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Direct linkElla Daniel; Sharon Arieli; Liat Akerman – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
School vision statements articulate an aspired future state for the school, highlighting its ideals, purpose, and unique aspects to direct behavior and promote motivation and commitment among stakeholders. This paper investigates vision statements of schools as artifacts expressing the values emphasized by schools, drawing on organizational…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Institutional Mission, Position Papers, Values
VanderDussen Toukan, Elena – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2018
In this article, I pose the question of what constructs of 'global citizenship education' are being mobilized by key international actors. I undertake a comparative analysis of three key United Nations (UN) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) documents that have emerged in the past 5 years to frame the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Global Education, Citizenship Education, International Organizations
Bialik, Gadi; Merhav, Ortal – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2020
An in-depth understanding of field-level educational school goals and educational leadership action trajectories as embodied and represented in school vision "content" is of scholarly and practical importance. This is even more true in an era of expanding social pluralism and rising school autonomy owing to the leadership and policy…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Strategic Planning, Instructional Leadership, Institutional Autonomy
Leal Filho, Walter; Brandli, Luciana Londero; Becker, Deisi; Skanavis, Constantina; Kounani, Aristea; Sardi, Chrysoula; Papaioannidou, Dimitra; Paço, Arminda; Azeiteiro, Ulisses; de Sousa, Luiza Olim; Raath, Schalk; Pretorius, Rudi Wessel; Shiel, Christine; Vargas, Valeria; Trencher, Gregory; Marans, Robert W. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: There is a widely held belief that sustainable development (SD) policies are essential for universities to successfully engage in matters related to sustainability, and are an indicator of the extent to which they are active in this field. This paper aims to examine the evidence which currently exists to support this assumption. It…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Universities, School Policy
Download full textKumi, Asamoah Moses; Seidu, Abarichie Adamu – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
This article examines some selected Educational Policies of First and Second Cycle Institutions in Ghana and Burkina Faso, in comparison with that of the UK and US. The purpose of the study is to itemise the commonalities and differences in Educational Policies of both developed (UK and US) and developing countries (Ghana and Burkina Faso) in…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
Meleta, Fufa E.; Zhang, Weizhong – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The main objective of this study is to compare the process of the senior secondary school mathematics curricula development in Ethiopia and Australia. The study was investigated qualitatively with document analysis and semi-structured interview research methods. The documents were collected from Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Comparative Analysis, Secondary School Mathematics
Chapple, Julian – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2015
Primary schooling, where the majority of students start learning formally about social interaction and civic expectations, reflects much about a nations' approach to education and the goals for their citizens. After a brief comparison of the purpose of education in both New Zealand and Japan, through the use of textual and content analysis, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Mission, Position Papers, Public Schools
Malechwanzi, J. Muthiani; Shen, Hong; Mbeke, Caroline – Cogent Education, 2016
This paper traces the development and current situations of higher education in China and Kenya. This paper calls for rethinking on how to address increasing demand for access and quality through creating a conducive environment for learning and researching for both students and faculties. The paper presents a comparative study where China has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
James, Chris; Connolly, Michael; Brammer, Steve; Fertig, Mike; James, Jane; Jones, Jeff – School Leadership & Management, 2014
In England, governing bodies continue to be responsible for the conduct of publicly funded schools. This article compares the governing of publicly funded primary schools (for 5-11 year olds) and secondary schools (for 11-18 year olds). The research analysed policy documents and the governing of 16 primary and 14 secondary schools. The main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Elementary Secondary Education, School Administration
Rapp, Stephan – School Leadership & Management, 2012
This research seeks to look at the effect of the new Swedish training programme for head teachers by comparing it with the previous national training programme and does so primarily through an analysis of documents and texts that served to underpin the two different programmes. To put the Swedish teacher-training programme in an international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Education, Leadership Training
Wenbin, Hu – Chinese Education and Society, 2012
This article reviews the education reform and development footprints in China by analyzing four key education policy documents in the past three decades. The conclusion is that the reform and development of China's educational establishment have provided excellent support for the operations of China's political and economic systems. The reality is…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy
Stemler, Steven E.; Bebell, Damian; Sonnabend, Lauren Ann – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2011
Purpose: Efforts to compare schools nationally tend to focus on educational outcomes (e.g., test scores), yet such an approach assumes that schools are homogeneous with regard to their overall purpose. In fact, few studies have attempted to systematically compare schools with regard to their primary aims or mission. The present study attempts to…
Descriptors: High Schools, Institutional Mission, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
Li, Xin; Yan, Wenfan – Online Submission, 2012
This study followed the comparative research mode of description, interpretation, juxtaposition and comparison. Based on the literatures and data collected on the topic, the paper compared and analyzed the past, present and future of APTHS (academic proficiency test for high schools) in the two countries. Some contemplations on the common issues…
Descriptors: High Schools, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
Sorto, M. Alejandra – School Science and Mathematics, 2011
The purpose of the study reported herein was to identify the important aspects of statistical knowledge that students in the middle school grades in United States are expected to learn as well as what the teachers are expected to teach. A systematic study of 49 states standards and one set of national standards was used to identify these important…
Descriptors: National Standards, Data Analysis, Statistics, Academic Standards
Kuenssberg, Sally – Quality in Higher Education, 2011
This article investigates what the current mission statements of the 20 Scottish universities reveal about their aims and priorities in the challenging environment of higher education. It traces the origins and use of corporate mission statements and their transfer into United Kingdom higher education and then demonstrates how researchers have…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Institutional Mission, Educational Objectives
