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Regmi, Kapil Dev – Multicultural Education Review, 2022
Decolonization has multiple meanings and interpretations which reflect not necessarily the arbitrariness of the concept but the complex history of colonialism and the struggles that colonized people have endeavoured to carry on. The level of oppression and subjugation may vary, but there is hardly any one living in the global South (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Decolonization, Epistemology
LeVine, Robert A.; White, Merry I. – 1986
Based on anthropological and historical inquiry, this book proposes and illustrates a new approach to the comparative analysis of educational policy. It investigates cultural conceptions of human potential as they inform social and economic goals of education by reviewing the transitions of Western countries, Japan, and the People's Republic of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Developing Nations, Educational Policy

Adick, Cristel – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1991
Examines the ability of historical, comparative, educational research to interpret adequately the spread of modern schooling in developing nations. Explores the example of the 1871 Fanti-Constitution in what is now Ghana, which provided for a modern, universal school system. Urges recognition of non-European contributions to contemporary…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Developing Nations
Woodhall, Maureen – 1983
International experience with student loans as a means of financing higher education is examined, with particular reference to developing countries. After summarizing the main purposes and kinds of student loan programs and practices in developed countries, advantages and disadvantages of loans as a means of financing higher education are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Finance
Panyako, David E. M. – 1979
Africa's educational systems were developed by colonial and missionary authorities as a means to create a trained labor force with respect for European social and moral superiority. With independence, African nations were faced with selecting new objectives for their educational systems. Among the educational aims emerging are fostering national…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives
Ekanayake, S. B. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1980
Describes and evaluates a project undertaken to reform teacher training in Sri Lanka so that it would be more focused toward community development. Major successes of the program were that it helped educators understand the potential resources available at the village level and encouraged them to stress multi-disciplinary approaches toward…
Descriptors: Community Development, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Development
Rasheed, Mohammed A. – 1986
In the first section of this paper, an overview of the teaching profession in the Arab Gulf States is presented. One of the most troubling problems in this area is that education has expanded rapidly, widely, and in an unprecedented manner. This phenomena is coupled with a great shortage of teachers for all subjects and specializations. This…
Descriptors: Arabs, Developing Nations, Educational Resources, Foreign Countries

Nijim, Basheer K. – Journal of Geography, 1990
Presents a lesson plan designed to teach about variations in infant mortality and life expectancy in the Arab world, to identify the concept of spatial correlation, and to learn the location of Arab countries. Includes oil exports as a variable. Discusses methods of data and map interpretation. (RW)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Developing Nations, High Schools, Higher Education
Schroder, Sherrie Brownstein – 1986
The twentieth century has been an era of rapid, world-wide industrialization. Very little is known about the psychological impact of this process, and traditional assessment methods which universalize Western values are largely inappropriate. A prime example of universalizing Western characteristics is Inkeles' and Smith's popular Modernity Scales…
Descriptors: Biographies, Change, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
Baker, Frederick J. – 1999
This paper provides information for the study of civic development in relation to education in Thailand. The author has spent the last 35 years as a student of Thailand. The paper is based on personal socio-anthropological observations as well as a review of literature as it pertains to value systems, civic and moral development, and education.…
Descriptors: Buddhism, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Comparative Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1979
Proceedings of a conference on improving and universalizing education in 11 Asian countries are reported. Participating countries included Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. It was found that the concept of universal education varies from country to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives
Johnson, Cheryl – 1997
This paper describes benefits gained from a Fulbright-Hays summer study program to India. Included are examples of classroom materials used to teach classes about Indian folk art: puppets, silhouettes, surface embellishment (body ornamentation) including pierced design, visual communication pins, and T-shirt logos. (EH)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Art Education, Asian Studies, Developing Nations

Amidei, Rosemary – Science Teacher, 1980
Presents the impressions of the 13-member American science education delegation to the People's Republic of China. Describes the precollege education in terms of quality, practices, extracurricular opportunities, and the new unified national curriculum. (SA)
Descriptors: Chinese, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Trips

Thomas, Anne Horsfall – Social Studies Journal, 1991
Presents a teacher's impressions of India, gathered during a Fulbright-sponsored study tour. Examines modernizing influences in the midst of traditional culture, religious cultural groups and potential religious conflict, women's status, and problems due to overpopulation. (CH)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Females, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
Appell, G. N., Ed. – 1985
Many developing nations are engaged in efforts to transform the traditional agricultural sectors of their economies into modern forms that are more closely linked to the national economy and the export market. Almost universally, the traditional rights to land of the indigenous populations are ignored. The 12 essays in this book examine the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Developing Nations, Developmental Programs, Economic Development
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