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van der Hijden, Peter; Martin, Michaela – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2023
Several concurrent trends are increasing the likelihood that short courses, microcredentials, and flexible learning pathways will become a regular and even dominant feature of education and training globally. This policy paper reflects on these trends with special reference to the post-secondary education sector, and explores ways to organize…
Descriptors: Program Length, Microcredentials, Guided Pathways, Educational Policy
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Zoltán Hermann; Dániel Horn – Education Economics, 2023
The paper studies a unique education reform that decreased the length of secondary-level vocational education from 4 to 3 years, reducing the time spent on general subjects while keeping the time spent on vocational training. We use a difference-in-difference strategy by comparing reformed schools with early adopters before and after the reform.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Secondary School Students, Job Skills
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Reid Bailey – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2024
Increase in short-term programs is one of the biggest shifts in study abroad over the past twenty years. With prior research in this area showing many positive but also mixed impacts, skepticism persists about the ability of short-term study abroad to change students' views on cultural differences. The aim of this study is to characterize if and…
Descriptors: Program Length, Study Abroad, Educational Change, Student Mobility
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Keyu Zhai; Kang Cao – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2025
Although there is an abundance of research on international students' study and life experiences in the receiving countries and their post-study labour market outcomes in the sending countries, the motivations to study in a specific country have rarely been studied. Based on the theoretically grounded analysis, this article aims to explore the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Foreign Students, Student Mobility
Francis Edmond Dechert – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Faculty who teach at the college level are often responsible for their own pedagogical training and development, and leading a short-term study abroad program may be one strategy for helping faculty with this development. This study explores the experiences of faculty who have led short-term study abroad programs and provides insight into how the…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, College Faculty, Educational Opportunities, Educational Change
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Innabi, Hanan; Emanuelsson, Jonas – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2021
This study presents a case of a problem that did not originate in theory but rather ended in theory. It addresses the issue of the prevalent, traditional public view of the nature of mathematics and that of its teaching and learning that might hamper mathematics reform. In this study, we present a five-day professional development programme that…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Role Perception
Whistle, Wesley – New America, 2021
The collapse of good labor market opportunities for workers without a college degree is the elephant in the room in higher education policy discussions today. A high school diploma no longer provides a guarantee of financial security, let alone opens the door to the middle class. In response, some lawmakers and advocates have introduced a host of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Nontraditional Education, Program Length
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Amanda J. Nguyen; Jacqueline Hersh; Lydia Beahm; Lora Henderson Smith; Courtney Newman; Katelyn Birchfield; Kurt Michael; Catherine P. Bradshaw – School Mental Health, 2024
Background: Educators in rural schools are uniquely situated to address youth mental health disparities, yet often face challenges in delivering mental health supports. This paper describes the process of adapting the evidence-based Coping Power program, a small group prevention program for youth with aggressive behavior problems, to be a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Program Length
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Lewis, Ingrid; Corcoran, Su Lyn; Juma, Said; Kaplan, Ian; Little, Duncan; Pinnock, Helen – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2019
Interest in inclusive education in the global south has grown significantly since the adoption of the Salamanca Statement in 1994. Increasingly, those who fund and provide education want to be seen taking action on inclusion generally and disability inclusion specifically. However, the much-welcomed enthusiasm to respond to global commitments is…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Quality, Inclusion, Sustainability
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Gurmu, Tesfaye Gemechu – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2020
The study is an explanatory qualitative research that seeks to investigate the processes of Ethiopian primary school principals' selection and training for professionalising principals. The participants are seven faculty members, 11 school principals and five education officials. Data are collected through semi-structured interview, focus group…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Administration, Principals, Foreign Countries
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Oldfield, Chrissie – Teaching Public Administration, 2017
It is becoming apparent that the environment in which Executive Masters in Public Administration programmes operate has changed dramatically in the wake of economic crisis and subsequent cuts in public spending. Changes in the funding of public sector organisations has been compounded by a broader "crisis" in the wider public sector…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Masters Programs, Educational Change, Educational Needs