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Fitriati, Sri Wuli; Rata, Elizabeth – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2021
This paper uses a study of the withdrawal of English as a medium of instruction in Indonesian schools to examine the role of language in nation-building using the sociological concept of imaginary signification. The main reason for the withdrawal is located in the tension between two main imaginary significations of the nation's identity. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Miranda, Norbella; Valencia Giraldo, Silvia – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2019
This article examines the ideologies present in Colombian official policy for English language teaching (ELT) and traces the links between governmental planning for state-funded schools and school pedagogical practices. Building on analysis of interviews with policy agents, policymakers' pronouncements, documents and classroom observations, the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Knowledge Economy
A. S. Arul Lawrence, Editor; C. Barathi, Editor; P. Pandia Vadivu, Editor – Online Submission, 2015
The Indian higher education system is facing an unprecedented transformation in the coming decade. This transformation is being driven by economic and demographic change: by 2020, India will be the world's third largest economy, with a correspondingly rapid growth in the size of its middle classes. The three central pillars of the government's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Change, Governance
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Chrystall, Steve – Policy Futures in Education, 2014
As the oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are forecast to become depleted over the next 50 to 150 years, the emirate of Abu Dhabi has set a vision to develop a knowledge economy in order to develop alternative sources of revenue in areas such as tourism, alternative energy and innovative business enterprises. Reformation of its…
Descriptors: Arabs, Western Civilization, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries