Introduction: This study provides comprehensive insights of how the education system in South Africa evolved. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide a brief analytic insight into the legacy of the apartheid education system. Secondly, the study scrutinizes and explores the systemic failures of the democratic administration in redressing…

This study delves into factors contributing to the imbalanced development of higher education, which has led to the situation that despite higher education expansion, the universities' contribution to society has only improved a little. The study aims to understand this paradox and its policy implications, particularly in a developing country…

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is one of the key challenges facing China. This paper reviews the development of ECEC in China and its challenges. Substantial developments and policy reforms related to ECEC since the 1980s have been examined, and the practices in China have been highlighted. The review reveals that the ECEC system has…

This study interrogates how one of the least-studied regional intergovernmental organisations, the African Union (AU), operationalises or recontextualises the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the process of developing its post-2015 education and development strategies. Employing critical discourse analysis and drawing on…

Scholars and educators have long considered how schools can foster deep learning that supports the academic success and holistic development of all students. Yet, with the grammar of schooling that governs U.S. schools, educators often encounter institutional, political, and normative barriers that stifle efforts to redesign school environments,…

This chapter aims to present the development of education in the South-East European (SEE) countries, which took place under strong influence of the European Union (EU) education policy. This is examined irrespective of the different relationships these countries have with the EU. Some of these are Member States, and others are candidate or…

Preschool education belongs to non-compulsory enlightenment education, and it is difficult to measure and analyze the development of preschool education in different regions because of its multiple attributes and diversity of influencing factors. In addition, decision makers will be limited by their own cognition when facing multi-attribute…

This article presents an analysis of the Dutch field of education by drawing on interviews and observations from long-lasting relationships with experts in the field. Studying how these "key players" discuss the educational field, we explore how the lack of effective solutions may be related to the ways in which leading educational…

The term "governance" is one of the most widely applied concepts in education policy and research. Yet its meaning has changed over space and time both analytically and normatively. This history is a complicated one marked by both shifts and continuations in the politics of language and the development of unique intellectual histories…

The need for change in the education system is obvious and overwhelming. But each stakeholder group has its own ideas about why the system is broken and how to fix it. Competing priorities, political inertia and diminishing budgets maintain the dysfunctional status quo. This essential text examines the underlying causes behind the key challenges…

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a response to the urgent challenges facing humans and our planet, and its successful advancement requires international exchange, dialogue, and cooperation. Accordingly, the purposes of this non-profit book are twofold: (1) to strengthen mutual understanding and foster meaningful connections between…

In 2017, the European Union (EU) initiated the development of the European Education Area (EEA). The referentiality approach frames an original and timely inquiry into how EU policymakers explain the reasons for the development of the EEA. This inquiry relies on thematic analysis of relevant key policy materials, produced by the European…

This study deals with the academisation or "academic drift" of teacher education in the aesthetic subjects in Sweden from the 1970s to the millennium shift. After long preparations that already began after the Second World War, TE, along with other vocational education, was integrated into the Swedish university system as part of the…

Purpose: The teaching-research nexus (TRN) has assumed a prominent role in global higher education systems. However, the connection between the two domains has been subject to diverse interpretations within well-developed higher education systems. Little is known about translating TRN into policy and practice in diverse higher education spaces. In…

In this HEPI Report, Nick Petford, Robert Griggs and Terry Neville explore the rationale and development of the University of Northampton's Waterside Campus, one of the UK's most ambitious university relocation projects. They conclude with a series of lessons learned.