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Sider, Steve; Morvan, Jhonel; Börner, Megan – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023
This article provides a case study to examine a partnership involving Haitian and Canadian organisations to address Sustainable Development Goal 4, Quality Education, and Sustainable Development Goal 17, Partnerships. Data collection included interviews with leaders of a professional development initiative for teachers in northern Haiti,…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Partnerships in Education, Educational Quality, Case Studies
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Davidson, Petrina M.; Dzotsinedze, Nino; Park, Maureen F.; Wiseman, Alexander W. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
The 50-year anniversary of "Compare" creates a moment to reflect on the trends and status of the journal itself and where it is situated in the field of comparative and international education. This article presents an examination of "Compare's" articles to consider how the contents have reflected trends and changes in CIE. The…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Comparative Education, Trend Analysis, International Education
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Schaub, Maryellen; Kim, Hyerim; Jang, Deok-Ho; Baker, David P. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
In this Forum the authors suggest that a growing intensity of contradictory public and private interests in education is a persistent force in education development stemming from the increasing centrality of education in contemporary society. Contrasting South Korea's effective policies ensuring equality of educational opportunity with its…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Policy Analysis, Politics of Education
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Hansen, Petteri; Wallenius, Tommi; Juvonen, Sara; Varjo, Janne – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
Throughout history educational leaders have looked to other countries and have attempted to learn by borrowing useful examples to implement in their own educational systems. As recent comparative policy research shows, processes of policy lending and borrowing have their own socio-historically defined dynamics. In this paper, the authors approach…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Policy, Cross Cultural Studies, Specialists
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Wolhuter, C. C. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2017
The aim of this lead article of this special issue of "Compare" is to assess the value of Jullien's vision for the field of comparative and international education today. The life, writings and ideas of Jullien are sketched, followed by a survey of the path of development of the field since the time of Jullien. In view of the exigencies…
Descriptors: International Education, Comparative Education, Intellectual History, Change Agents
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Addey, Camilla – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
This paper seeks to further conceptualise participation in International Large-Scale Assessment (ILSA) as a global ritual of belonging and apply it to understand the appeal of PISA for Development (PISA-D) in Ecuador and Paraguay. The paper develops the theoretical underpinnings of the global ritual of belonging through policy borrowing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Vong, Sou Kuan; Yu, Wai Ming – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2018
Consequences of competition for global university rankings, such as changes in funding modes, have been extensively discussed in the field of higher education. However, few studies have reviewed its implications on knowledge production. This study provides a contextualised method for theorising the implications of this competition on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Teacher Education, Universities
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Cardoso, Manuel; Steiner-Khamsi, Gita – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2017
The authors examine indicator research over three periods and discuss shifts in policy usage over time. The study compares influential actors that reflect discursive shifts in how, and for what purpose, indicators were used: (1) Jullien de Paris, (2) faculty at Teachers College at Columbia University in the early-twentieth century (notably Paul…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Educational Indicators, Educational Research, Educational Trends
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Sayed, Yusuf; Davies, Lynn; Hardy, Mike; Arani, Abbas Madandar; Kakia, Lida; Bano, Masooda – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2011
The above title was suggested by the editors of this journal as being an interesting topic for a forum. It is indeed a valuable one to explore, in that while there has been extensive writing on various connections between security, religion and education (e.g. Apple 2004; Griffin 2006; Merry 2007; Davies 2008), situating this within comparative…
Descriptors: Religion, National Security, Educational Development, Comparative Education
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Souto-Otero, Manuel; Ure, Odd Bjorn – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2012
Coherence of national education and training systems is increasingly tabled in European policy debates. Leaning on literature about the emergence and consolidation of national education systems, this article explores the rationale for VET reforms in Norway and Spain by scrutinising attempts to strengthen the coherence of their VET systems.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Governance, Educational Development
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Gallwey, Susan Kresky; Wilgus, Gay – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
This study examines how various components of a school-linking programme between Ireland and South Africa either support Development Education's goal of sustainable, equitable partnerships that enable mutual learning between Northern and Southern countries or, instead, promote power imbalances that reify stereotypic images of weak, needy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Ethnography, Educational Development
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Parajuli, Mahesh Nath; Wagley, Mana Prasad – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
Relation between education and development has been recognized in Nepal since the beginning of planned development efforts and the modern schooling at mass level. Both were initiated during 1950s. Beginning of Development Studies in MPhil and PhD in Education in School of Education, Kathmandu University focused exploring such relationships in a…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Economic Development
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Sayed, Yusuf; Sprague, Terra; Turner, David; Smith, Alan; Paulson, Julia; Shields, Robin; Shrestha, Purna Kumar; Unterhalter, Elaine; Vaughan, Rosie Peppin; Smail, Amy; Tungaraza, Frida; Sutherland, Margaret; Stack, Niamah; Barrett, Angeline M.; Bunwaree, Vasant K.; Alhawsawi, Sajjad; Hanna, Helen; Soudien, Crain; Motivans, Albert – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
As the 2015 target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, there are a growing number of processes, preparations and debates on what a post-2015 agenda and framework will look like. The United Nations Development Group (UNDG) (as chaired by the United Nations Development Programme) is leading the planning of efforts…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Equal Education
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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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Silfver, Ann-Louise – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
This article reflects on gender mainstreaming policies post Beijing and their impact on development cooperation and relations between the Global North and Global South. The analysis is based on an examination of gender equality politics in Sweden, their connection with an interpretation of gender mainstreaming and the application of this approach…
Descriptors: Social Change, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues
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