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Cajka, James; Amer, Safaa; Ridenhour, Jamie; Allpress, Justine – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2018
RTI International created a geospatial grid-based sampling methodology that: achieved a probability-based household sample and unbiased estimates; was comparable across countries; used simple frame data available from the in-country census; and was efficient with minimal training to local field staff. The methodology used 1 km[superscript 2]…
Descriptors: Sampling, Developing Nations, Probability, Cross Cultural Studies
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Yao, Yuan; Tong, Yonghong – Educational Planning, 2018
This study investigated the places of origin of international students and their distribution in the United States higher education. The data concerning the population of international students were obtained from the official website of International Institution of Education (IIE), and transferred into three maps using geographic information…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Place of Residence, Geographic Information Systems, Enrollment Trends
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Riep, Curtis B. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2017
This paper explores the market-making devices behind Bridge International Academies: a for-profit education company aiming to school millions of nursery and primary aged-students living on less than $2 per day. A wide variety of devices are utilised by Bridge International Academies to construct mass markets for low-cost schooling, including GPS…
Descriptors: Marketing, Proprietary Schools, Costs, Educational Finance
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Kerski, Joseph J.; Demirci, Ali; Milson, Andrew J. – Journal of Geography, 2013
This study analyzes the status of GIS in schools in thirty-three countries and proposes recommendations for advancing the implementation and effectiveness of GIS in secondary education from an international perspective. Thirty-three countries have been evaluated in the study to assess the global landscape of educational GIS by analyzing how GIS is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction, Geographic Information Systems
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Incekara, Suleyman – Education, 2010
With the maximum use of the technology such as geographic information science (GIS), remote sensing (RS), and global positioning systems (GPSs) in geography courses, along with its integrative perspective on the social and life sciences and an emphasis on student-centered education, problem solving, and sustainable and environmental education,…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Environmental Education, Geography, Foreign Countries
Dyson, Laurel, Ed.; Hendriks, Max, Ed.; Grant, Stephen, Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2007
Information Technology and Indigenous People provides theoretical and empirical information related to the planning and execution of IT projects aimed at serving indigenous people. It explores many cultural concerns with IT implementation, including language issues and questions of cultural appropriateness, and brings together cutting-edge…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge