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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Models of Transformative Learning for Social Justice: Comparative Case Studies of Non-Formal Development Education in Britain and Spain
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Brown, Eleanor J. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2015
This paper presents comparative case studies of non-formal development education by non-profit organisations in two European countries. The study aimed to explore the extent to which such activities provide opportunities for transformative learning. The research was qualitative and began with interviews with educators across 14 organisations in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Critical Thinking, Comparative Education
Problematic Transitions from School to Employment: Freeters and NEETs in Japan and Germany
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Pilz, Matthias; Schmidt-Altmann, Kirsten; Eswein, Mikiko – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2015
In the international debate surrounding transitions from school to employment, Japan and Germany are regularly cited as examples of success. This article draws on the Japanese concepts represented by two problematic groups--freeters and NEETs--to demonstrate that over recent years, young people in both countries have also been facing serious…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Education Work Relationship, Employment
Using TIMSS and PISA Results to Inform Educational Policy: A Study of Russia and Its Neighbours
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Carnoy, Martin; Khavenson, Tatiana; Ivanova, Alina – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2015
In this paper, we develop a multi-level comparative approach to analyse Trends in International Mathematics and Science Survey (TIMSS) and Programme of International Student Achievement (PISA) mathematics results for a country, Russia, where the two tests provide contradictory information about students' relative performance. Russian students…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Policy, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Achievement
"Ethnographic Dazzle" and the Construction of the "Other": Revisiting Dimensions of Insider and Outsider Research for International and Comparative Education
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McNess, Elizabeth; Arthur, Lore; Crossley, Michael – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2015
This paper presents some initial ideas on how the theoretical concepts of the "insider" and the "outsider" might be re-examined in an era where advances in comparative, qualitative research methodologies seek to be more inclusive, collaborative, participatory, reflexive and nuanced. Earlier essentialist definitions of the…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Comparative Education, Qualitative Research, Participatory Research
A Multiple Cross-Cultural Comparison of Approaches to Learning
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Bowden, Mark P.; Abhayawansa, Subhash; Manzin, Gregoria – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2015
This study compares learning approaches of local English-speaking students and students from Asian countries studying at an Australian metropolitan university. The sample consists of students across 13 different countries. Unlike previous studies, students from Asian countries are subdivided into two categories: students from Confucian Heritage…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Learning Strategies
Will Bribery and Fraud Converge? Comparative Corruption in Higher Education in Russia and the USA
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Osipian, Ararat L. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
This study analyses the issue of comparative corruption in the national higher education sectors in the United States of America (USA) and the Russian Federation (RF). Corruption in higher education, as well as the way it is addressed in legislation and court cases and reflected in the media, appears to be consistent with the trajectory and pace…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Higher Education
How Context Shapes Practitioner Research and Professional Learning in Schools in Singapore and NSW
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Ellis, Neville John; Armstrong, Ann Cheryl – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
The New South Wales (NSW) Government Department of Education and Communities and the Singapore Ministry of Education have encouraged teachers to engage in practitioner research as part of their professional learning agenda because it is perceived as a powerful means of investigating and improving educational practice. Drawing on a Schatzkian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Cultural Context, Interviews
Finland and Singapore in PISA 2009: Similarities and Differences in Achievements and School Management
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Soh, Kaycheng – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
In PISA 2009, Finland and Singapore were both ranked high among the participating nations and have caught much attention internationally. However, a secondary analysis of the means for Reading achievement show that the differences are rather small and are attributable to spurious precision. Hence, the two nations should be considered as being on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Comparative Education
Comparative Education Research Framed by Neo-Institutional Theory: A Review of Diverse Approaches and Conflicting Assumptions
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Wiseman, Alexander W.; Astiz, M. Fernanda; Baker, David P. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
The rise in globalisation studies in comparative education places neo-institutional theory at the centre of many debates among comparative education researchers. However, uncertainty about how to interpret neo-institutional theory still persists among educational comparativists. With this uncertainty comes misinterpretation of its principles,…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Research, Global Approach, Misconceptions
Diverging or Converging Trends: An Investigation of Education Policies Concerning the Incorporation of Ethnic Minority Children in England, France and Germany
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Qureshi, Yasmeen F.; Janmaat, Jan Germen – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
This article focuses specifically on the incorporation of ethnic minority children within the education systems of England, France and Germany. The trends in policy development after World War II in these countries are examined through the prism of three ideal-typical incorporation strategies--integration, assimilation and separation. This is done…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Trend Analysis, Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups
Equitable Partnerships for Mutual Learning or Perpetuator of North-South Power Imbalances? Ireland-South Africa School Links
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Gallwey, Susan Kresky; Wilgus, Gay – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
This study examines how various components of a school-linking programme between Ireland and South Africa either support Development Education's goal of sustainable, equitable partnerships that enable mutual learning between Northern and Southern countries or, instead, promote power imbalances that reify stereotypic images of weak, needy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Ethnography, Educational Development
Comparing Teacher Roles in Denmark and England
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Kelly, Peter; Dorf, Hans; Pratt, Nick; Hohmann, Ulrike – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
This article reports the findings of a comparative study of teaching in Denmark and England. Its broader aim is to help develop an approach for comparing pedagogy. Lesson observations and interviews identified the range of goals towards which teachers in each country worked and the actions these prompted. These were clustered using the lens of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Role, Comparative Education, Comparative Analysis
Rediscovering the Teacher within Indian Child-Centred Pedagogy: Implications for the Global Child-Centred Approach
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Smail, Amy – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
The Child-Centred Approach (CCA) is increasingly promoted within India and internationally as a response to the challenge of delivering quality education. From identifying and examining Indian indigenous and global concepts of CCA within traditional and contemporary child-centred pedagogic discourse, this paper reveals the complexities of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Centered Curriculum, Teacher Role, Educational Quality
"COMPARE" Forum: The Post-2015 Education and Development Agenda
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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
Emerging Internationalisation Models in an Uneven Global Terrain: Findings from a Global Survey
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Maringe, F.; Foskett, N.; Woodfield, S. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
We know little about how internationalisation processes are understood, rationalised and prioritised in different parts of the world. A global survey of internationalisation in universities was undertaken at the University of Southampton to fill this gap. Its purpose was to discover how strategic leaders in universities in different parts of the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, International Studies, Models, Questionnaires
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