Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 0 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 0 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
Source
Comparative Education | 5 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 5 |
Reports - Research | 3 |
Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
France | 5 |
United Kingdom (England) | 5 |
Denmark | 2 |
Burkina Faso | 1 |
Italy | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Ouedraogo, Philippe – Comparative Education, 2010
In the following paper, I am going to discuss education and religion and consider the legacy of Christianity in education in West Africa with particular reference to the Evangelical churches in Burkina Faso. The paper will start with a general introduction to West Africa and the place of missionaries' activities in the region. I will then attempt…
Descriptors: Christianity, Foreign Countries, Role, Educational Practices
McNess, Elizabeth – Comparative Education, 2006
In many countries around the world there is a current focus on the restructuring of education systems in a bid to increase the "quality" of the educational experience for pupils in order to raise their academic achievement. However, the definition of quality as expressed through policy may not always accord with the aims and aspirations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Young Adults
Peer reviewed
Borghi, Lamberto – Comparative Education, 1983
French research in 1977 on perceptions/aspirations of upper secondary school students in France, England, and Italy about their personal and social future, further developed with 148 students in Italy in 1979-80, indicated that young people long for values and "public" and "private" dimensions of life are important for them.…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Expectation
Peer reviewed
Planel, Claire – Comparative Education, 1997
Classroom observation and student group interviews in two French and two English elementary schools suggest that student understanding of such educational values as authority, thought, the nature of student control over learning, and educational goals and how to achieve them are related to national culture and affect student motivation. Contains…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Classroom Research, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewed
Osborn, Marilyn – Comparative Education, 2001
Surveys of approximately 1,800 students aged 12-13 in England, France, and Denmark and in-depth study of 18 students in each country found "constants" in pupil concerns about education's link to work, teacher respect for students, and interesting teaching; and national differences in students' school attitudes, importance of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Early Adolescents