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Defining Diversity: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Public Educational Texts
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Arce-Trigatti, Andrea; Anderson, Ashlee – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2020
With this paper we present findings from a cultural studies project that aims to illuminate and define the various, sometimes overlapping, conceptions of diversity in public educational discourses. We do so via a critical discourse analysis of select political texts: namely speeches by former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan that reference…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Public Education, Speeches, Public Officials
High Ability and Dreams of Innovation and Prosperity in the Emerging Global Knowledge Economy: A Critical Analysis of Changing Orientations in Research and Practice
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Persson, Roland S. – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2015
Are the gifted and talented destined for greatness in a neoliberally oriented knowledge economy? This is undoubtedly an important question for scholars, teachers, and parents advocating the value of gifted education to policy makers and employers worldwide. This review of literature from a multitude of relevant disciplines attempts to answer this…
Descriptors: Knowledge Economy, Political Attitudes, Gifted Education, Educational Policy
The Bologna Process and the Economic Impacts of Research and Development within the Context of Europeanization: The Case of Finland
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Habti, Driss – European Educational Research Journal, 2010
Higher education and public research play an important role in economic development, mainly in industrial research and development (R & D) and innovation through the manufacturing sector. Finland has taken great strides in this regard as it represents a Europeanization of a knowledge system in the European Union, being relevant at the…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Higher Education, Research and Development, Research Methodology
Developing Competence in Interactive Systems: The GRASP Tool for the Design or Redesign of Pedagogical ICT Devices
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Talon, Benedicte; Sagar, Mouldi; Kolski, Christophe – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2012
Training professionals to design and produce interactive systems requires the use of well thought-out training scenarios. Indeed, it is essential to consider pedagogical forms whose objective is providing learners with field experience. It is also necessary to motivate learners to learn about subjects that sometimes seem distant from their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Computer System Design, Interaction
Factors Affecting the Adoption of an E-Assessment System
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McCann, Ann L. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
A case study was conducted in 2006-07 to explore how one US campus implemented a centralised e-assessment system. The study specifically measured the extent of adoption by faculty members, identified their reasons for adoption and evaluated the impact on teaching and learning. The purposes of the system, entitled researching learning (REAL, a…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Databases, Case Studies
Educational Innovations in Bahrain.
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AlSaleh, Faiqa Saeed, Ed. – 1995
Information about innovative projects in education in Bahrain is presented in a series of program descriptions collected for the INNODATA Databank of the International Bureau of Education (Geneva), a program of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. The 36 programs are grouped into the following categories: (1)…
Descriptors: Arabic, Curriculum Development, Databases, Educational Administration