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Warner, Marika; Robinson, Jackie; Heal, Bryan; Lloyd, Jennifer; Mandigo, James; Lennox, Bess; Davenport Huyer, Larkin – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2021
Regular physical activity significantly improves health outcomes, yet rates of childhood physical activity remain alarmingly low. Physical literacy has been identified as the foundation for quality physical education, suggesting that sport, education, and public health interventions should seek to increase physical literacy to promote physical…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Child Development, Day Camp Programs, Children
Buckler, E. Jean; Puterman, Eli; Faulkner, Guy E. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2021
The early years are critical for physical literacy (PL) and physical activity (PA). With increasing numbers of children attending early childhood education and care (ECEC), educators play a significant role in childhood development and may influence young children's PL journey. Educators receive minimal training in PL and PA, but receive…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Education, Training
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
St. John, Laura; Dudley, Dean; Cairney, John – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2021
By using children with developmental coordination disorder as a case study, the current study examines how several core domains of physical literacy interact and change over time in relation to enjoyment of physical education. Data from 2278 children (5% identified as probable development coordination disorder) were collected across six time…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Developmental Disabilities, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Childrens Attitudes
Engelbrecht, Petra – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2020
The implementation of inclusive education in South Africa must be seen in the context of the country's broader political, social, and cultural developments since 1994, particularly the systematic and progressive transformation of education in congruence with Constitutional values and ideals. As a result, the move towards inclusive education has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Educational Policy, Program Implementation
Bešic, Edvina – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2020
This article aligns with recent international approaches to inclusive education and argues for a broadened understanding of the term, specifically in the context of Austria, which currently focuses only on children with disabilities. The article not only sets out the thesis of intersectionality, but calls for the adoption of an intersectional lens…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Equal Education
Corcoran, Su Lyn; Awimbo, Lillian Aoko; Mugwanga, Kelvin; Aluoch, Irene Atieno – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2020
This article contributes to the literature on street-connectedness and inclusive education, presenting original research findings from two Kenyan studies. Both studies aim to understand street-connected young people's experiences of education. The first focused on transitioning from the street into education or training, to explore the challenges…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Student Adjustment, Homeless People
AuCoin, Angela; Porter, Gordon L.; Baker-Korotkov, Kimberly – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2020
In 1994, when UNESCO adopted the Salamanca Statement and Framework of Action, it invited governments and non-governmental organizations to consider fundamental policy shifts to promote an inclusive education approach. This call to action resonated well with the efforts already being made by educators in New Brunswick. For more than 35 years, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Educational Policy, Educational Change
Kubow, Patricia K. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2020
Jordan, along with Lebanon, has the greatest influx of Syrian refugees in the world. To address the issue of overcrowding in schools, a double-shift system operates in Jordan, whereby Jordanian students receive schooling in the morning; and Syrian and other refugee students, in the afternoon. The purpose of this article is to examine the social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Educational Environment, School Schedules
Ahmed, Manzoor – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2020
Two studies were undertaken recently to examine how schools promote SDG Target 4.7--including ethics and values. UNESCO's Mahatma Gandhi Institute of International Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) in Delhi examined to what extent concepts and competencies related to Target 4.7 are mainstreamed in education policies and…
Descriptors: Ethics, Values Education, Educational Policy, Curriculum
Fincham, Kathleen – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2019
Within the Sudanese context, education retention and completion are major challenges that have not been seriously and sufficiently addressed. In order to understand in more depth how and why children drop out of primary school in Sudan, six empirical studies were planned as part of an EU-funded national programme focused on primary education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Dropouts, Academic Persistence
Johnstone, Christopher; Lazarus, Sheryl; Lazetic, Predrag; Nikolic, Gordana – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2019
Across the Central Eastern European region, inclusive education has become a policy aim. Europeanization, influence of United Nations agencies, and shifts away from Soviet models of education have led to new policy aspirations for the inclusion of children with special education needs (SEN). At the same time, policies in many countries often lack…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Educational Policy, Students with Disabilities
Barnes, Melissa; Moore, Deborah; Almeida, Sylvia – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2019
In light of Australian policy and curriculum initiatives aimed to prioritize Education for Sustainability (EfS) practices, this article discusses a study that evaluated a smart meter program introduced by a local government of an Australian state/territory. The program aimed to provide teachers and students from 86 primary and secondary schools…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Elementary Secondary Education, Conservation (Environment)
Nishimura, Mikiko – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2019
The Free Primary Education (FPE) policy in Kenya created a dichotomy between the widespread notion that the government should be responsible for everything and the reality that the government had stopped recruiting teachers. This article investigates the current state of the accountability system for school governance in public schools in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Educational Policy, Accountability
Crouch, Luis; Merseth, Katherine A. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2017
This paper highlights patterns in school enrollment indicators that affect the efficiency and effectiveness of education systems in a set of low-income countries: those that have expanded access quickly in the last decade or two, but have not yet absorbed that expansion efficiently. Although the patterns in these indicators are observable in the…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Low Income Groups, Developing Nations, Educational Indicators