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C. C. Wolhuter, Editor; Alexander W. Wiseman, Editor – International Perspectives on Education and Society, 2019
The scope and breadth of the field of comparative and international education is vast. In fact, there are few, if any, limitations on theme, method, or data in the field of comparative and international education. Every context or combination of contexts are available for comparative education scholars to scrutinise. The scope of this field brings…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, International Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Educational History
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Donovan, J. F. – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1990
Traces the historical threads that have been a part of the creation and evolution of technical education systems in a number of countries. Points out that philosophies developed centuries ago still influence technical education and that there is an increasingly important connection between education and entrepreneurship activities. (JOW)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). – 1971
This updated, revised edition of a report published in 1965 provides a broad overview of the Mongolian educational system. The first chapter, An Outline of the Educational System, includes discussions of the growth of the public education system; types of education; teacher training; curricula; school calendars; textbooks; and administration. The…
Descriptors: Communism, Comparative Education, Educational Administration, Educational Finance
Abel, James F. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
The purpose of the Biennial Survey of Education in the United States is to present to the people of this Nation a picture, as complete and accurate as possible, of the many types of education they finance, administer, and maintain. But this isolated picture is not enough. The worth, activity, and progress of any system of schools are relative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Surveys, International Education
Carson, Arthur L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
Because of close relations between the Philippines and the United States in the earlier years of this century, developments in the Philippines since that country achieved its independence in 1946 are of particular interest to Americans. An important aspect of the island nation's efforts in its first 15 years of complete self-government is the…
Descriptors: Educational History, War, Politics of Education, Economic Factors