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Direct linkMartin, Fran; Griffiths, Helen – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
In this paper we use Transformative Learning Theory as a lens for making sense of teachers' learning from study visits to the Global South. Transformative Learning theory is made up of two main elements: the form of transformations and the processes that support transformations. "Life changing" experiences as expressed by study…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Learning Theories
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
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
Matemba, Yonah – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
Educational reforms, particularly in a contested subject such as Religious Education (RE), have unsettled boundaries principally because actors demand or expect different outcomes of these reforms. In the cases of Scotland and Malawi the present paper examines how different stakeholders have engaged with RE reforms. It thus ascertains whether, if…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Educational Change
Obamba, Milton
O. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
Since the 1990s, the partnership paradigm has become the predominant framework for organising transnational academic ventures and international development. The global-partnership approach embraces a pluralistic perspective to development and dramatically expands the spectrum of actors and activities that constitute international development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Global Approach, International Cooperation
Holmarsdottir, Halla
B.; Desai, Zubeida; Botha, Louis Royce; Breidlid, Anders; Bastien, Sheri; Mukoma, Wanjiru; Ezekiel, Mangi J.; Helleve, Arnfinn; Farag, Alawia I.; Nomlomo, Vuyokazi – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
The idea of having a "Compare" Forum focusing on the above title was first discussed with one of the Editors of "Compare" during a PhD defence in Oslo in 2011. The PhD dissertation itself was linked to a larger project in which researchers from the North (Norway) and the South (South Africa) had been collaborating in educational research for over…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Researchers
Doerr, Neriko Musha – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
The discourse of immersion is prevalent but little analysed in the field of study abroad. Linked generally to learning-by-doing, this discourse has significance for "intercultural education". Based on text analyses of three guidebooks on study abroad, this article suggests four effects of the discourse of immersion: It justifies study abroad as…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Immersion Programs, Cultural Awareness, Global Approach
Barabasch, Antje; Watt-Malcolm, Bonnie – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
Germany's vocational education and training (VET) and corresponding teacher-education programmes are known worldwide for their integrated framework. Government legislation unifies companies, unions and vocational schools, and specifies the education and training required for students as well as vocational teachers. Changing from the Diplom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Vocational Education, Teacher Education Programs
Mercer, Justine; Pogosian, Victoria – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
This paper analyzes the Head of Department (HoD) role at an elite State university in Russia. It draws upon documentary analysis of government texts and focus groups with both HoDs and lecturers. It concludes that most HoDs are invited to apply for the role by more senior university colleagues. Once in post, they are offered a range of helpful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Department Heads, College Faculty
Singh, Michael; Huang, Xiaowen – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
To ratify possibilities for worldly linguistic connectivities and critical theorising there is a need to forgo the exclusionary preoccupation with English and Western critical theories. The debates informing the international circulation of Bourdieu's (1977, 1993, 1999, 2004) ideas provide methodological lessons for moving from critical sociology…
Descriptors: International Education, Critical Theory, Bilingualism, Criticism
Law, Wing-Wah – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
Since the 1980s, numerous studies have demonstrated the influences of culture and gender on leadership, including school leadership. Such studies have been criticised, however, for being dominated by Anglo-American paradigms and frameworks and for under-exploring the roles of culture and gender on leadership in non-Western societies. With…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Administrator Attitudes
Guo, Shibao; Guo, Yan; Beckett, Gulbahar; Li, Qing; Guo, Linyuan – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
Fuelled by forces of globalisation, China has gradually shifted from a centrally planned economy to the "socialist market economy". This study examines changes in Chinese education under globalisation and market economy, focusing on the teaching and living conditions of teachers. The study reveals that the profound transformation of social and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Faculty Workload, Social Status
Sommer, Marni – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
The importance of girls' education for population health outcomes in low-income countries is well documented. Despite this critical relationship, the global public health community has tended to overlook aspects of the school environment that may hinder girls' pubertal transitions in schools across low-income countries. Minimal empirical attention…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Low Income Groups, Developing Institutions
Alhazmi, Ahmed; Nyland, Berenice – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
In Saudi Arabia gender segregation is a cultural practice that occurs across all public and private domains. This segregation has shaped the lives of Saudi citizens and is driven socially through cultural and religious discourses and politically through regulation and policy. For Saudi students undertaking their education in western countries, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Foreign Students, Educational Discrimination
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
