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Direct linkEgodawatte, Gunawardena – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2014
In education, there is a growing interest in the concept of "competency" especially in vocational training and professional development. The concept is strongly associated with the ability to apply knowledge and skills in effective ways in unanticipated situations. In Sri Lanka, a new competency-based mathematics curriculum was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum, Secondary School Mathematics
Liu, Jing; Jacob, W. James – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2013
An increasing number of migrant children are involved in public education due largely to the policy for migrant children education outlined by the Government of China from the late 1990s. In this article, we describe the unique and often difficult situation rural migrant children face after they enter urban public schools. Drawing from the Theory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migrant Children, Migrant Education, Urban Areas
Hua, Tzu-Ling; Beverton, Sue – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2013
Taiwanese vocational high schools (VHSs) deliver general English courses. This paper explores the extent to which these courses are perceived to be appropriately vocationally orientated. This focus gives rise to two main research questions: what are VHS students' expectations from their English courses, and to what extent are they being met? The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Vocational High Schools, Vocational English (Second Language)
Singh, Kusum; Chang, Mido; Dika, Sandra – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2010
This study examined the relationship of self-concept, school belonging, school engagement to school performance of Caucasian- and African-American students. The main purpose is to assess the ethnicity-based differences in these psycho-social constructs and to explore their differential relationship to school achievement in high-school students…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Academic Achievement, White Students, Self Concept
Harrington, Ingrid – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2008
How well boys perform during the compulsory years of schooling is a significant concern with considerable research highlighting that boys experience problems at school in terms of learning, behaviour, achievement and participation when compared to girls. In particular, the retention of boys to Year 12 has been problematic. This article reports on…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Males, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries
Chien, Maw-Fa; Lee, Chi-Ming; Cheng, Yu-Ping – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2007
This study was designed to illuminate the state of education in Taiwan by constructing Educational Indicator Systems. The study, sponsored by the National Science Council between 1998 and 2000, was the first comprehensive indicator project to cover all educational levels in Taiwan. Various research methods were used, including panel discussion,…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Educational Indicators, Foreign Countries, Educational Research
