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Ponce, Juan; Intriago, Ruthy – Journal of Research in International Education, 2022
This study provides an evaluation of the impact of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme introduced in 2006 to 200 public schools in Ecuador. Using a combination of different methodologies in order to have a credible identification strategy, we find that the International Baccalaureate Diploma has a positive impact on academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advanced Placement Programs, Public Schools, Program Evaluation
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Morgan, Hani – Education, 2020
Although gifted education can make a critical difference in students' lives, many American pupils who would benefit from this type of education do not get placed in gifted programs. Low-income students of color experience this problem more often than other children. This article offers various reasons for the underrepresentation of students of…
Descriptors: Gifted Education, Low Income Groups, Screening Tests, Identification
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Knutsson, Beniamin – Environmental Education Research, 2020
The extreme inequality in South African education is well-documented by researchers. There is also a rich literature concerned with education for sustainable development (ESD) in the country. The relationship between these two phenomena has, however, been sparsely investigated. Drawing on biopolitical theory and fieldwork conducted in South…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Living Standards, Foreign Countries
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Schilling Trein, Eunice – Environmental Education Research, 2018
In this paper, we analyse the status and significance of adopting a Marxist ontological perspective in the field of Brazilian environmental education. We draw on the concept of labour developed by Marx, where labour is used as a category to articulate the relationships humans establish with nature and which, historically, have an impact on their…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Political Attitudes, Environmental Education, Living Standards
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Rao, Sandeep; Andini, Veena – Higher Education Quarterly, 2019
With increasing student migration for Higher Education to Karnataka, it is important to understand the reasons which influence the migrants. Studies have indicated various push and pull factors for migration. This paper identifies career opportunities, value for education, brand equity, living conditions and others as pull factors of student…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Student Mobility, Higher Education, Employment Opportunities
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Gnagey, Jenny – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2020
As community-based research (CBR) is gaining recognition as a high impact practice at colleges and universities across the country, it is increasingly important to develop a repertoire of best practices. This article describes a CBR project to estimate the incomes required for various families in a local community to satisfy their basic needs…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Living Standards, Family Income, Service Learning
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It-ngam, Suparuthai; Saejew, Budsabong; Kunprayoonsawat, Rapeephan – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is a promising project which aims to elevate the living standards of the Thai people. Large numbers of skilled workers with a good command of the English language are urgently needed. The present study aims to examine the English proficiency of Thai employees and explore the expectations of employers in the EEC.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Fonseca, Maria da Conceição Ferreira Reis – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
The diversity of vulnerability conditions, that have prevented children and adolescents from exercising their right to school education, also produces a diversity of cultural references of the public that comes to Basic Education programs for Youth and Adults in developing countries. This diversity often forges appropriation processes of numeracy…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Adult Basic Education, Syntax, Semantics
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Hong, Ijin; Roh, Kyung-hoo – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Objective: This study aims to evaluate the impact of a community development program meant to improve living standards of poor rural families through income generating activities (IGAs) based on conditional cash transfers (CCTs) in Doti, Nepal. Method: We use cross-sectional field data from a sample of 392 families representative of the village…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Development, Community Programs, Foreign Countries
Yasmene Mumby – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development (BUILD) is radically pressuring institutions of power to rebuild and support Baltimore's families with livable-wage employment through their jobs movement, called Turnaround Tuesday. The organization has secured over 800 living-wage jobs for its participants, with a 2-year retention rate of 83% with…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Communication Strategies, Leadership Training, Living Standards
Dom, Vannak – Online Submission, 2019
This study was aimed at exploring higher education expectations of young students in Cambodia, one of the fastest economic growths in the region. In specific, the linkages of their expectation with social mobility, knowledge and gender stereotypes were explored. From the in-depth-interviews with 32 university students (12 men and 20 women),…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Mobility, Expectation, Sex Stereotypes
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Walldén, Robert – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
This contribution explores how subject positions and perspectives are negotiated in the discursive practices of teaching social studies. The study involved a teacher and a group of second-language learners in Grade 6, the data being gathered by observations, voice recordings, and collection of teaching materials throughout seven weeks. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language Minorities, Grade 6, Second Language Learning
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Ortega, Yecid – Applied Linguistics, 2021
This reflection article reports on an eight-month critical ethnographic study in Bogotá, Colombia. I visited the classrooms of three English teachers and their secondary students from a diverse and marginalized community in the southwest part of the city. Data collected in the form of student focus groups and teacher interviews revealed how…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
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Chalari, Maria – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2020
The crisis that began in 2008 in Greece was not simply a financial crisis but a multiple and plural crisis. This multiple crisis has had a profound impact on people's well-being and happiness, reaching far beyond the losses of jobs and income, and affecting citizens' satisfaction with their lives. This paper attempts, through a bottom-up approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Student Attitudes, Economic Climate
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Cui, Huanle; Liu, Lingling; Li, Juanjuan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
It is widely believed that tourist trade has been the fastest developing trade in the world. In China, with the development of economy and the improvement of people's living standard, travelling has been an indispensable part of living. Therefore, tourism text becomes one of the most effective publicity tool to attractive tourists. A tour guide…
Descriptors: Grammar, Tourism, Economic Development, Living Standards
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