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Comparing Stakeholders' Perceptions of the Implementation of 'Learner-Centred' Pedagogy: The Case of Rwanda
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Pui Ki Patricia Kwok – Comparative Education, 2024
A successful implementation of educational reform relies not only on teachers, but also systemic support for them, and crucial involvement of multiple stakeholders. This qualitative study explores the implementation of 'learner-centred' pedagogy (LCP) in Rwanda. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three stakeholder groups comprising…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Centered Learning, Public Officials, Teacher Educators
UNESCO, the Geopolitics of AI, and China's Engagement with the Futures of Education
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Yoko Mochizuki; Edward Vickers – Comparative Education, 2024
UNESCO's relatively high prestige across East Asia has spurred intensifying efforts by governments to use its imprimatur to legitimate official narratives of the past and visions of the future. This article focuses on China's use of UNESCO as an arena for competitive national 'branding' in the education field, especially relating to STEM and AI.…
Descriptors: International Education, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Political Influences
The Internationalisation of China's Higher Education: Soft Power with 'Chinese Characteristics'
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Lo, Tin Yau Joe; Pan, Suyan – Comparative Education, 2021
Recent research has focused either on the internationalisation of China's higher education (HE) as soft power, or on soft power with 'Chinese characteristics'. There is a paucity of research combining these two foci. This paper fills this gap by: (i) unravelling the meanings and features of the 'Chinese characteristics' embodied in the policies of…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Institutionalist Perspectives on the Dynamics of Post-Conflict Education Reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Komatsu, Taro – Comparative Education, 2021
This study aims to outline the educational reforms that have been taking place in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) since the late 1990s and to explain the ideological and social dynamics shaping their implementation at the local level. The theoretical framework informing the analysis is in line with institutionalism, in particular three of its…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Educational Change, Social Change, Governance
PISA, Policymaking and Political Pantomime: Education Policy Referencing between England and Hong Kong
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Adamson, Bob; Forestier, Katherine; Morris, Paul; Han, Christine – Comparative Education, 2017
Since the mid-1980s, a number of East Asian societies have consistently performed well in international tests, and their education systems have emerged as models of "best practice", including Hong Kong, which has been extensively referenced by politicians and their advisers in England. In parallel, local dissatisfaction with the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
Post-Primary School Non-Academic Alternatives: A South Pacific Study.
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Hindson, Colin – Comparative Education, 1985
Compares attempts and outcomes in Fiji junior secondary schools and in Kiribati community high schools to provide alternative schooling of either vocational or local/practical orientation. Focuses on nature of educational decision-making process and influence of public pressures on planners and politicians. Identifies new and influential factors…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Decision Making, Developing Nations