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Silva, Rui da; Oliveira, Joana – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2022
The study detailed in this paper examines the role of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) in the transnational policy-making landscape in relation to African fragile and conflict-affected states. Data collection was based on content analysis of a corpus of documents -- Education Sector Plans (ESPs)/Transitional Sector Plans -- examining to…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Policy, Partnerships in Education, Conflict
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Zippel, Kathrin; Ferree, Myra Marx; Zimmermann, Karin – Gender and Education, 2016
We examine how global pressures for competitiveness and gender equality have merged into a discourse of "inclusive excellence" in the twenty-first century and shaped three recent German higher education programmes. After placing these programmes in the larger discourse about gender inequalities, we focus on how they adapt current global…
Descriptors: Competition, Sex Fairness, Standards, Foreign Countries
Miranda, Norbella; Berdugo, Martha; Tejada, Harvey – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2016
The current internationalization trends in higher education and educational language policies impel universities to plan their provision of foreign languages. Often, universities are developing language policies, redesigning their foreign language programs and seeking to foster bilingual or multilingual strategies within graduate and undergraduate…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, English (Second Language)
Global Partnership for Education, 2016
The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) addresses the most significant education challenges faced by developing countries through supporting governments to improve equity and learning by strengthening their education systems. GPE is a global fund and a partnership focused entirely on education in developing countries. The partnership has a…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Global Approach, Developing Nations, Strategic Planning
Klassen, Frank H., Ed.; Leavitt, Howard B., Ed. – 1976
This book reports on three International Council on Education for Teaching world assemblies held in Singapore, Berlin, and Washington, D.C. The report is divided into six major parts, each presenting papers pertinent to the central theme under discussion. Section one deals with policies for teacher education on the regional, national, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning, Educational Trends
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). International Inst. for Educational Planning. – 1974
Assuming that education and rural development must be correlated, this booklet defines the general thrust for rural education programs in developing countries. The 1st of 4 sections briefly describes the various aspects of rural development (emphasis on integration of agriculture, industry, transport, trade, credit, health, education, culture,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Community Involvement, Coordination
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1988
Focusing on the social aspects of new technologies, this report presents the conclusions drawn and recommendations made by a group of individual experts with wide experience in industry, labor relations, academia, or public service, who were charged with examining the potential importance of the new technologies for growth, jobs, and welfare, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Developing Nations, Educational Planning, Employment Opportunities
Jochimsen, R. – 1981
These proceedings of a conference on the development of adult education and prospects for adult education in the 1980s contain the texts of four speeches. First, the basic objectives of the conference are outlined. Presented next are reasons for taking international initiatives in adult education and measures for determining what types of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs
Groff, Warren H. – 1994
An ultimate purpose of education is human resource development to provide society with a critical mass of intellectual capital and competent workforces. To accomplish this end, leaders implement planning processes to guide policy-making, develop institutions, and allocate resources. Although new information technologies are becoming commonplace in…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Dobson, Stephan, Ed. – 2001
This document contains information from and about a world assembly on creativity and democratic governance in adult learning that was held by the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) and its partner organizations in the Caribbean. The proceedings begin with English, French, and Spanish translations of the address…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Advocacy
Westbrook, Kathleen C., Ed. – 1998
This yearbook focuses on technology, its power to improve education from within and without its boundaries, and its fiscal impacts. Eleven chapters are organized in three major sections that address: policy changes facing the global village (chapters 1-3); national and state issues (chapters 4-6); and curriculum, training, and local development…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cooperative Programs, Developing Nations, Distance Education