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Hairon, Salleh; Dimmock, Clive – Educational Review, 2012
While the literature on professional learning communities (PLCs) has proliferated, much of it derived from and contextualised in Anglo-American settings, the concept and practice of PLCs in Asian contexts of strong hierarchies have largely been ignored. Based on literature and documentary analysis, this paper investigates the systemic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Instructional Leadership, Communities of Practice
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Gao, Qun – International Education Studies, 2008
The higher vocational and professional specialty of "construction management" of China begun late, and the talent training mode of various colleges are different, especially the analysis to the specialty ability modules on the higher vocational and professional layer is not mature. In this article, combining with the practice of Manjing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Construction Management, Vocational Education, Professional Development
Corbishley, B.; And Others – 1986
This review of the Strathcona County school system (Alberta, Canada) makes recommendations based on information gathered in 1986. Following an introductory chapter, chapter 2 summarizes findings and recommendations. The review involved surveys of employees, community members, and community groups. Recommendations concern organization, evaluation,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, County School Districts, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
US Agency for International Development, 2006
The quality of education provided by the public sector in Pakistan has been poor due to low levels of teacher competence, lack of classroom-based support for teachers, poor quality of textbooks and learning materials, lack of systems to assess student learning outcomes, uneven supervision, insufficient resources for critical teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, Textbooks, Teacher Education