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Direct linkPostiglione, Gerard A. – Comparative Education Review, 2009
This article provides background on the education of ethnic minorities in China, as well as education in Tibet, and is followed by a review of the origin and development of boarding schools for Tibetan students. The article also examines the experiences and reflections of Tibetan students and their families. Data are partially derived from the…
Descriptors: Oral History, Boarding Schools, Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewedCorby, Richard A. – Comparative Education Review, 1990
Sierra Leone's Bo School was established in 1906 by British colonial officials to educate chiefs' sons for subordinate positions. Nevertheless, the school contributed to creation of the postindependence ruling class. Enrollment, curriculum, student life, responsibilities of British and African teachers, and alumni networks are examined. Contains…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Colonialism, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCookson, Peter W., Jr.; Persell, Caroline H. – Comparative Education Review, 1985
Elite secondary boarding schools educate and socialize students from socially elite backgrounds in ways that reflect the different characters of English and American society. Observations and interviews in 5 English and 12 American elite schools focused on leadership styles; discipline; curriculum; teaching style; and the structure of…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Comparative Analysis, Group Membership, Hidden Curriculum
Pohl, Florian – Comparative Education Review, 2006
Since the events of September 11, 2001, Islamic institutions of learning have received much attention. Indonesia's "pesantren" (Islamic boarding schools) have been increasingly described as fostering radicalism and violent militancy, particularly in light of purported links between a few of the country's "pesantren" and some of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Islam, Ethnography, Boarding Schools
Peer reviewedNkinyangi, John A. – Comparative Education Review, 1982
Examines two policy interventions meant to improve educational opportunity to less privileged Kenyans: the so-called abolition of school fees in primary schools and institution of primary boarding schools in arid and semiarid areas. Finds that these and related government policies were in fact both cause and effect of educational failure. (BRR)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Access to Education, Boarding Schools, Comparative Education
Peer reviewedStambach, Amy – Comparative Education Review, 1998
Among the Chaggas on Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), "too much schooling" is believed to drive students, particularly girls, to the brink of madness. Fieldwork investigated culturally embedded attitudes toward education and the social development of young men and women, focusing on maintenance of family relations, single-sex isolation in…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Cultural Context, Culture Conflict, Educational Attitudes
