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Caven, Meg – Sociology of Education, 2019
Public education relies heavily on data to document stratified inputs and outcomes, and to design interventions aimed at reducing disparities. Yet despite the promise and prevalence of data-driven policies and practices, inequalities persist. Indeed, contemporary scholarship has begun to question whether and how processes such as quantification…
Descriptors: School Closing, Public Schools, Intervention, Equal Education
Pasquesi, Kira – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Colleges and universities use language (i.e., talk and text) to represent diversity and inclusion in community engagement. Diversity refers to individual and social or group differences (e.g., race, ethnicity, national origin, social class, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, ability), while inclusion is the intentional and ongoing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Usage, Community Involvement, Discourse Analysis
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Ferrero-Ferrero, Idoya; Fernández-Izquierdo, María Ángeles; Muñoz-Torres, María Jesús; Bellés-Colomer, Lucía – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of stakeholder engagement in the context of sustainability reporting (SR) for higher education institutions (HEIs), together with the materiality principle and stakeholder expectations. Design/methodology/approach: This research uses an exploratory approach based on content…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainability, Stakeholders, Content Analysis
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Nuamcharoen, Suwida; Dhirathiti, Nopraenue S. – Policy Futures in Education, 2018
Thailand is a good example of a developing country which is struggling with globally common problems in trying to find solutions for sustainable education development. Education is one of the important methods to build the mindset of Thai people toward sustainable development (SD). The co-production approach is a way of improving public services,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, Sustainable Development
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Arthur, James – British Journal of Religious Education, 2011
This article reports on some of the research findings of a major, multi-site case study of character formation in young people in England. Religion was not the focus of this research, but emerged as significant in each case study. In particular, the religious and spiritual beliefs and practices of young people were positively connected with their…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Research Methodology, Community Involvement, Young Adults
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Mulder, Martin – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2006
Purpose: The European Commission and social partner organisations at EU level encourage the lifelong development of qualifications and competence. This is reflected in many policy reports and reviews. This paper seeks to show the involvement of social partner organisations at the level of EU-funded competence development projects.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Vocational Education, Competency Based Education, Agricultural Skills