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Lee, Wing On; Mak, Grace C. L. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
The last three decades has witnessed a burgeoning comparative education as a field of study in Asia. In China comparative education has taken a phenomenal course from a small and relatively low-key field in search of an identity in the late 1970s to a vibrant one today with a sizable group of scholars across the country, seeking to integrate…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context
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Miske, Shirley; Meagher, Margaret; DeJaeghere, Joan – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
Following the adoption of gender mainstreaming at the Beijing Conference for Women in 1995 as a major strategy to promote gender equality and the recognition of gender analysis as central to this process, Gender and Development (GAD) frameworks have provided tools for gender analysis in various sectors. Gender mainstreaming in basic education has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Social Justice, Womens Education
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Sasaoka, Yuichi; Nishimura, Mikiko – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
This article critically reflects upon the "divides" among actors within two currently popular education policies in low-income countries: decentralisation and Universal Primary Education (UPE). Current literatures suggest that the existing decentralisation framework tends to overlook the "divides" among actors that often impede…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Governance, Foreign Countries, Accountability