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Direct linkWalker, Judith; Rubenson, Kjell – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2014
This paper explores the role of media in shaping adult literacy discourse and policy in Canada. The authors show how journalists, newspapers and other media personalities have directly and indirectly influenced (1) government and public perception of adult literacy and (2) the creation of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Agenda Setting, Mass Media Role
Metzler, Michael W. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2014
This commentary was written in response to the Rink (2013), McKenzie and Lounsbery (2013), and Ward (2013) articles published earlier on teacher effectiveness in physical education (PE). The historical analyses of teacher effectiveness research in PE (TER-PE) presented in those 3 articles are briefly described, particularly as they represent a…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Physical Education, Educational Research, Educational Policy
Kalyanpur, Maya – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2014
This paper explores the consequences of transferring technical information on disability and inclusive education from the North to the South within the context of international development. Based on data from the author's experiences as a US-trained Indian international consultant in Cambodia, it analyses how problems with translation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Disabilities, Children
Bowman, Richard F. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2014
Conversational competence is a process, not a state. Ithaca does not exist, only the voyage to Ithaca. Vibrant campuses are a series of productive conversations. At its core, communicative competence in academic settings mirrors a collective search for meaning regarding the purpose and direction of a campus community. Communicative competence…
Descriptors: Competence, Organizational Communication, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Styles
Lo, William Yat Wai – Chinese Education and Society, 2014
The article reviews the global landscape of higher education with the anticipation of an emerging Chinese institutional architecture in Asia-Pacific higher education. It starts with a theoretical framework for analyzing the functionalities of values and institutions in international higher education by adopting Joseph Nye's concept of soft…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Practices, Cultural Influences
Pepper, Coral – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
In this paper I report on leadership for sustainability in regional schools in Western Australia (WA) in the context of the Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative (AuSSI-WA). Case studies are developed to examine leading cultural change in eight WA regional schools with data presented in three representative narrative accounts. Consistency is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Regional Schools, Case Studies
Hunt, Stephen; Wright, Anna; Simonds, Cheri – Communication Education, 2014
In the late 1980s, noted communication scholar Cassandra Book laid out a comprehensive rationale and agenda for communication education research specifically focusing on pedagogical content knowledge for Communication courses in K-12 education. It has been 25 years since Book published her call for those in our discipline to pursue research…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Research Needs, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Educational Research
Jaggars, Damon E. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
This special issue of "portal: Libraries and the Academy" grew out of a discussion about the need for speculative, creative space within the library and information science (LIS) literature.1 While venues for exposing important research and illuminating case studies are plentiful, the LIS literature lacks an obvious platform on which to…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Writing for Publication, Academic Libraries, Library Development
Tota, Pasqua Marina – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2014
This article discusses the involvement of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) in transnational education policy-making, with particular reference to the global initiative Education for All (EFA). EFA is a policy process carried out by international governmental organisations (IGOs) with the main aim to achieve basic education for…
Descriptors: Institutional Role, Nongovernmental Organizations, Equal Education, Access to Education
Download full textKochanek, Julie Reed; Lacireno-Paquet, Natalie; Carey, Rebecca – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2014
This report describes the approach that REL Northeast and Islands (REL-NEI) used to guide its eight research alliances toward collaboratively identifying a shared research agenda. A key feature of their approach was a two-workshop series, during which alliance members created a set of research questions on a shared topic of education policy and/or…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Agenda Setting, Workshops, Facilitators (Individuals)
Sayed, Yusuf; Sprague, Terra; Turner, David; Smith, Alan; Paulson, Julia; Shields, Robin; Shrestha, Purna Kumar; Unterhalter, Elaine; Vaughan, Rosie Peppin; Smail, Amy; Tungaraza, Frida; Sutherland, Margaret; Stack, Niamah; Barrett, Angeline M.; Bunwaree, Vasant K.; Alhawsawi, Sajjad; Hanna, Helen; Soudien, Crain; Motivans, Albert – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
As the 2015 target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, there are a growing number of processes, preparations and debates on what a post-2015 agenda and framework will look like. The United Nations Development Group (UNDG) (as chaired by the United Nations Development Programme) is leading the planning of efforts…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Equal Education
Johnson-Bailey, Juanita – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2013
This chapter presents one faculty member's narrative in which academic research, teaching, advising, and mentoring coalesced into an activist agenda for transformative learning and social justice.
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Social Justice, Transformative Learning, Educational Research
Ritz, John M.; Martin, Gene – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
These authors report the findings of a study that sought to determine the most relevant research issues needed to be studied by the technology education profession. It used an international panel of experts to develop a list of important research issues for the school subject of technology education and for the preparation of teachers to better…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Technology Education, Focus Groups, Agenda Setting
Kaplan, Matthew S.; Weikert, Ben; Scholl, Jan; Rushton, Mya – Journal of Extension, 2013
This article introduces an intergenerational strategy for organizations planning centennial celebratory events. The methods and findings from the 4-H through the Generations session conducted at the joint 4-H Leadership Conference and 4-H Leaders Forum to celebrate the Pennsylvania 4-H Centennial are reported. Youth and adult participants shared…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Ceremonies, State Programs, Group Discussion
Dang, Que Anh – Comparative Education, 2013
Today the modern Silk Road between Asia and Europe is increasingly well-travelled in both directions by students, academics and policy makers. Over the last decade the European Union (EU) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been making more attempts to shape this route by creating an educational partnership through an…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Partnerships in Education, Lifelong Learning, International Cooperation
