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Carlos Sempertegui Seminario; William David Cortez Vallejo; Joel Andres Zhuang Zeng – Online Submission, 2023
This thesis investigates the dynamics of performance-based payment systems for teachers in Guayaquil and Santiago de Chile. This payment system is considered to positively affect the performance of teachers and education quality. The main objective of this research paper was to analyze the existing educational systems in Santiago de Chile,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Salaries, Merit Pay, Performance Based Assessment
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Felipe Narváez – Childhood Education, 2024
Fútbol Más, which began in three communities in Santiago, Chile 17 years ago, is now a global program that has had a direct presence in 11 countries around the world. Originally, the intention was to develop an intervention through which a social worker professional and a physical education professional would promote life skills and build…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Physical Activities, Athletics, Partnerships in Education
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Leon, Raul A.; Vega, Blanca E. – Higher Education Policy, 2021
Higher education reform efforts in Ecuador during the last decade have been described as a process that has radically shaped local institutions. With the government at the forefront of mandating this reform, we examined the perspectives of stakeholders in the country who have been charged with enacting policies seeking to improve higher education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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Broos, Tom; Hilliger, Isabel; Pérez-Sanagustín, Mar; Htun, Nyi-Nyi; Millecamp, Martijn; Pesántez-Cabrera, Paola; Solano-Quinde, Lizandro; Siguenza-Guzman, Lorena; Zuñiga-Prieto, Miguel; Verbert, Katrien; De Laet, Tinne – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
Many Latin-American institutions recognise the potential of learning analytics (LA). However, the number of actual LA implementations at scale remains limited, notwithstanding considerable effort made to formulate guidelines and frameworks to support the LA policy development. Guidance on how to coordinate the interaction between the LA…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Policy Formation, Educational Policy, Guidelines
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Palacios Díaz, Diego; Hidalgo Kawada, Felipe – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2021
In this paper, we analyze from genealogy the emergency of the student counseling department (DECE) in the contemporary educational policies in Ecuador. Specifically, we examine the construction of a new legal--normative architecture from the principles of living in harmony (buen vivir) that seeks to guarantee the delivery of psychological and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Counseling, Student Personnel Services, Departments
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De Laet, Tinne; Millecamp, Martijn; Ortiz-Rojas, Margarita; Jimenez, Alberto; Maya, Ricardo; Verbert, Katrien – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
This paper presents a case study on the adoption and the impact of new modules in a learning analytics dashboard supporting the dialogue between student advisors and students when advising on a study plan for the next academic semester in Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, a higher education institute in Ecuador. The impact and the adoption…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Faculty Advisers, Teacher Student Relationship, Higher Education
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Aguirre, Patricia; Villota, Freddy Hernán; Mera, Silvia – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: According to the importance of higher education institutions (HEIs) in meeting sustainable development goals (SDGs), the purpose of this study is to analyze how sustainability was implemented in Ecuadorian higher education. The case study of the Universidad Técnica del Norte (UTN) process was analyzed to show the advantages of…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies
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Addey, Camilla – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
This paper seeks to further conceptualise participation in International Large-Scale Assessment (ILSA) as a global ritual of belonging and apply it to understand the appeal of PISA for Development (PISA-D) in Ecuador and Paraguay. The paper develops the theoretical underpinnings of the global ritual of belonging through policy borrowing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Loaiza-Aguirre, María I.; Andrade-Abarca, Paola S.; Salazar-Romero, Ángela del Cisne – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2017
Today the Higher Education Institutions are immersed in a world of constant change, and it is necessary to adapt to this environment with skill and speed. This has forced universities to adopt practices that create or strengthen their capacity to innovate, based on the determination of factors that influence it positively. This study is centered…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices
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Barre-Parrales, Pamela; Villafuerte-Holguín, Jhonny – English Language Teaching Educational Journal, 2021
Ecuadorian educational policy for English as Foreign Language instruction in Ecuador mandated in 2016 to introduce Content and Language Integrated-Learning (CLIL) methodology to improve the teaching and learning process. This research aims to analyze the implementation of CLIL methodology in zone 4 of Ecuador during 2019-2021. This work subscribed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Buele, Irene; Pablo, Vidueira – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The Constitution of Ecuador was approved in 2008, and promotes the application of participatory processes for resource distribution at different levels of government. The ultimate aim of the Constitution of Ecuador is to promote sustainable development and equitable distribution of resources and wealth, and to access the "Buen Vivir."…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Sustainable Development, Resource Allocation, Student Participation
Kamhi-Stein, Lía D., Ed.; Maggioli, Gabriel Díaz, Ed.; de Oliveira, Luciana C., Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2017
This book investigates new English language policies and initiatives which have been introduced and implemented across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay and Venezuela. Chapters are organized around three themes. Chapters in the first section critically examine newly-implemented English language policies, as well as factors that…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Viteri, Fátima; Clarebout, Geraldine; Crauwels, Marion – Environmental Education Research, 2013
While key conceptions and the status of environmental education (EE) have been reported at various international, regional, national and local levels, those in play in the schools of Quito (Ecuador) are still relatively unknown. Of particular interest to this study are private schools: they are considerable in number in Ecuador and elsewhere, yet…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Private Schools, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
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Ponce, Juan; Loayza, Yessenia – International Journal of Higher Education, 2012
This paper offers new evidence and methods for understanding the distributive effect of a universal government policy to eliminate user fees in public universities in Ecuador. The main argument to eliminate user fees in higher education is that it will increase enrollment among the poor. In this regard, eliminating tuition fees is supposed to be a…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Fees, Public Colleges, Educational Policy
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2016, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, 1-3 July, 2016. This conference is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2016, 1-4 July. The e-Learning (EL) 2016 conference aims…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Conferences (Gatherings), Electronic Learning, Computer Science Education
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