Purpose: The aim of this article is to determine the role of vocational education for the implementation of integration mechanisms for the economy's development and to determine the influence of socioeconomic factors on the integration processes of vocational education. Design/methodology/approach: The main method is a systematic approach that…

Singapore's early childhood care and education (ECCE) system has undergone significant changes in the last three decades since the government began to invest more in a traditionally all-privatised sector. Childcare centres and kindergartens, formerly overseen by two different government agencies, have been harmonised under a common legislation…

Comparative and International Education is a dynamic and growing field facing extraordinary challenges in every corner of the world. "World Education Patterns in the Global North" surveys the educational responses and new educational landscapes being developed as a consequence of powerful global forces demanding change within the Global…

This chapter provides information on the development of Vietnamese education under the influence of global forces based on the analysis of relevant education research and policies using Wolhuter's frameworks. In the process of coming up with ways to develop education in the face of different influences of globalization, besides having reactions…

Metamodernism, which is used synonymous with post-postmodernism or neo-modernism, has come forward in response to postmodernism and the emerged crises, instabilities, and uncertainties in all areas of this epoch. Metamodernism is a perspective situated epistemologically "with" (post)modernism, ontologically "between"…

The evolution of information science education in China has changed over time. This paper studies library and information science education from the perspective of bibliometrics. Following a literature review, this research discusses the stages of library and information science education in China and concludes that China has increasingly paid…

Sustainable school development is suggested to result in both meaningful learning and enhanced well-being for those involved in the reform work. The aim of the study was to gain a better understanding of the relations between the strategies utilised in school development work, school impact of the reform and burdening in the context of curriculum…

Adversity Quotient is a person's response to overcoming obstacles or problems. Barriers experienced, and the ability to overcome these obstacles vary in each person. This study was a literature review study focusing on adversity quotient in the field of education. This study reviewed several manuscripts that concentrated on research design, type…

Based upon a discussion of the concept education and its temporal structures, this paper attempts to show how education could be seen as contributing to different forms of social and individual temporal crises prevalent in modern societies since at least the end of the 19th century. In contemplating those relations, and based on historical and…

In this article Olof Franck examines some prerequisites for the development of an emancipatory ethics education in pluralist contexts. He first formulates a platform for the examination with regard to Gert Biesta's educational philosophy, particularly with reference to perspectives on education, subjectification, and democracy, and then discusses…

This article sets out to demonstrate the considerable extent to which the New Zealand school system has become saturated by private interests, and to explain this development over time. It is the first such overview of the privatisation of schooling in the New Zealand context. The analysis illustrates that the rise of private actors has involved…

This paper is a narrative across 28 years in academic development. Four phases are described, showing how initially naïve conceptions about academic development have been addressed, enabling a growth towards a more holistic understanding of how diversity, quality assurance, and community networks can productively interface. This narrative will,…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of administration and faculty members in developing character education within public and private universities in Kuwait. It further aims to explore the value of character education in effecting the quality experience of higher education. Design/methodology/approach: The researchers…

The university is a field of science and education where knowledge is produced and transferred to the sectors, teaching is done and individuals are given a profession to use in their lives. For all of these studies, students, faculties and staffs are needed in a higher education institution. However, in order for studies in the academic field to…

In this article we (Moravej 'the nutrition lecturer' and Nerantzi 'the academic developer') outline our experience of working on a team-taught module. Both had worked together on an undergraduate module the nutrition lecturer teaches and had undertaken some research together using playful approaches to module evaluations. When the nutrition…