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Theoneste Manishimwe; DeWayne P. Frazier; Hassan Yusuf – Discover Education, 2024
The concept of frugal innovation has gained significant traction in low middle-income countries due to its potential to contribute to sustainable development goals (SDGs). This study examines the role of universities in promoting frugal innovation and their capacity to drive socio-economic development through entrepreneurial initiatives. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Economic Development
Balme, Christopher B., Ed.; Hakib, Abdul Karim, Ed. – Online Submission, 2023
Theatre for Development is one of the most dynamic and controversial theatre movements on the global South. Emerging in Southern Africa in the 1970s to address social and economic problems using theatrical techniques, today it is taught in theatre departments across sub-Saharan Africa and employed in numerous contexts from health care to…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Financial Support
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Walter Leal Filho; Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis; Maria F. Morales; María Semitiel-García; Pedro Noguera-Méndez; Salvador Ruiz de Maya; María-del-Carmen Alarcón-del-Amo; Nuria Esteban-Lloret; María Pemartín – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: Higher education institutions (HEIs) offer courses and programmes focusing on sustainability in economics, as courses on sustainable development (SD), which examine the economic, social and environmental dimensions of SD. This paper aims to examine sustainability integration in economics degree programmes. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Economics Education, Sustainable Development, Databases
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Lin, Chinlon; Huang, Jianping; Lin, Rungtai – Education Sciences, 2021
The purpose of this study is to provide other developing countries in the region a reference on the successful design education reformation in Taiwan. The study first reviews Taiwan's economic and design development to show their interconnection with local culture and the global market. Next, the study explores Taiwan's design education…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Economic Development
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Bohonos, Jeremy; Chuma, Phenious; Lutomia, Anne N.; Henderson, Eboni W.; Pittendrigh, Barry Robert; Bello-Bravo, Julia – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2022
This paper reports on a case study that explores how the integrative model of program planning can be applied to better understand the process of mobile learning efforts in diverse African contexts. The authors discuss how, Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO), a Purdue University-based program, creates educational videos accessible in…
Descriptors: Program Development, Animation, Video Technology, International Cooperation
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Lynch, Renee; Young, Jason C; Jowaisas, Chris; Boakye-Achampong, Stanley; Sam, Joel – Applied Linguistics, 2022
This study investigates 'partnership' as a key discursive tool for extending neoliberalism in the field of international development. As a case study, it examines the language-in-use among development organizations when discussing public libraries as potential partners in Africa. Critical discourse analysis of 20 interviews with development…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Power Structure, Economic Development, Case Studies
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Hamilton, Leah; Tokpa, Lisa M. B.; McCain, Hannah; Donovan, Sarah – Journal of Social Work Education, 2023
Many American social work education programs now offer study abroad components, which provide significant advantages to students, including cross-cultural exposure, personal and professional development, and preparation for a globalizing profession. However, multiple ethical challenges are presented when North American (often White) students…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Social Media, Study Abroad, Human Dignity
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Azizuddin, Muhammad; Hossain, Akram – Teaching Public Administration, 2021
The paper aims to review public administration education in the higher education institutions in Bangladesh, and their role in ensuring modern public services. Most universities in the country offer public administration degrees; however, minimal contributions to nationbuilding have been observed. The study asks: what are the pitfalls behind this?…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Teaching Methods, Content Analysis, Case Studies
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Ogwang, Tom Henry – Curriculum Journal, 2023
Although teacher agency is increasingly recognised by educationists in the Global South, it is not always well understood or accommodated in policy, as experienced with Universal Primary Education (UPE) reforms in Uganda. This empirical study analyses its role on the UPE reforms, the factors that shape it and its implications for curriculum…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Case Studies
Stewart, Vivien – National Center on Education and the Economy, 2015
China has the largest population and largest labor force in the world. It has been highly successful in rapidly expanding both secondary and higher education to a significant fraction of the youth cohort. However, educational opportunities and standards across China are highly uneven. China has abundant labor power, but it will need a far more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Training, Educational Opportunities
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Temple, Ludovic; Barret, Danielle; Blundo Canto, Genowefa; Dabat, Marie-Hélène; Devaux-Spatarakis, Agathe; Faure, Guy; Hainzelin, Etienne; Mathé, Syndhia; Toillier, Aurelie; Triomphe, Bernard – Research Evaluation, 2018
Over the past decade, renewed societal demands on public research have been structured by various generic issues, while others are specific to the context of developing countries. In the first part of this article, after reviewing those issues, we examine how they reshape the analytical frameworks that structure the understanding of causal…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Research, Research Utilization, Outcome Measures
Regan, Tiffany Arnett – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this descriptive case study was to identify teacher strengths and needs to create a site-specific professional development program for literacy. I was interested in studying how to identify teacher needs and strengths and explore the compatibility between teacher beliefs, current practice, and best practices in literacy. This study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Developing Nations, Case Studies
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Dempster, Monica – Journal of Religious Education, 2020
High crime rates and general issues of social dysfunction are common in developing countries. This paper, using a case study of Jamaica, shows the possibility of using moral and religious values to guide youth within the education system, with the ultimate goal of intercepting these societal issues. The recent spate of violence in Jamaica's…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Values Education, Developing Nations, Crime
Chirouf, Ahmed – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examines the relationship between higher education (HE) and economic development. Through the use of Algeria as a case study, this study specifically addresses how the Algerian economy needs to integrate HE to promote the country's competitiveness and reduce its dependency on oil. Although the country has adopted European educational…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Developing Nations, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
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Baytiyeh, Hoda – Education and Urban Society, 2018
The impacts of recurring disasters on vulnerable urban societies have been tragic in terms of destruction and fatalities. However, disaster risk education that promotes risk mitigation and disaster preparedness has been shown to be effective in minimizing the impacts of recurring disasters on urban societies. Although the recent integration of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Natural Disasters, Emergency Programs
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