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Mitchell, Rafael; Rose, Pauline; Asare, Samuel – Comparative Education Review, 2020
This article combines large-scale bibliometric analysis of publications on education by researchers based in sub-Saharan Africa with researchers' accounts of their priorities and practice. Patterns in the thematic foci of the research from 48 countries in the region are considered from the perspective of international policy statements (the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Geographic Regions, Foreign Countries
Aydin, Abdullah – International Education Studies, 2019
"Go to temples of science and ideas of Europe. Imitate the Tugendbund, 'the Union of Virtue', of which thousands of German youth are the members. Always keep the rule of 'Fit soul is in fit body' in mind" (Petrov, 2013, p. 72). This study aimed to show the similarities, in terms of expression, emphasis, and implication, in the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Institutional Mission, Content Analysis, Web Sites
Mereku, Damian Kofi; Mereku, Cosmas Worlanyo Kofi – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2015
The PanAfrican Research Agenda on the Pedagogical Integration of information and communication technology (ICT; PanAf) research project was initiated in 2006 to support initiatives in African countries to integrate ICT into teaching and learning through the frequent collection and analysis of data on ICT usage. The article examines the congruence…
Descriptors: African Studies, Foreign Countries, Intention, Program Implementation
Kirkland, John – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2009
Universities are increasingly accountable for their research output, not only to government but also to an increasingly diverse range of funding bodies. However, the growth in research management structures has been neither universal nor evenly distributed. It would be easy to cite lack of resources as the reason for the uneven development between…
Descriptors: Research Administration, Position Papers, Institutional Environment, Higher Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1981
As the final report of the Intergovernmental Conference on Communication Policies in Africa, this document states the objectives of the conference, which are closely related to the topics upon which conferees focused. These topics, as discussed in this report, are (1) communication policies and planning in Africa; (2) problems and perspectives of…
Descriptors: Communications, Communications Satellites, Cooperative Planning, Developing Nations
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Comparative Education Review, 1989
Identifies the main educational issues in Africa today as stagnation of enrollments and erosion of quality. Outlines policy strategies involving adjustment to demographic and fiscal realities, revitalization of the educational infrastructure, and selective expansion of services. Discusses the role of the international donor community. (SV)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Policy
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Eisemon, Thomas Owen – Comparative Education Review, 1989
Criticizes the World Bank report for (1) its neglect of African educational research; (2) recommended input-focused monitorial strategies to improve schooling that ignore curriculum and instructional issues; and (3) recommended cost-sharing and cost-recovery measures that finance qualitative improvements but erode quantitative gains in equitable…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Policy
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Caillods, Francoise – Comparative Education Review, 1989
Comments on World Bank report. Emphasizes the importance of raising teacher morale and motivation, providing primary education to the most deprived groups, and continuing technical and managerial training needed for Africa's development. Disagrees with the Bank's view that decentralization and school autonomy would improve administrative…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Policy
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Foster, Philip – Comparative Education Review, 1989
Comments on World Bank report. Agrees with improved primary school quality as principal focus of endeavor, but suggests that Bank views on decentralization of primary school finance are incompatible with achievement of universal primary education. Questions whether suggested cost containment measures for higher education are politically feasible.…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Policy
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Eshiwani, George S. – Comparative Education Review, 1989
Describes the financial crisis in African education, and comments on the World Bank's recommended educational strategies: selective expansion of services, financial adjustment through cost sharing and containment, and revitalization. Presents 26 specific suggestions for the Kenyan situation. (SV)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Policy
Abidi, S. A. H.; Moeller, T. – 1980
In 1978 a team of three people was formed to survey the existing library training facilities in East Africa and to suggest possibilities as to how the elements of information science could be introduced either into existing programs or into special courses organized for the purpose. The team submitted its report to a joint meeting of the…
Descriptors: Conference Proceedings, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
Huttemann, Lutz, Ed. – 1985
Based on the belief that socioeconomic and cultural development in the pan-African region can be best promoted if it is supported by sound information and documentation services, the education and training of information personnel has become one of the major program areas of the Education, Science and Documentation Centre of the German Foundation…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Documentation, Higher Education, Information Needs
Inganji, Francis – 1983
This detailed report states that information and documentation services in Eastern and Southern African countries are expected to: (1) increase the efficiency of research, development, and training; (2) improve the efficiency and competitiveness of industry and technology, particularly of medium-sized and small concerns, by assisting professional…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Developing Nations, Documentation, Financial Support
Huttemann, Lutz, Ed. – 1986
The improvement of information infrastructures in the eastern and southern sub-region of Africa through the adequate training of personnel for libraries and information establishments is one of the major objectives of the Education, Science and Documentation Centre of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE). This reader, designed…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Developing Nations, Documentation, Foreign Countries
Schmidt, Hermann – 1999
Advances in information technology are changing industrialized societies into knowledge societies. The end of the cold war has promoted development of a global economy. Growing ecological consciousness has necessitated that environmental knowledge become part of all education. As the need to remain competitive increases, a new balance in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Change Strategies, Economic Change
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