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Jacobs, Lynette; Mitchell, Lize-Mari – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic brought challenges to education in ways that could not have been foreseen, yet at the same time opened opportunities for new ways of thinking and doing, also in higher education. While other activities of higher education involuntarily quickly adapted and teaching and administration went largely digital in one form or…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Reputation, COVID-19
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George, Varkey; Jacobs, Lynette; Hodges, Merle – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
Generally, project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) are mandatory actions throughout the project planning, implementation and conclusion phases. Although the terms "monitoring" and "evaluation" go together, evaluation is usually conducted after the project is completed and is typically included as part of the project report,…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Higher Education, Pandemics, COVID-19
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Xie, Tao; Jacobs, Lynette; Müller, Marguerite – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2019
The involvement of East Asia, and in particular China, in the global markets has rapidly increased over the last few decades, and universities in English-speaking countries, including South Africa are increasingly accepting students from that region into their programmes. This requires the students to not only move to a locality where foreign…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Jacobs, Lynette; Stals, Ernst L. P.; Leroy, Lieve – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2016
International literacy tests, such as PIRLS show that South African primary school learners compare negatively with their peers in other parts of the world. Added to this, learners in rural schools in the country perform significantly worse than their peers who attend schools in urban areas, with the former learners also having other challenges,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Rural Areas, Libraries
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Jacobs, Lynette – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
The legacy of South Africa's destructive history is still evident in the different worlds in which South Africans live. Quality education is compromised by violence occurring in schools and role-players must face school violence and take steps to deal with it. This can only be done if school violence is deeply understood within the various school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Student Experience, Secondary School Students