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Where Science Met Policy: Governing by Indicators and the OECD's INES Programme
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Grek, Sotiria; Ydesen, Christian – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2021
Drawing on archival sources, interviews, and research literature, this article offers new insights into the making, structure and long-term effects of the International Educational Indicators (INES) programme of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The article argues that INES was crucial in setting the OECD on the…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Global Approach, Educational Policy, Scientific Research
The Effects of Health Education on Patients with Hypertension in China: A Meta-Analysis
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Xu, L. J.; Meng, Q.; He, S. W.; Yin, X. L.; Tang, Z. L.; Bo, H. Y.; Lan, X. Y. – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objective: This study collected on from all research relating to health education and hypertension in China and, with the aid of meta-analysis tools, assessed the outcomes of such health education. The analysis provides a basis for the further development of health-education programmes for patients with hypertension. Methods: Literature searches…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hypertension, Health Education, Meta Analysis
Educating Chinese Scientists to Write for International Journals: Addressing the Divide between Science and Technology Education and English Language Teaching
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Cargill, Margaret; O'Connor, Patrick; Li, Yongyan – English for Specific Purposes, 2012
As is the worldwide trend, scientists in China face strong and increasing pressure to publish their research in international peer-reviewed journals written in English. There is an acute need for graduate students to develop the required language skills alongside their scientific expertise, in spite of the distinct division currently existing…
Descriptors: Specialists, Graduate Students, Foreign Countries, Language Skills
Research on Distance Education Development in China
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Xin, Ding; Jian, Niu; Yanhui, Han – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
Distance education is among the significant fields for the application of educational technology. Distance education in China has gone through three phases, namely: correspondence-based education, radio and TV-based education and online education. This paper was based on educational technology application, and the historical, dialectic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Comparative Analysis, Scientific Research
UNESCO Science Programs: Impacts of U.S. Withdrawal and Suggestions for Alternative Interim Arrangements. A Preliminary Assessment.
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National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Office of International Affairs. – 1984
This study was conducted to provide the U.S. Department of State with an assessment of the potential impacts on science of a United States withdrawal from UNESCO and to suggest possible alternative arrangements to maintain essential U.S. scientific contacts with UNESCO-sponsored programs in case the United States were no longer a member of UNESCO…
Descriptors: Engineering, Environmental Education, Financial Support, International Programs
Single-Sex Programs: Resolving the Research Conundrum
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Salomone, Rosemary C. – Teachers College Record, 2006
In March, 2004, the federal Department of Education issued proposed Title IX regulations that promise to provide public school districts and charter school organizers considerable flexibility in establishing single-sex classes and schools. At the same time, however, as part of the No Child Left Behind Act, the Department has called for…
Descriptors: Single Sex Classes, Educational Research, Single Sex Schools, Educational Policy