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Chigisheva, Oksana – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2015
The article is devoted to the research of the methodological changes that occur in the field of comparative education as a result of globalization. A deep analysis of the globalization phenomenon is undertaken with a special focus on the differentiation of globalization, internationalisation, regionalisation and integration. UNESCO's role in the…
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Global Approach, Comparative Education, Educational Change
Brezan, Beate, Comp.; Nowak, Meto, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2016
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise, description and basic statistics about minority language education in a specific region of Europe. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements, and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects, such as the…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education
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Jacobs, Jennifer; Yendol-Hoppey, Diane; Dana, Nancy Fichtman – Action in Teacher Education, 2015
Although the NCATE Blue Ribbon Panel Report challenges those responsible for teacher preparation to design clinically rich programs, there is little discussion about preparing teacher educators to actualize these innovations. This study explored how practitioner inquiry could serve as a mechanism to facilitate the development of the next…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Inquiry, Qualitative Research, Doctoral Programs
Goldenberg, Claude; Wagner, Kirstin – American Educator, 2015
In the United States, bilingual education continues to provoke fierce debate. It seems that nearly everyone--from educators to policymakers to parents with school-age children to those without children--has a strong opinion on whether children with little fluency in English should be taught academic content in their home language as they learn…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Practices, Educational Development, Educational History
Ó Murchú, Helen, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2016
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise, description and basic statistics about minority language education in a specific region of Europe. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements, and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects, such as the…
Descriptors: Irish, Preschool Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education
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Schrag, Francis – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2013
Neuro-education, a new frontier for educational researchers, has its passionate advocates and equally passionate detractors. Some philosophers, including Noel Purdy and Hugh Morrison, Andrew Davis, and Ralph Schumacher, have argued that the entire enterprise is misguided. I evaluate and challenge their arguments. This permits me to articulate my…
Descriptors: Neurology, Neurosciences, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research
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Crookes, Patrick A.; Else, Fabienne C.; Smith, Kylie M. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2015
Despite receiving growing international recognition and regard, the scholarship of engagement remains undervalued internally at academic institutions, especially in relation to career development and academic promotion. This form of scholarship presents difficulties relating to evaluation, assessment, and evidencing that are not generally present…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Higher Education, Scholarship
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Pais, Alexandre – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2013
Research in ethnomathematics has become predominantly focused on "local cultures" and non-scholarized forms of mathematics, thus becoming less a critical reflection on the sociopolitical roots of academic mathematics and the place it occupies in the popular imagination and in schooling, and more of a learning device. Such a development…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Cultural Influences, Cultural Relevance, Politics of Education
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Pang, Nicholas Sun-keung – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
There is only one world, but it is widely divided. All nations share a common interest in the investment and development of education in their own contexts. The one world has been undergoing tremendous, turbulent changes, due to the recent quick movement in globalization. This paper aims to explore what is meant by globalization, how it has…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Ahn, June; Asbell-Clarke, Jodi; Berland, Matthew; Chase, Catherine; Enyedy, Noel; Fusco, Judith; Gardner, Shari; Grover, Shuchi; Halverson, Erica; Jona, Kemi; Lane, H. Chad; Martin, Wendy; Mercier, Emma; Moher, Tom; Ogan, Amy; Pinkard, Nichole; Polman, Joseph; Roschelle, Jeremy; Schank, Patricia; Taylor, Katie Headrick; Wilkerson, Michelle; Worsley, Marcelo – Grantee Submission, 2017
Cyberlearning researchers envision and investigate the future of learning with technology. As of summer 2017, the Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies (CFTL) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) had made 279 research grant awards. In addition, several hundred other NSF research projects have cyberlearning themes. Many of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Science Course Improvement Projects, Instructional Design, Research Projects
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Gloeckner, Gene W.; Jones, Paul – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
This article reviews selected research on successes of homeschooled students over the past decade. The article raises several methods issues, especially related to sampling issues and recent changes in some state laws. In addition the article reviews research collected from college admission's officers' on their perceptions and attitudes relate to…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Educational History, Educational Methods, Sampling
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Marshall, Daniel – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2013
Through an analysis of gay protest music (1975) and an educational kit for students (1978), both sponsored by the Campaign for Homosexual Equality in the UK, this paper brings into focus a history of gay rights activists' efforts to marshal popular culture in the development of informal sex education for young people in the second half of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Activism, Music
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Howell, Charles – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
Reasons for neglect of homeschooling in educational research literature are explored. The ideological hostility that occasionally surfaces in policy debates is unlikely to have a major influence on mainstream researchers. An alternative explanation based on Kuhn's concept of normal science is proposed. The dominant paradigm of educational research…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Educational Research, Statistical Analysis, Comparative Analysis
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Barth, Patte – Educational Leadership, 2013
Virtual schools have the potential to improve student learning--but so far, as asserted in this article, research tells little about how online instruction affects student performance. Most of the studies that pointed to good student outcomes were small in scale and based on specific programs or products. Few provide data to help understand…
Descriptors: Evidence, Online Courses, Meta Analysis, Academic Achievement
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Fischer, Gerhard – Distance Education, 2014
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have generated enthusiasm, excitement, and hype worldwide and recently increasing skepticism. They are being broadly discussed in the major news media (and to a smaller extent in academic circles). Rapidly increasing numbers of MOOC providers, MOOC courses and articles, discussion groups, and blogs discussing…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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