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Niemczyk, Ewelina K. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2023
Bearing in mind United Nations' 2030 agenda and achievement of global goals, the conference theme brings attention to exploration of how education adjusted to the unexpected challenges of the global crisis and how lessons learnt can be used to create better education systems. On that note, this perspective piece brings attention to sustainable…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainable Development, College Role, COVID-19
Daniels, Carlo; Niemczyk, Ewelina K. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
In alignment with the theme of the conference "Towards the Next Epoch of Education," this paper brings attention to the need to strengthen focus on sustainable development in academic activities. As evident in scholarly literature, universities worldwide began to embrace Sustainable Development Goals initiated by the United Nations 2030…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Objectives, International Organizations
Daniels, Carlo; Niemczyk, Ewelina K.; de Beer, Zacharias L. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2023
As evident in scholarly literature, universities worldwide embrace Sustainable Development Goals initiated by United Nations. Yet, regardless institutions' commitment, many countries, especially developing ones, struggle to effectively implement sustainability-oriented principles and practices in higher education. To that end, this paper, based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Higher Education
Pang, Nicholas Sun-Keung – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2021
In the last two decade, the Education Bureau has implemented a two-pronged approach to assuring the quality of education in Hong Kong: an external mechanism via inspection and an internal framework via self-evaluation. However, both of which are mainly top-down and not as effective as expected. This paper reports on an investigation into the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Self Evaluation (Groups)
Naidoo, Shantha; Shaikhnag, Noorullah – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were developed by the United Nations in 2015 to encompass universal respect for equality and non-discrimination regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, and cultural diversity. Since 2000, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) have aligned with SDG 4.3 by developing higher education…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Higher Education
Chimbi, Godsend T.; Jita, Loyiso C. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2023
Summative assessment is often criticised as an unfair representation of learner effort and aptitude. In summative high-stakes examinations, economically privileged learners consistently outperform marginalised counterparts, perpetuating inequitable social class reproduction. But UN Sustainable Development Goal No.4 calls for equitable quality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Skills, Summative Evaluation, Equal Education
Wolhuter, Charl – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2023
The aim of this paper is to reflect on what the changing context brought about by the Pandemic mean and can mean for the repositioning and reinvigoration of Comparative and International Education in 2023. The paper commences with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Incheon Declaration, as the vision humanity has set for itself for 2030. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, International Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Mampane, Sharon Thabo; Mampane, Tebogo Jillian – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative paper is to explore Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) centre managers' understanding of instructional leadership. Leadership skills are sometimes developed on the job. However, instructional leadership requires vision, a sound managerial style, relevant knowledge, skills, organisational acumen, and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Instructional Leadership, Rural Areas
Kurtz, Brianna; Roets, Leon; Biraimah, Karen – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2021
Access to quality education for all children is a common mantra for countless national and world organizations, such as the UN and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper examines the struggle within two nations who continue to move beyond the impact of racial segregation in the United States (US) and "apartheid" in South…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Comparative Education, Racial Segregation, Social Change
Rónay, Zoltán; Niemczyk, Ewelina K. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2023
Considering the fast-changing times and mounting challenges, higher education institutions (HEIs) became recognized as important change agents in the society but at the same time became more threatened. To that end, recently Magna Charta Universitatum, a declaration stating that intellectual and moral autonomy is the hallmark of any university and…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Change Agents
Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; de Beer, Louw, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 20th Jubilee Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), conducted virtually in June 2022. The 20th BCES Conference theme is "Towards the Next Epoch of Education." The theme is focused on problems, discussions, changes, solutions, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Innovation