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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
Alves, Ines; Campos Pinto, Paula; Pinto, Teresa Janela – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2020
This article assesses evidence of and challenges to the development of inclusive education in Portugal, which is built on three pillars: access to, participation in, and achievement in education for all children and young people. It presents an overview of the present policy framework, followed by an analysis of available statistical data on…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Inclusion, Access to Education, Barriers
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
Mukerji, Shalini – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2017
An idea took shape in the slums of Mumbai in the early nineties and went on to become a peoples' movement to address the problem of providing quality education for all of India's children. This piece profiles Dr. Madhav Chavan, the man who provided the dynamic vision for and creative leadership of that mission/movement. Dr. Chavan combined the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Slums, Access to Education, Low Income Groups
Shaeffer, Sheldon – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2016
Since the Millennium Development Goals and Education for All targets were proclaimed in 2000, countries have made considerable progress in enhancing the well-being of young children. But many young children--including 78% in the Arab states and over 80% in sub-Saharan Africa--still have no access to this education. Obstacles to increasing the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Early Childhood Education, Barriers, Educational Policy
Dyer, Caroline – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2016
Evolving policies have increasingly aimed to include nomadic groups in EFA, but an overemphasis on mobility has distracted policy makers from going beyond access logistics to consider learning needs within nomads' contemporary livelihoods and cultural values. Notable global trends are the growth and institutionalization of forms of Alternative…
Descriptors: Migrant Children, Foreign Countries, Migrant Education, Access to Education
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
Pilz, Matthias; Wilmshöfer, Simon – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2015
The vast majority--70%--of the Indian population lives in rural areas. They are far removed from India's image as a society with an emerging middle class and well-regarded schools. This research focuses on education and opportunities for skill development for this rural population. The researchers investigated the area around the Chilika Lagoon, a…
Descriptors: Indians, Interviews, Student Attitudes, Industrial Education
Gagnon, Amélie; Legault, Elise – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2015
Ensuring that every child gets a teacher is a prerequisite to reaching the Education for All goals. Today, 58 million children are still not in school, and while a variety of factors constrain efforts to provide quality primary education for all children, ensuring that classrooms have enough teachers is at the top of the list. Since 2006, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Access to Education, Primary Education
Ally, Mohamed; Grimus, Margarete; Ebner, Martin – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
Recent statistics on the use of mobile technology proclaim that the world is becoming mobile. People use their phones to socialize, to conduct business, to search for information, and more. For the first time in history, people around the world have the potential to learn from any location at their own convenience. But first, education systems…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Improvement, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices
Abuya, Benta A.; Onsomu, Elijah O.; Moore, DaKysha – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
The educational challenges girls face are often explained by economics. However, gender norms and identities, constructed historically but subject to change, also play a crucial role. In Kenya, little attention has been paid to the negative social constructions that keep girls from attaining the education they want. This article analyses the role…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Females, Urban Areas, Secondary School Students
Ishihara-Brito, Reiko – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2013
This paper presents the findings and implications of a qualitative study conducted in Guatemala, which focused on rural, indigenous parents' perceptions of their children's schooling and educational quality. For these parents, the simple fact that their children had improved access to school signifies a satisfactory educational accomplishment;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Quality, Indigenous Populations, Rural Areas
Takayanagi, Taeko; Shimomura, Takayuki – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2013
This paper addresses the life and educational experiences of Ainu women, using the framework of postcolonial feminist theory. It explores the extent to which two factors--gender and ethnic minority status--affect young Ainu women as they attempt to enter mainstream society. The authors analyse life history interviews from three Ainu women aged 25.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Feminism, Social Theories
Ahsan, M. Tariq; Mullick, Jahirul – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2013
Several international declarations, signed over the last few decades, are helping to promote Education for All, by eliminating inequalities in both society and education systems. This article, a descriptive review of policy documents and reform initiatives, reports on ways the Government of Bangladesh has responded to these international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Equal Education, Educational Policy