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Direct linkDempster, Edith R. – Science & Education, 2020
The paper reports a study that used a Bernsteinian analysis in order to investigate the association between higher primary science curriculum and social equity in four contrasting socioeconomic contexts: British Columbia (Canada), Singapore, South Africa and Kenya. The official science curriculum of each jurisdiction was analysed in terms of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Socioeconomic Influences, Context Effect, Correlation
Download full textdu Plessis, Hendrik Abraham; Steenkamp, Danielle – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
This research focused on the structure for teaching as a component of the education systems of South Africa and India. India and South Africa form part of the BRICS grouping, and BRICS have set out certain development goals about quality education. This qualitative interpretive study utilised relevant documents from India and South Africa that…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Quality, Educational Development, Educational Policy
dos Santos, Roberta Alvarenga; Paulista, Cássio Rangel; da Hora, Henrique Rego Monteiro – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2023
The demand for in-depth studies on educational data presupposes the application of technologies that allow data analysis of vast quantities, and subsequently, drawing relevant information and knowledge. The research objective herein is to employ data mining techniques on PISA databases to identify potential patterns that may explain the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Sini, Barbara; Muzzulini, Barbara; Schmidt, Susanna; Tinti, Carla – Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The authors compare school motivation in Kenya and Italy, two countries that differ in terms of socioeconomic conditions, structure of the school system, and access to education. Free primary education is indeed a recent attainment for Kenyan students. The participants, 449 Kenyan and 480 Italian students, 9-14 years old and attending Grades 4-8,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Student Motivation, Elementary School Students
Gok, Enes; Weidman, John C. – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2015
This article explored the contribution of Asia Pacific Education Review (APER) to expanding the scope of research on comparative and international education in Asia. We developed a rubric based on extensive studies (Rust et al. in "Comp Educ Rev," 43(1):86-109, 1999; Foster et al. in "Int J Educ Dev" 32:711-732, 2012) of…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, International Education, Periodicals, Educational Research
Zhao, Ningning; Valcke, Martin; Desoete, Annemie; Burny, Elise; Imbo, Ineke – Educational Psychology, 2014
The present paper investigates differences in the process of mastering the four basic arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) between Flemish and Chinese children from Grade 3 till Grade 6 (i.e. from 8 to 11 years old). The results showed, firstly, that Chinese students outperformed Flemish students in each grade…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Arithmetic
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2015
The February 2015 American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) "60 Second Survey" asked respondents to identify whether or not their institution offers distance education, and if so, to answer additional questions about distance education course practices. The survey received 838 unique institutional…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Practices, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries
Lam, Shui-fong; Jimerson, Shane; Shin, Hyeonsook; Cefai, Carmel; Veiga, Feliciano H.; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Polychroni, Fotini; Kikas, Eve; Wong, Bernard P. H.; Stanculescu, Elena; Basnett, Julie; Duck, Robert; Farrell, Peter; Liu, Yi; Negovan, Valeria; Nelson, Brett; Yang, Hongfei; Zollneritsch, Josef – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: A comprehensive understanding of the contextual factors that are linked to student engagement requires research that includes cross-cultural perspectives. Aims: This study investigated how student engagement in school is associated with grade, gender, and contextual factors across 12 countries. It also investigated whether these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Learner Engagement, Cross Cultural Studies
Piedrafita, Sonia – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2016
Reading, writing and literature, mathematics, natural sciences and foreign languages are recognised as core subjects in all European countries. But how much time do students spend on those subjects at school, and how much does this instruction time vary across countries? This report provides information about the recommended minimum instruction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Time Factors (Learning), Compulsory Education, Instruction
Podges, J. M.; Kommers, P. A. M.; Winnips, K.; van Joolingen, W. R. – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
This study, undertaken at the Walter Sisulu University of Technology (WSU) in South Africa, describes how problem-based learning (PBL) affects the first year 'analog electronics course', when PBL and the lecturing mode is compared. Problems were designed to match real-life situations. Data between the experimental group and the control group that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Engineering Education, Problem Based Learning
Baidak, Nathalie; Ubaghs, James – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2015
Since 2010, annually updated data on instruction time has been available on the Eurydice website. Given the great similarities between the two data collections, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Eurydice networks have decided to produce one single data collection tool and conjointly manage the data collection on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Time Factors (Learning), Compulsory Education, Instruction
Dalton, Benjamin – Comparative Education Review, 2012
This article examines how international differences in age-grade distributions and grade effects contribute to science scores among 27 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries. As shown in the 2006 Program for International Student Assessment, countries vary substantially in the grade distribution of 15-year-olds. The costs…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Comparative Testing
Owings, William A.; Kaplan, Leslie S.; Volman, Monique – Journal of Education Finance, 2015
Using an equity perspective, this article compares the education systems of the United States and the Netherlands. Existing data examining student demographics, the organizational structures, curricula, funding, and student outcomes are examined. The Netherlands appears to be getting a "bigger bang for their buck." We make the case that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Equal Education, Educational Practices
Comparative Education Review, 2015
The 2014 "Comparative Education Review" bibliography of refereed journal articles on topics relevant to comparative and international education covers all 12 months in 2014 and includes 3,389 entries--a full 30 percent increase over the set of references assembled in the 2013 bibliography. They are drawn from 280 refereed journals, both…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, International Education, Bibliographies, Journal Articles
Ainley, John, Ed.; Schulz, Wolfram, Ed.; Friedman, Tim, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) is the largest international study of civic and citizenship education ever conducted. Over 140,000 Grade 8 students, 62,000 teachers, and 5,300 school principals from 38 countries participated in this study. Among these were five from Asia, 26 from Europe, six from Latin America, and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, National Curriculum, International Education, Regional Characteristics
