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Hogan, Anna; Thompson, Greg; Chandra, Vinesh – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2022
This article examines attempts to professionalize the teaching workforce in the Pacific Islands (PI) in response to the United Nation Sustainable Development Goal 4c -- "Increase the Supply of Qualified Teachers in Developing Countries." The experience of PI educators provides insight into the clash between global standard agendas,…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Educational Policy, Sustainable Development, International Organizations
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Smith, Michael D. – Educational Policy, 2022
In Japan, neoliberal discourses rationalize English language proficiency as a pathway to meritocratic reward and success in the global knowledge economy. With this ideology in mind, this review engages the market orientation of English domestically and the causative implications of class-distinguished capital. Specifically, Bourdieu's theory of…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
James, Richard, Ed.; French, Sarah, Ed.; Kelly, Paula, Ed. – Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, 2017
The future of Australia's tertiary education sector is the subject of a new collection of essays by some of the country's leading education researchers. Produced by the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, "Visions for Australian Tertiary Education" presents a progressive and provocative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Kacenga, George F. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Foreign educational credential assessment is responsive to assessors' social, economic, and cultural stimuli. Academic institutions, industries, and governmental bodies treat placement specialists' recommendations as signals of cross-cultural productive capacity, giving significance to the methodology of foreign education-system analysis. A…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, International Education, Global Approach, Marketing
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Chakroun, Borhene – European Journal of Education, 2010
This article takes up the issue of the internationalisation of Vocational Education and Training (VET) reforms, expressed in the way policy instruments such as National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF) are introduced in the European Training Foundation's (ETF) partner countries. There is an international debate and different perspectives regarding…
Descriptors: Intervention, Local Issues, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
Bitusikova, Alexandra; Bohrer, Janet; Borosic, Ivana; Costes, Nathalie; Edinsel, Kerim; Hollander, Karoline; Jacobsson, Gunilla; Jakopovic, Ivan Filip; Kearney, Mary-Louise; Mulder, Fred; Negyesi, Judith; Pietzonka, Manuel – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2010
The present report follows an ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) Workshop on Quality Assurance and Postgraduate Education, hosted by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS) in Brasov, Romania on 12-13 March 2009. The workshop was an excellent opportunity for ENQA members to exchange…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Credentials, Graduate Study, Graduate Students
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Lehane, Christopher S. – Education Next, 2008
The 2008 presidential election stands as a "change" election. The public's anxiety over the challenges globalization poses to the future of the American Dream is driving a desire for the country to change direction. The American people understand that what will give the nation a competitive advantage in a global marketplace are the…
Descriptors: Credentials, Global Approach, Democratic Values, Public Policy
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Bosworth, Derek; Jones, Paul; Wilson, Rob – Education Economics, 2008
Globalization is putting increasing pressure on jobs in the United Kingdom, particularly among less skilled activities. The European response through the Lisbon Strategy has been diffuse, while UK policy appears much more focused, concentrating on the need to raise education and skill levels. The present paper examines the transition towards a…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Bennett, Paul; Bergan, Sjur; Cassar, Daniela; Hamilton, Marlene; Soinila, Michele; Sursock, Andree; Uvalic-Trumbic, Stamenka; Williams, Peter – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2010
The present report is the product of an ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) Bologna Seminar "Quality Assurance in Transnational Education: from words to action" hosted by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA, UK) in London in December, 2008. The seminar discussed the current trends in Transnational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Seminars, Quality Control