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Direct linkSmythe, Suzanne – International Review of Education, 2022
It is rare in contemporary times to encounter international education policy reports that inspire hope and excitement for the future, such as we are offered in the 1972 report of the International Commission on the Development of Education set up by UNESCO in 1971 and chaired by Edgar Faure. "Learning to be: The world of education today and…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Reports, International Organizations, Educational Policy
Johnson, Laura; Morris, Paul – Comparative Education, 2012
The promotion of "critical citizenship" has become a key objective of official school curricula around the world. Using an analytic framework developed by the authors, this paper identifies the diverse conceptions of critical citizenship that are promoted, by comparing the official school curricula for citizenship in England and France.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Cultural Differences
Fallourd, Pierre, Comp. – Eurydice, 2008
This contribution from France is based on recently-published documents and in particular on the "Report on the Public Infancy Service for Early Childhood," published in February 2007 by a department of the Prime Minister's Office, the Centre of Strategic Analysis, Social Affairs Section and "Early Childhood Education and Care, a…
Descriptors: Child Care, Nursery Schools, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedMillot, Benoit – Comparative Education Review, 1981
The author delineates four distinct sectors of higher education which have developed in contemporary France, and discusses how this system has managed to absorb social demand and deflect challenges to its historically stratified and elitist nature. (SJL)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Differences, Education Work Relationship, Educational Demand
Peer reviewedDuru-Bellat, Marie – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1996
Summarizes a longitudinal study that identifies a variety of mechanisms within the French school system that continue to generate social inequalities. These mechanisms include school status, parental choice, and economic status. Briefly reviews social inequality and French educational policy. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Educational Status Comparison, Foreign Countries
van Zanten, Agnes – European Educational Research Journal, 2005
This article is based on the Keynote Address to the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Crete, Greece, 21-25 September 2004. One of the most consistent results in sociology of education research has been the existence of inequalities in school results and educational trajectories related to social factors. Despite an important…
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Ethnic Groups, Parent Role, Foreign Countries
