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Alviar-Martin, Theresa; Ho, Li-Ching – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
This qualitative study attends to six Singaporean teachers' experiences of diversity and understanding of multicultural education to illuminate the influence of national policies and narratives on teachers' perceptions and practice. These cases illustrate that, beyond reflection on identity and diversity, there is a need for teachers to examine…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Cultural Pluralism
Shrom, Timothy J.; Hartman, William – Educational Considerations, 2014
The purpose of this article was to present the results of a study that analyzed Pennsylvania local school boards' taxing authority, pre- and post-enactment of Special Session Act 1, "The Taxpayer Relief Act," in 2006, in terms of its percent share of school districts' total budget in order to better understand the impact of the new…
Descriptors: School Taxes, Boards of Education, School Districts, Pretests Posttests
Sawhill, Isabel; Goldrick-Rab, Sara – Education Next, 2014
Ensuring college access amid rising tuition costs has hovered near the top of the nation's education agenda for years. Facing heightened concern about the student debt burden and disappointing college graduation rates, policymakers are hungry for fresh ideas. Federal Pell Grants, the primary means for subsidizing college tuition for…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Grants, Federal Aid, Educational Policy
Exley, Beryl; Chan, Mui Yoke, – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2014
In various parts of the world, Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples are actively working towards Reconciliation. In Australia, the context in which we each undertake our work as educationalists and researchers, the Reconciliation agenda has been pushed into schools and English teachers have been called on to share responsibility for facilitating…
Descriptors: Conflict, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, English Curriculum
LeCompte, Margaret D. – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2014
This article describes how different constituencies in a major research university tried to initiate change despite disagreements over common goals, norms and principles. The context was a culture war. The university administration wanted to impose a corporatising and privatising philosophy which it felt was crucial to preserving the university's…
Descriptors: Research Universities, College Faculty, College Administration, Governance
Lubienski, Christopher – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
Recent reforms in England's education system have been justified on the grounds that other countries have pursued similar approaches to education reform. Many such policies that by-pass or otherwise diminish meso-level institutions demonstrate a commitment to the idea of devolving authority to local actors. The current reforms in England and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Governance
State Political Culture, Higher Education Spending Indicators, and Undergraduate Graduation Outcomes
Heck, Ronald H.; Lam, Wendy S.; Thomas, Scott L. – Educational Policy, 2014
Issues concerning higher education today (e.g., rising costs, declining public trust, changing state economics) have created new demands for postsecondary institutions to demonstrate their productivity. We examine whether differences in states' political cultures (i.e., underlying traditions, values, and public policy choices) are reflected…
Descriptors: State Policy, Politics of Education, Higher Education, Educational Finance
Su, Chien-Ling – Chinese Education and Society, 2014
The promotion of sex/gender equity education in Taiwan was initiated by a women's movement group, the Awakening Foundation in the late 1980s. In 1997, it became a policy in education. The passage of the Gender Equity Education Act in 2004 was a major milestone. At present, although gender equity education has been essentially institutionalized,…
Descriptors: Nongovernmental Organizations, Public Agencies, Gender Issues, Sex Education
Schostak, John – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
The paper explores pedagogies of surveillance and counter pedagogies of radical democracy and co-operative practice and their implications for continuing professional development (CPD). Teachers have had to respond to an increasing naturalisation of surveillance in schools. However, this naturalisation can be countered by drawing upon the emergent…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Educational Practices, Teacher Education, Democratic Values
Zhao, Wanxia – ProQuest LLC, 2014
In the process of China's transformation from a socialist to a post-socialist society, China's entire system of education has experienced breathtaking expansion and reform. In this context, first-tier universities increasingly accept students from more financially well off backgrounds. While second-tier universities are inclined to accept more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Educational Change, Higher Education
Agboola, Alex; Tsai, Kaun Chen – European Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Character education is a growing discipline with the deliberate attempt to optimize students' ethical behavior. The outcome of character education has always been encouraging, solidly, and continually preparing the leaders of tomorrow. The promotion of character education should not just a leap service but has an action plan for practice. In order…
Descriptors: Values Education, Definitions, Educational History, Context Effect
Pagnucco, Nicholas D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation studies the organization of adjunct instruction within Departments of English and Mathematics at three colleges--a public research university, a private masters granting teaching college, and a public community college. Four questions lie at the core of this project. First, what higher principles and standards of evaluation (i.e.…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, English Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Research Universities
Afsari, Ali; Sattar, Reza – Online Submission, 2012
Sport and physical education has been changed in Iran regarding historical, social, political, and economical and managerial changes, situation of political and natural geography, religion, social, and political movements. Sport and physical education, as one of elements affecting individual and social life of Iranian people in the history (Javid,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Islam, Foreign Countries, Athletics
Online Education: The Impact of Economics and Politics on Teachers' Situationally Constrained Choice
Smith, Rhianan E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Online education has been increasing at an astounding rate, and advocates contend this trend will transform schooling as we know it. The current research has been centered on the student outcomes in online education. However, this myopic focus on outcomes underestimates the broader systemic factors that may be driving the implementation and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Web Based Instruction, Higher Education, Budgets
Gill, Wanda E. – Online Submission, 2012
The report includes racial and gender demographic data at the Department of Education [ED] during the Obama administration at the SES [Senior Executive Service] and specific grade levels for Pay period 11 in the year 2012. The report compares this racial and gender demographic data with a pay period towards the end of the George W. Bush…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Public Agencies, Education, Presidents