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Ross, Kenneth N., Ed.; Genevois, Ilona Jurgens, Ed. – International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO, 2006
There has been a worldwide growth of interest among governments and international agencies in cross-national studies of the quality of education. However, such studies require careful planning, and have far-reaching implications for all concerned. Ministries of education should only become involved if they are prepared to actively engage in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Educational Planning
Morrissett, Irving, Ed.; Williams, Ann M., Ed. – 1981
Fifteen articles (and four synthesis chapters) compare and contrast objectives, practices, and problems of social/political education in the United States, Great Britain, and West Germany. Social/political education is interpreted to include that area of pre-university teaching referred to in the United States most often as social studies or…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives
Wright, Andrew; And Others – 1996
Three papers on the outlook for second language teaching and learning introduce the conference on second language curriculum and evaluation. "My Story of Language Teaching" (Andrew Wright) describes a variety of personal and professional experiences in the course of 50 years of language teaching, each highlighting emerging social values…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Educational Change
Coffman, William E., Ed. – 1973
The conference, dedicated to E.F. Lindquist, focused on three areas in which E.F. Lindquist pioneered: the development of tests of educational achievement, design and analysis techniques in educational research, and an application of electronic data processing to educational problems. Two of the papers are about the contributions to measurement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Stubblefield, Harold, Comp. – 1985
These proceedings contain 15 papers presented at a conference that included three general sessions and concurrent sessions for task forces on international adult education, computers, research, instructional improvement, self-directed learning, human resources development, and theory building. Some papers appear only as summarized versions. Titles…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Comparative Education
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1980
A report of the World Health Organization (WHO) Working Group on the Training of Senior Public Health Administrators is presented. The working group met to review programs for specialized, advanced, and continuing training of senior public health administrators. WHO activities leading up to the working group and WHO's present policy and activities…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Administrators
Unwin, Derick, Ed. – 1979
Papers from the 1979 conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, whose theme was the promotion of higher education research and development, are presented. Specific topics were staff development in higher education, field experience, assessment and evaluation, teaching methods and curriculum design, and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Ability
Lauterbach, Uwe, Ed.; Sellin, Burkart, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 32 papers from a conference on balance and perspectives in comparative vocational education and training (VET) research in Europe. Selected papers are as follows: "On the Path to Vocational Training Research with a European Dimension" (Oliver Lubke, Klaus Schedler, Alphonse de Vadder); "The Val Duchesse Social…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Continuing Education