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Sum, Raymond Kim-Wai; Morgan, Kevin; Ma, Margo Man-Sum; Choi, Siu-Ming – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2021
The purpose of this article is to explore the influence of a customized continuing professional development (PE-CPD) programme on PE teachers' perceived physical literacy and efficacy beliefs in Hong Kong. Individual and focus group interviews were conducted to gain an in-depth understanding of the participants' CPD experiences and to explore the…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Professional Development, Program Effectiveness, Individualized Instruction
Robinson, Clinton – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2016
Linguistic diversity characterizes many countries with large literacy needs. Meeting these needs will require a multilingual approach based on learning initial literacy in the learner's mother tongue, with other languages used subsequently. This article identifies five major challenges in implementing multilingual programmes and traces the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational Policy, Languages, Multilingualism
Desjardins, Richard; Melo, Veriene; Lee, Jeongwoo – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2016
Using comparative data, this article examines the level and distribution of participation in adult education (AE) opportunities among countries that participated in PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies). It considers observed cross-country patterns in relation to some mechanisms that drive unequal chances to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Participation, Educational Policy
Street, Brian – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2016
This paper looks at some issues around "learning to read" from the viewpoint of a social practice concept of literacy for both child and adult literacy. This calls for an ethnographic approach that, although increasingly common in the field of adult literacy, is less common in the policy and practice of schooling; there, a more…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education
King, Kenneth – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
The article underlines the historic importance of the treatment of skills development, finally, by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report (GMR) team. Among the many challenges in its analysis are the multiple and overlapping meanings of the word skill, and the consequent difficulties of quantifying and monitoring efforts at skills…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Youth Opportunities, Skill Analysis, Definitions
Ranieri, Maria; Pachler, Norbert – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
This article explores the potential of mobile learning in adult education with a particular focus on identity formation and self-representation. It draws on the mobile learning experiences implemented within MyMobile--Education on the move, a European project (2010-2012) whose main purpose was to develop guidelines for mobile learning in adult…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Adult Education, Identification (Psychology)
Semali, Ladislaus M.; Asino, Tutaleni I. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
This article focuses on individuals emerging from traditional oral cultures with limited education and few economic resources who use mobile telephones to maintain their writing and communication skills, despite the scarcity of reading materials, or a lack of social, economic, political, and cultural incentives. Drawing on two case studies--one of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Handheld Devices, Educational Practices
Mfum-Mensah, Obed; Friedson-Ridenour, Sophia – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
This article reports on a study of community participation in School "for" Life, a complementary education programme operating in northern Ghana. The researchers investigated three components of community participation: the nature of the mechanisms used to engage community members as participants in the education process; the actors who…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Partnerships in Education, Outreach Programs, Change Agents
Nsubuga, Yusuf K.; Bonnet, Sandrine – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2009
The AIDS epidemic presents a complex of issues that require global answers, involving entire societies. The only sustainable solution is to include all sectors of society in a multidisciplinary collaboration, within which the formal education system plays a key role in delivering a comprehensive response to the disease at the national level.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Young Adults, Sexuality
Peters, Susan; Oliver, Laura Ann – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2009
While great progress has been made by the international community to promote inclusive education for all children, regardless of race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, gender or disability, many countries still continue to marginalize and exclude students in educational systems across the globe. High-stakes assessments in market-driven economies…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Foreign Countries, High Stakes Tests, Educational Policy
Cheng, Yin Cheong – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2009
In the past 15 years, numerous reforms and initiatives in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region have aimed to change education and promote new learning to prepare the new generation for the future. Unfortunately, despite good intentions and huge investments of resources, many of these reforms have been found to be ineffective and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Instructional Leadership
Bonnet, Gabrielle – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2008
It is easier to collect data on teachers' qualifications, experience, or training than to get a precise idea of their command of subject matter or their classroom behaviour. However, research consistently shows that "class effect" (the impact on a student of being in one class rather than another) on pupil performance is relatively high,…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Professional Training, Foreign Countries, Teacher Behavior
Perez, Leticia – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2007
As its title suggests, this is an account of "the Second E-Forum on Competency-based Approaches" and summarises the opinions and experiences expressed by the participants. The forum was based on a discussion paper prepared by the Canadian Observatory of Educational Reforms and a series of questions raised by Philippe Jonnaert were used to…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Competence, Educational Change, Teleconferencing
Quisumbing, Lourdes R. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2005
While education is a key to any development strategy, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is the master key that can transform the world of work and the economy, alleviate poverty, save the environment and improve the quality of life. As students are being prepared to become efficient, skillful and competent workers, they can at…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Quality of Life, Citizenship Responsibility, Vocational Education
Mar, Naing Yee – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2005
The information age has changed the economic and social environment in such ways that countries are moving from being "traditional pull" to "technology push" societies. This makes technical and vocational education and training (TVET) policy especially significant as it seeks to promote specialized practical and professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Education, Vocational Education, Educational Change
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