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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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Steiner-Khamsi, Gita; Dugonjic-Rodwin, Leonora – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018
This article examines a particular type of public-private partnership (PPP) that is rarely studied in comparative educational policy studies: one in which a government funds privately run international schools. The aim of this PPP is to enrich and thereby improve the regular curriculum or to the quality of education in "public schools."…
Descriptors: International Schools, Educational Cooperation, International Cooperation, Accreditation (Institutions)
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Conway, Paul F.; Murphy, Rosaleen – Irish Educational Studies, 2013
This paper examines the emergence of new accountabilities in teaching and teacher education in Ireland in the 15 years period 1997-2012. Framing accountability in terms of the three main approaches to it globally in education systems, that is, compliance with regulations, adherence to professional norms and attainment of results/outcomes, we…
Descriptors: Accountability, Teacher Education, Global Education, Foreign Countries