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Download full textJudith Kallick; Mirka Martel; Rajika Bhandari – Institute of International Education, 2017
This report presents regional qualitative findings from three countries in Asia--India, Indonesia, and the Philippines--where the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) was implemented from 2001-2013 The report is second in a series of research reports from the IFP Alumni Tracking Study, a 10-year study that explores the personal…
Descriptors: Social Justice, International Programs, Fellowships, Foreign Countries
Chinn, Pauline W. U. – 1998
Despite receiving over 50% of associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees in the United States in 1990, women earned only 15% of engineering bachelor's degrees. Polynesian and Filipino women compose an almost vanishing percentage of these engineering graduates. To make visible the social obstacles minority women engineers experience, this paper…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Cultural Influences, Engineering Education, Engineers
Snyder, Patricia A., Ed.; Stone, Frank A., Ed. – 1972
These papers from the World Education Workshop on minority education present the question of minority education in its many guises around the world. Basic objectives of the workshop include bringing together people concerned with the polycultural and international dimensions in the preparation of professional educators, promoting recognition of a…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Kosonen, Kimmo; Young, Catherine; Malone, Susan – UNESCO Bangkok, 2006
This compilation of resource papers and findings is from a regional workshop on mother-tongue/bilingual literacy programmes for ethnic and linguistic minorities in multilingual settings. It was organized by Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL), United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Bangkok, 6-10 December…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Language of Instruction, Pilot Projects, Linguistics
Phillipson, Robert, Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers brings together scholarship on language, education, and society from all parts of the world, situating issues of minorities and bilingual education in broader perspectives of human rights, power, and the ecology of language. Part 1, "Language: Its Diversity, its Study, and Our Understandings of It," includes…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Civil Liberties, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student)
Winter, Frank H. – 1988
The history of Filipino immigrants to the United States and the contributions they have made to American society are discussed in this book which is part of a series for children. The Philippines is the only nation in Asia that is predominantly Christian and English-speaking. The country was a colony of the United States from 1896 to 1946, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Childrens Literature, Cultural Background, Economic Factors
Benson, Carol – UNESCO Bangkok, 2005
Mother tongue-based education perpetuates equity in education, especially among girls who are often regarded as disadvantaged in access to education. The Asia and Pacific region is characterized by its rich ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity. Such diversity is found missing in many school systems in the region which often leads to gaps in…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Second Language Instruction, Case Studies
