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Eddy D. Asiedu; Joseph R. Feinberg – Journal of International Social Studies, 2024
This article provides a chronological analysis of the historical development of social studies in Ghana with a focus on the impact of international donor agencies. The influence of donor agencies on the introduction and implementation of social studies in the Ghanaian general education curriculum shows that post-colonial countries struggle with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Donors, Postcolonialism
Jonathan Maitre – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research traced the history of mathematics education in Haitian secondary schools from 1935 until 2015. While there is not much explicit historical evidence of how mathematics education evolved in Haiti, its development gave some insight into the history of mathematics education in a Caribbean country with a colonial past. One might ask,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational History, Colonialism, Foreign Countries
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Sultmann, W.; Lamb, J.; Hall, D.; Borg, G. – British Journal of Religious Education, 2022
Teachers (n = 125) and students (n = 1478) evaluated a trial RE curriculum in Australia using an online survey. Results showed that teachers rated the curriculum significantly more highly than students. Type and size of school influenced teacher and student perceptions. Four conclusions were drawn: The trial RE curriculum was positively received…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students
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Bouw, Erica; Zitter, Ilya; de Bruijn, Elly – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2021
This study focuses on the school-work connection from the perspective of curriculum design. The aim was to uncover considerations underpinning the design of learning environments in vocational education. The research took place in the Netherlands. A focus group methodology was chosen to elicit designers' considerations, which generally remain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Design, Vocational Education, Educational Development
Gudith, Jeannie A. – Online Submission, 2022
The topic of this scholarly research is "Examining a Framework for Starting a K-12 Private School; Varying Modalities of Applying the Framework." Starting a private school requires a great deal of critical-thinking, knowledge-seeking, and decision making. There are numerous factors to consider before starting a private school, which the…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Private Schools
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Martínez-Morales, Ignacio; Marhuenda-Fluixá, Fernando – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2020
In this study, we argue that vocational education and training in Spain have increased their status and value over the past four decades at a steady and consistent pace. This pace has been perhaps too slow for the wishes of some but has been properly grounded on a wide consensus among all involved stakeholders (companies, union representatives and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Development, Educational History
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Yao, Jian-Xin; Guo, Yu-Ying – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
China initiated a new round of science curriculum reform in 2017. Using the tripartite curriculum framework (including policy, programmatic, and classroom curriculum), we introduce and analyse China's policy curriculum and programmatic curriculum for science in primary school and senior high school, and describe the potential problems hindering…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Competence, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development
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Martinache, Igor – Journal of Social Science Education, 2018
Purpose: This article aims at presenting the original design of the teaching of Economic and Social Sciences (SES) in the French High School and at demonstrating that the issue of pluralism lies at the core of the various controversies surrounding it since its creation. Approach: This article is based on more than 40 interviews with SES teachers…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Social Sciences, Cultural Pluralism, High Schools
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McKenna, Sioux; Hlengwa, Amanda; Quinn, Lynn; Vorster, Jo-Anne – Teaching in Higher Education, 2022
Much academic development work, whether it be student, academic staff, institutional or curriculum development, is undertaken from an affirmative rather than a transformative approach (Luckett, L., and S. Shay. 2020. "Reframing the Curriculum: A Transformative Approach." "Critical Studies in Education" 61 (1): 50-65). To be…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Transformative Learning
Mark Boonshoft – ProQuest LLC, 2015
From the very founding of the United States, education's actual influence on American society has not measured up to Americans' belief in education as a vehicle of meritocracy. Shortly after the American Revolution, the lexicographer, editor, and would-be education reformer, Noah Webster noted that in the United States "The constitutions are…
Descriptors: Religion, Social Capital, United States History, Educational History
Baker, Colin – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2016
This paper details the lived experience of the author as an education consultant from the mainstream of Australian education, attempting to assist a remote Aboriginal corporation establish its own secondary school, in its own cultural context on its own land. It is about the experience of an Anglo Australian servant of an Aboriginal corporation.…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Corporations, Secondary Schools
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Omorog, Challiz D. – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2020
An empirical study using descriptive-quantitative methods was conducted to investigate this hypothesis and examine the appropriateness of the framework components on the potential offering of an academic program at Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges (CSPC). The Identify, Determine, Assess and Establish (IDAE) model provided strategies and results…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Educational Development, Decision Making, Models
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Chang Rundgren, Shu-Nu; Rundgren, Carl-Johan – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Based on the EU FP 7 project, PROFILES, this article presents our findings from a three-round Delphi study conducted in Sweden that aimed at establishing a consensus on how science education should be developed for citizens to enhance civic scientific literacy. A total of 100 stakeholders (9th graders, school teachers, scientists, and science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Delphi Technique, Science Education
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Stoten, David William – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
The sixth-form college sector is often marginalised in policy and academic discourse, where the much larger school and further education sectors dominate. This paper sets out to describe the sector's key features, assess its position within the wider education system and consider its future in an increasingly competitive education market. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Secondary Schools, Secondary Education, Educational Development
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Burridge, Peter; Carpenter, Cathryn – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
Development of pedagogies within schools that inform adolescent learning has been an ongoing struggle within education systems. A novel approach to this issue was taken by the Non Government Organisation (NGO) "Evolve" based in Victoria, Australia, who worked in partnership with disadvantaged secondary schools to develop a multi-faceted…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Teaching Methods
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