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Melesse, Tadesse; Obsiye, Fuad A. – Cogent Education, 2022
This study examines the education policies and education sector strategic plans of Somaliland. For this purpose, qualitative research was adopted and data were collected from reviewing education policies, education sector strategic plans, the joint review of the education sector analysis reports, and the curriculum frameworks of Somaliland.…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Educational Planning, Policy Analysis, Curriculum Development
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Clapham, Andrew; Vickers, Rob – Oxford Review of Education, 2018
Mathematics education is a high-stakes indicator of success in 'über' performative systems. The search to address England's mathematics underperformance resulted in cross-national attraction toward, and policy borrowing of, 'teaching for mastery' from the high-performing education systems of Shanghai and Singapore. We argue that the cultural…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Policy, Mastery Learning, Low Achievement
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Trawick-Smith, Jeffrey – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2010
It is generally accepted in the fields of both education and psychology that play can help young children cope with troubling circumstances in their lives. It would be logical to assume that play activities may be ideal for assisting children whose families have immigrated to the United States in adjusting to the puzzling, and even frightening,…
Descriptors: Play, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Cultural Relevance
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Pepper, Kaye; Blackwell, Sarah; Monroe, Ann; Coskey, Shawn – Current Issues in Education, 2012
In this study, researchers investigated the influence of modeling active learning strategies in an introductory foundations teacher preparation course: 1) on teacher candidates' perceptions of participating in active learning in the college classroom, 2) on participants' acquisition of course content, and 3) on participants' later use of active…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Course Content, Lecture Method