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Patterns of Difference in Understandings of Equity and Social Justice in Adult Education Policies: Comparing National Reports in International Contexts by a Lexicometric Analysis
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Breyer, Lisa – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2018
According to globalisation theories, the importance of international organisations such as UNESCO and EU regarding processes of policy-making is increasing and it is no longer the nation state alone that is regulating policy. Focusing on equity and social justice as central topics of the global discourse, the article raises the question of how…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Social Justice, Adult Education, Educational Policy
New Speakers of New and Old Languages: An Investigation into the Gap between Language Practices and Language Policy
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Spotti, Massimiliano; Kroon, Sjaak; Li, Jinling – Language Policy, 2019
This paper explores the intersection of new speakers in conditions of globalisation led mobility and it investigates the implications the phenomena may have for language policy making. It first describes two historical phases in language policy development that are closely related to a sociolinguistics of stability. In this, it criticises how…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Planning, Mandarin Chinese, Indo European Languages
Internationalisation of Higher Education and Global Mobility. Oxford Studies in Comparative Education
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Streitwieser, Bernhard, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2014
Continuous and rapid developments in global higher education today more than ever before present new questions, greater challenges, and vast new opportunities for institutions, policy makers, scholars and students alike. This book is a collection of studies and essays by many of the leading experts in international higher education who share their…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Higher Education, Student Mobility, Comparative Education
The Modernisation of European Universities: Cross-National Academic Perspectives. Higher Education Research and Policy. Volume 1
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Kwiek, Marek, Ed.; Kurkiewicz, Andrzej, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
The recent decade brought about new ways of thinking about universities. European-level educational policies became increasingly influential as the agenda of university reforms was viewed as part of greater Lisbon strategy reforms. National governments adopted the economic concept of the university consistently developed in subsequent official…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Global Policy Fellows Program: Lessons Learned
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Cunningham, Alisa F. – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2009
Throughout the world, the demand for higher education is increasing exponentially, pushed forward by the realities of a global economy and accompanied by pressure to open up opportunities for prospective students from all backgrounds. The importance of a knowledgeable, highly skilled population has become clear and many countries have made great…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Educational Policy, Partnerships in Education
The World Conservation Strategy and Environmental Education.
Nature Conservation Education Committee, Rijswijk (Netherlands). – 1981
On March 5, 1980, the "World Conservation Strategy: Living Resource Conservation for Sustainable Development" (WCS) report was submitted to the Dutch government. The Nature Conservation Education Committee (CNBE) was then asked to prepare another report based on its initial reactions to the WCS, particularly to section 13, which deals…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Developing Nations, Educational Objectives, Environmental Education