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Sarah Godsell; Bongani Shabangu; Guy Primrose – Cogent Education, 2024
Assessment remains a power nexus in Higher Education, where remnants of coloniality pool. The power that assessment holds makes it an important site for decolonisation. The purpose of this article is to present an experiment, and open a discussion, on the decolonisation of assessment. We argue that bringing assessment into the decolonisation…
Descriptors: Postcolonialism, Universities, Educational History, Power Structure
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Tierney, William G.; Sabharwal, Nidhi S. – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background/Context: Developing countries desire institutions ranked as "world-class," and want to increase postsecondary participation. Limited public monies require decisions that usually augment the welfare of one objective at the expense of another. An additional conundrum concerns the need for quality assurances. Research needs to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education
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Ishengoma, Esther; Vaaland, Terje I. – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify important university-industry linkage (UIL) activities that can stimulate the likelihood of employability among students. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 404 respondents located in Tanzania, comprising students, faculty members and employees from 20 companies operating within the oil and…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Universities, Industry, Employment Potential
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Moradi, Fatemeh; Amiripour, Parvaneh – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2017
In this study, an attempt was made to predict the students' mathematical academic underachievement at the Islamic Azad University-Yadegare-Imam branch and the appropriate strategies in mathematical academic achievement to be applied using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model. Survey research methods were used to select 91 students from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prediction, Mathematics Achievement, Low Achievement
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Al-Azawei, Ahmed; Parslow, Patrick; Lundqvist, Karsten – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Although the implementation of e-learning initiatives has reached advanced stages in developed countries, it is still in its infancy in many developing nations and the Middle East in particular. Recently, few public universities in Iraq have initiated limited attempts to use e-learning alongside traditional classrooms. However, different obstacles…
Descriptors: Barriers, Educational Opportunities, Electronic Learning, Program Implementation
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Mudavanhu, Young – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The objective of my study was to find out teacher educators' views of student teachers in developing nations using Zimbabwe as a case, what they learn and changes that occur. The study was interpretive in nature and used qualitative research methodology. Research participants were teacher educators who had left their countries to either study or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Teacher Attitudes, Student Teachers
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Ayeni, Olapade Grace; Olowe, Modupe Oluwatoyin – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Large class size is one of the problems in the educational sector that developing nations have been grappling with. Nigeria as a developing nation is no exception. The purpose of this study is to provide views of both lecturers and students on large class size and how it affects teaching and learning in tertiary institutions in Ekiti State of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Class Size, Large Group Instruction, Postsecondary Education
Iaeger, Paula Irene – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research synthesizes data and presents it using mapping software to help to identify potential site locations for community-centered higher education alternatives and more traditional junior-level colleges in Uganda. What factors can be used to quantify one site over another for the location of such an institution and if these factors can be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Community Colleges, Site Selection
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Okafor, Chinwuba Ambrose; Egbon, Osamuyimen – Higher Education Studies, 2011
Prior researches on the differences in classroom performance between male and female students show mixed results. While significant differences exist in some studies, others show no differences. Moreover, such studies were done in developed countries. This study aims to contribute to this gender discourse by using a developing country setting. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Accounting, Evidence
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Semela, Tesfaye – Higher Education Policy, 2011
The rapid quantitative growth of higher education in Ethiopia has triggered considerable concern for quality. The present paper analyses why expanding the higher education subsector took precedence over quality against the backdrop of the current Ethiopian political discourse. This article argues that the growing public demand due to globalization…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Higher Education, Global Approach
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Oredein, Afolakemi Olasumbo; Alao, Foluso Toyin – African Higher Education Review, 2010
Examining the extent at which work-family conflict and job satisfaction could predict the labour turnover intentions among lecturers, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria, as a case study, is the purpose of this study. 229 (95%) respondents out of 240 returned their copies of the questionnaire for data analysis. The results reveal that there was a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Family Work Relationship, Job Satisfaction
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Kahiigi, Evelyn Kigozi; Vesisenaho, Mikko; Hansson, Henrik; Danielson, Mats; Tusubira, F. F. – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2012
The educational culture in most developing countries is lecturer-centred with lecturers as providers of information and students as receivers of information. This approach has impacted on student's ability to seek and create knowledge to support their learning process. A collaborative learning approach that promotes students process of inquiry,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Internet, Computer Science Education
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Li, Yan; Duan, Yanqing; Fu, Zetian; Alford, Philip – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
The learner's acceptance of e-learning systems has received extensive attention in prior studies, but how their experience of using e-learning systems impacts on their behavioural intention to reuse those systems has attracted limited research. As the applications of e-learning are still gaining momentum in developing countries, such as China,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Usability, Rural Areas
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Park, Young; Moser, Franziska Zellweger – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
The goal of this research effort is to provide insights on what core needs and difficulties exist toward the implementation of ICT in higher education in emerging countries and how a consortium like LINC can best support these efforts. An exploratory research design combining a survey, on-site interviews, participant observation and document…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Data Analysis, Consortia, Developing Nations
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Schiller, Daniel; Liefner, Ingo – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2007
Most investigations into the effects of funding changes on higher education systems have been carried out in developed economies. This article focuses on the Thai higher education system, applying theoretical arguments and empirical analyses to the case of a newly industrialising country. One goal of the Thai higher education funding reform is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Developing Nations, Educational Finance
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