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Gross, Zehavit; Rutland, Suzanne D. – Curriculum and Teaching, 2014
The aim of this paper is to investigate the role and place of Hebrew within the Australian Jewish day schools' curriculum and to analyse the cultural factors, which contribute to the challenges Hebrew teachers face. Our findings show that there is a need to locate Modern Hebrew more centrally within the schools' organizational structure. A…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Song, Huan; Zhu, Xudong; Liu, Laura B. – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
China's national teacher honour system, initiated in 1949, is designed to recognise the academic and pedagogical performance of individual teachers and professional collectives at national, provincial, municipal, and school-based levels. This study employs grounded theory analysis to examine the phenomenon of China's teacher honour system by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Standards, Grounded Theory
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Quinn, Jocey – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2004
The "drop-out" of working-class students from universities has been identified as one of the most pressing issues for the higher education (HE) sector in the United Kingdom. This article draws on the initial findings of a major research project that explores the meanings and implications of such withdrawal from HE amongst young…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Working Class, Foreign Countries, Dropout Characteristics