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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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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
Who Will Listen to Educational Researchers? Reflections on the Research-Policy Relationship in the Global South, with Illustrations from Africa
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Urwick, James – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
While it is widely believed that relevant research is needed for educational policy and practice, an important issue is whether policy-makers and implementers are really receptive to such research. This study sets out a conceptual framework relating to the issue in low-income countries, encompassing the cast of characters involved, contemporary…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Researchers, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
"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
Policy Innovation and Tertiary Education Graduation Rates: A Cross-Country Analysis
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Delaney, Jennifer A.; Yu, Patricia – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
This study extends Trow's theory of higher education development to examine changes in national-level tertiary education graduation rates. Applying Trow's framework we arrive at three stages: (1) elite systems with gross tertiary graduation rates less than 15%, (2) massified systems with gross tertiary graduation rates between 15% and 50%, and (3)…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Educational Development, Graduation Rate
The Coherence of Vocational Education and Training in Norway and Spain: National Traditions and the Reshaping of VET Governance in Hybrid VET Systems
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Souto-Otero, Manuel; Ure, Odd Bjorn – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2012
Coherence of national education and training systems is increasingly tabled in European policy debates. Leaning on literature about the emergence and consolidation of national education systems, this article explores the rationale for VET reforms in Norway and Spain by scrutinising attempts to strengthen the coherence of their VET systems.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Governance, Educational Development
Global Security, Religion and Education Development: A Crisis for the Field of Comparative Education?
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Sayed, Yusuf; Davies, Lynn; Hardy, Mike; Arani, Abbas Madandar; Kakia, Lida; Bano, Masooda – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2011
The above title was suggested by the editors of this journal as being an interesting topic for a forum. It is indeed a valuable one to explore, in that while there has been extensive writing on various connections between security, religion and education (e.g. Apple 2004; Griffin 2006; Merry 2007; Davies 2008), situating this within comparative…
Descriptors: Religion, National Security, Educational Development, Comparative Education
Developing a Systemic Approach to Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Emerging Lessons from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
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Hardman, Frank; Ackers, Jim; Abrishamian, Niki; O'Sullivan, Margo – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2011
While many countries in Eastern and Southern Africa are on track for meeting the Education for All targets, there is a growing recognition of the need to improve the quality of basic education and that a focus on pedagogy and its training implications needs to be at the heart of this commitment. By drawing on three East African countries, Kenya,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Policy
Emancipation or Neo-Colonisation? Global Gender Mainstreaming Policies, Swedish Gender Equality Politics and Local Negotiations about Putting Gender into Education Reforms in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Silfver, Ann-Louise – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
This article reflects on gender mainstreaming policies post Beijing and their impact on development cooperation and relations between the Global North and Global South. The analysis is based on an examination of gender equality politics in Sweden, their connection with an interpretation of gender mainstreaming and the application of this approach…
Descriptors: Social Change, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues
Gender Mainstreaming in Education at the Level of Field Operations: The Case of CARE USA's Indicator Framework
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Miske, Shirley; Meagher, Margaret; DeJaeghere, Joan – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
Following the adoption of gender mainstreaming at the Beijing Conference for Women in 1995 as a major strategy to promote gender equality and the recognition of gender analysis as central to this process, Gender and Development (GAD) frameworks have provided tools for gender analysis in various sectors. Gender mainstreaming in basic education has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Social Justice, Womens Education
Comparative Education and Development: Reflections from Nepal
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Parajuli, Mahesh Nath; Wagley, Mana Prasad – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
Relation between education and development has been recognized in Nepal since the beginning of planned development efforts and the modern schooling at mass level. Both were initiated during 1950s. Beginning of Development Studies in MPhil and PhD in Education in School of Education, Kathmandu University focused exploring such relationships in a…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Economic Development
From Knowledge Transfer to Knowledge Interaction: The Development of Comparative Education in China through the Lens of Comparative Journals
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Lee, Wing On; Mak, Grace C. L. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
The last three decades has witnessed a burgeoning comparative education as a field of study in Asia. In China comparative education has taken a phenomenal course from a small and relatively low-key field in search of an identity in the late 1970s to a vibrant one today with a sizable group of scholars across the country, seeking to integrate…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context
Does Universal Primary Education Policy Weaken Decentralisation? Participation and Accountability Frameworks in East Africa
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Sasaoka, Yuichi; Nishimura, Mikiko – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
This article critically reflects upon the "divides" among actors within two currently popular education policies in low-income countries: decentralisation and Universal Primary Education (UPE). Current literatures suggest that the existing decentralisation framework tends to overlook the "divides" among actors that often impede the implementation…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Governance, Foreign Countries, Accountability
Educational Decentralization and Its Implications for Governance: Explaining the Differences in the Four Asian Newly Industrialized Economies
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Lo, William Yat Wai – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
This paper views seeking the optimal balance between state strengths and the scope of state functions for "good governance" as the formation of a homogenization-heterogenization matrix of policy initiatives in different social settings. Homogenization refers to a global tendency for institutional changes and governance framework to change state…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, International Education, Educational Policy
Teachers' Perceptions of School Culture as a Barrier to Shared Decision-Making (SDM) in Egypt's Secondary Schools
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Hammad, Waheed – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
This article explores cultural factors impeding members of the school community from engaging in shared decision-making (SDM) processes. It reports on findings from a larger qualitative research study of SDM in Egypt's secondary schools. The purpose of the study was to identify barriers to SDM, using data collected from nine general secondary…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Qualitative Research, School Culture, Foreign Countries
Expanding Post-Primary Education in Malawi: Are Private Schools the Answer?
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Chimombo, Joseph – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2009
The study was concerned with the range of public and private provision of secondary education and how it is configured in terms of key dimensions of participation, staffing, curriculum, management and costs. It sought to explore how private schools have been developing to meet rapidly growing demand for secondary education of different types in…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Private Sector, Foreign Countries, Educational Development
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