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Lewin, Keith M. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically shifted education and development priorities. The tragic death toll and high rates of morbidity across many countries are an unprecedented setback and a calamity for those affected physically and mentally. The economic and social effects of lockdowns, loss of production and business confidence, and global…
Descriptors: Reflection, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Planning
Sharma, Umesh – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2020
The countries of the Pacific region are reforming their educational policies to include learners who have frequently been excluded from receiving any form of education. They face many challenges to include learners into their schooling systems. This article systematically identifies and reviews research and policy documents from the region and…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Geographic Regions, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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
Khochen-Bagshaw, Maha – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2020
Developments within education systems in many countries have been moving toward inclusion. Inclusion, however, is a contested term, understood differently by different individuals. How it is interpreted in practice also differs across local, regional, and country levels. This article discusses the development of inclusion and its understanding and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Educational Development
Ianes, Dario; Demo, Heidrun; Dell'Anna, Silvia – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2020
The Italian school system has a long tradition of inclusive education, starting in the 1970s with the first experiences of integrating students with disabilities into regular schools. Since then, legislation has developed to guarantee students with disabilities and other special educational needs the right to individualization and personalization.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Educational Development, Educational History
Zapp, Mike – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2019
Many analyses of globalized education have directed growing attention to a problematic local-global nexus, with a particular focus on international organizations (IOs) as coercive and normative governance actors that influence national educational policymaking. By contrast, this work stresses the cultural-cognitive dimension of IOs' education work…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Educational Development, Culture Conflict, Equal Education
Singal, Nidhi – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2016
This article presents an analysis of key developments in educational policies and strategies, since 2000, in relation to the education of children with disabilities in India and Pakistan. It responds to a set of specific questions focused on factors that have shaped the increased emphasis on education of children with disabilities, how national…
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Criticism
Edwards, D. Brent, Jr.; Klees, Steven J. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2015
While participation has for decades been a buzzword in development, the term has been imbued with greatly different meanings depending on the perspective of the actor in question. We attempt to clarify these meanings by presenting a tripartite framework. This framework delineates the tenets and strategies of three overarching and complementary…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Governance, Educational Development, Participation
Learning at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Constraints, Comparability and Policy in Developing Countries
Wagner, Daniel A.; Castillo, Nathan M. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
United Nations development goals have consistently placed a high priority on the quality of education--and of learning. This has led to substantive increases in international development assistance to education, and also to broader attention, worldwide, to the importance of children's learning. Yet, such goals are mainly normative: they tend…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Developing Nations, Educational Quality, International Organizations
The Emergence of Doctoral Programmes in the Colombian Higher Education System: Trends and Challenges
Acosta, Orlando; Celis, Jorge – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
The international literature contains few formal analyses of the state of Colombian higher education and its most critical issues. This article systematically and comparatively analyzes the emergence of Colombian doctoral programmes within a national and international context. It shows that, while Colombia has experienced a significant growth in…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Higher Education, Educational Development, Educational Trends
Schwartzman, Simon – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2013
Starting in the 1970s, Brazil developed a very complex system of quantitative assessments of education at all levels, making extensive use of statistical information and tests, in an effort to improve and maintain the quality of its education. However, with some exceptions, particularly at the graduate level, Brazilian education standards remain…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Statistical Analysis, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
Lee, Jeongwoo – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2013
Many countries are now creating world-class universities (WCUs) as essential parts of their higher education reform agendas, and as national goals. It is legitimate to ask whether every country that aspires to build a WCU can do so--especially developing countries. To answer this question, this paper provides a three-step framework. The first step…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Universities, Global Approach, Higher Education
Macura-Milovanovic, Suncica; Pantic, Natasa; Closs, Alison – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2012
Teacher education for inclusive education (IE) is recognized as vital for improving quality and equity in education globally. In the Western Balkan countries it is also part of the transition process towards joining the European Union and has attracted international funding for IE-related projects. A key finding from research funded by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Inclusion, Educational Development
Lee, Chong Jae; Kim, Yong; Byun, Soo-yong – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2012
Over the past few decades, South Korea has made remarkable achievements in education despite many obstacles. Education, in turn, has played an important role in Korea's achieving both economic development and political democracy. This article examines how South Korea expanded access to education and improved its quality. The article also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Access to Education, Educational Quality
Harmer, Adele; Stoddard, Abby; DiDomenico, Victoria – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2011
Amid rising violence against civilian aid operations in insecure environments, attacks on the education sector pose a unique set of challenges for international aid actors. In recent years incidents of violence targeting the education sector in Afghanistan and the conflict-affected areas of Pakistan have increased. This article synthesizes recent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Educational Development, Politics of Education