financing. The study used the scoping review…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Public Education, Socioeconomic Status
De Villiers, David James; De Villiers, Alethea Cassandra – Athens Journal of Education, 2023
The literature identifies that education policies in Brazil are the backbone of their success in reducing inequality as measured by the GINI index. Since 1994, Brazil is the only BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) nation to achieve this. This article presents a comparative study of South Africa and Brazil, and the policies applied…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Equal Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Sustainable Development
Direct linkOliveira, Rodrigo; Santos, Alei; Severnini, Edson R. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2023
Affirmative action in higher education can lead to mismatch, where students admitted through preferential treatment struggle academically due to inadequate preparation before college. Although some students may face initial challenges, by providing access to quality education for talented individuals who might have otherwise been overlooked due to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Higher Education, College Admission, Access to Education
Ben Ross Schneider – Oxford University Press, 2024
The key to sustained and equitable development in Latin America is high quality education for all. However, coalitions favoring quality reforms in education are usually weak because parents are dispersed, business is not interested, and much of the middle class has exited public education. In "Routes to Reform," Ben Ross Schneider…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Rodrigues, Cibele Maria Lima; de Almeida, Karla Wanessa Carvalho; Simões, Patrícia Maria Uchôa – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2022
The debate around standardized assessments became a global agenda imposed by multilateral organizations. These tests, in the neoliberal context, impose an impoverishment of the curriculum and also strong control over the teaching work. On the other hand, it also causes resistance from social movements. This paper addresses this process of disputes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation, Early Childhood Education
Gomes Junior, José Carmino; Dalila Corbari, Sandra; Kniess, Cláudia Terezinha; Nogueira da Silva, Gérsica Moraes; Piontkewicz, Simone Caroline; de Souza Melo, Maiara; Silveira Carbone, Amanda; Mantovaneli, Oklinger, Jr.; Martins Sobral, Maria do Carmo; Philippi Junior, Arlindo; Fernandez, Felipe; de Aguiar Dutra, Ana Regina; Birch, Robert Samuel; Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade; Sampaio, Carlos Alberto Cioce – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aim to propose a methodological mapping approach for the evaluation of dissertations and theses of graduate programs in the area of environmental sciences in Brazil in relation to the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach: The research is characterized as exploratory with qualitative/quantitative…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Well Being, Correlation
OECD Publishing, 2018
This review examines the external systems in place to assure the quality of higher education in Brazil. It highlights the relative success of the Brazilian quality assurance model in regulating market entry for private operators in Brazil, which cater to over 70% of students. But it also calls into question the effectiveness of existing systems to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Educational Policy
de Beer, Louw; Vos, Deon; Myburgh, Jeannine – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2020
Homeschooling is an alternative method of teaching where parents take the responsibility of education and teach their children at home. This method of education is increasing worldwide. Various authorities around the world have taken note of this trend and recognized homeschooling as an alternative method of education in their legislation. The…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Comparative Education, Parents as Teachers, Parent Attitudes
Candido, Helena Hinke Dobrochinski – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2020
This paper investigates datafication in schools through an analysis of the enactments of quality assurance and evaluation (QAE) policies in Brazil. In doing so, I question how data permeates and changes school environments, school actors' conduct and their imaginaries. QAE policies encompass large-scale assessments, indicators, rankings and other…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Batista, Fernanda C. A. – English Language Teaching, 2020
Only three percent of Brazilians are estimated to speak English despite the status of this language as a mandatory subject in grades 10 to 12 of basic education and preferred foreign language in grades 5 to 9. This paper will analyse possible reasons for this fact. The widespread concept in the Brazilian society that speaking English is beneficial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Riccomini, Fernanda Edileuza; Cirani, Claudia Brito Silva; de Carvalho, Carolina Corrêa; Storopoli, José Eduardo – International Journal of Educational Management, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to characterize the trends for educational innovation in higher education in Brazil, constructing a conceptual model of innovation trends in the sector. Design/methodology/approach: A preliminary profile online was done with 76 experts in university education, and 17 were contacted for in-depth perceptions.…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries
Ivenicki, Ana – Higher Education Forum, 2019
The present paper posits that in culturally diverse societies such as Brazil the value of cultural diversity within higher education institutions, faculties, and students has begun to gain momentum as a relevant dimension in the assessment of quality, performance, and productivity. In order to develop this argument, it first reviews the supporting…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Institutional Evaluation
Kaur, Sarabjit – Online Submission, 2020
Free and compulsory primary education remains a priority area in the international policy perspective, starting from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 to the formulation of Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. Under the impact of globalization, an impressive expansion in the access to primary education has been observed in recent…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Equal Education, Sustainable Development, Objectives
OECD Publishing, 2017
The PISA for Development brief series is a set of concise monthly education policy-oriented notes published by the OECD which are designed to describe a specific PISA for Development topic. In this brief, PISA's role in monitoring the fourth United Nations Sustainable Development Goal--to "ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students
Avvisati, Francesco; Cherian, Michelle; Encinas-Martin, Marta; Fitzpatrick, Manuela; Pacileo, Bonaventura; Toledo, Diana – OECD Publishing, 2018
Ibero-America is a land of untapped potential. The region is young, facing a unique demographic opportunity. This demographic bonus opens a window of opportunity for inclusive growth in the region, with equitable and high-quality education being a potential driver of domestic growth to support future progress. The social and economic progress of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
