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Furtuna, Daniela – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
The author describes the steps taken by a research team, of which she was part, to develop a specific methodology for assessing student attainment in primary school, working with the Programme for the Analysis of Education Systems (PASEC) of the Conference of Ministers of Education of French-speaking Countries (CONFEMEN). This methodology provides…
Descriptors: Item Banks, Test Items, Test Construction, African Studies
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)
Royle, Karl; Stager, Sarah; Traxler, John – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
This paper addresses ways that mobile technologies can be used in teacher development, and focuses on mobile technologies. In particular, it addresses issues of context. It outlines and explores accepted practice and illustrates how mobility invites change and reappraisal of the teacher education process. It places this against a backdrop of…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Faculty Development, Context Effect
Buckner, Elizabeth; Kim, Paul – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
Despite the long-standing interest in educational technology reforms, many researchers have found that it is difficult to incorporate advanced information and communications technologies (ICT) in classrooms. Many ICT projects, particularly in the developing world, are limited by the lack of integration between pedagogy and technology. This article…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Active Learning, Inquiry, Electronic Learning
Traxler, John; Vosloo, Steve – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
The issue that this article introduces grew out of an event, the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week, but also out of a wider and growing movement of people and organisations exploiting mobile technologies, as they pursue varied educational missions. The UNESCO Mobile Learning Week represented by contributions here was a focus for contributions from…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, International Organizations, Evidence, Evaluation
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
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
Wagner, Daniel A.; Castillo, Nathan M.; Murphy, Katie M.; Crofton, Molly; Zahra, Fatima Tuz – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
In recent years, the advent of low-cost digital and mobile devices has led to a strong expansion of social interventions, including those that try to improve student learning and literacy outcomes. Many of these are focused on improving reading in low-income countries, and particularly among the most disadvantaged. Some of these early efforts have…
Descriptors: Intervention, Literacy, Handheld Devices, Educational Strategies
Klees, Steven J.; Qargha, Omar – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
Equity is the most significant problem educators face. Very large inequities and inequalities persist in both education and society. Why? What can be done about them? While much has been written about these issues, progress is very slow and there is little agreement on why or what to do. While this article cannot resolve these questions, it raises…
Descriptors: Debate, Equal Education, International Organizations, Teacher Role
Tarabini, Aina; Bonal, Xavier; Valiente, Oscar – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
Schools in the most deprived areas in Brazil are marked by extreme poverty, a situation that has obvious consequences for the everyday life in schools and for efforts to develop a supportive culture of schooling. Nevertheless, schools' responses to poverty are far from uniform. Although the context of poverty generally determines what is possible…
Descriptors: Poverty, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Schools, Institutional Characteristics
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
Edwards, D. Brent, Jr.; Zimmermann, Thomas; Sitha, Chhinh; Williams, James H.; Kitamura, Yuto – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
This article has three purposes. First, it presents findings from a study of student retention and dropout in Cambodia, as pupils transition from primary to lower secondary school. Second, it aims to understand from an in-depth, emic perspective the dynamics of this process and the challenges that individual families and their students face around…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Secondary Education, Elementary Education, Academic Persistence
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
Hughes, Conrad – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
This article offers a definition of prejudice and then reviews the literature on relevant theories of its development and methods to identify and map it. It then discusses how prejudice is institutionalised and legitimised in schools, before turning to the main thrust of its investigation: the extent to which international education (K-12) can…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Social Attitudes, Global Education, Definitions
Joshi, Priyadarshani – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
This paper analyzes the parent decision-making processes underlying school selection in Nepal. The analysis is based on primary survey and focus group data collected from parent meetings in diverse local education markets in two districts of Nepal in 2011. It highlights three main arguments that are less frequently discussed in the context of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Choice, Parents, Decision Making