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Morrison, Keith – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2009
This paper reviews school inspection systems in small states and territories (SSTs), indicating tensions, challenges and sensitivities that relate to their small size. A qualitative case study is presented of the new school inspection system in Macau, a post-colonial, small territory facing issues experienced in other SSTs. Macau's inspection…
Descriptors: Inspection, Case Studies, Educational Quality, Quality Control
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Li, Qiang; Wu, Zhongyuan – International Education Studies, 2008
The paper mainly introduces the development of the educational administration agency in China, including the evolution of the educational administration agency, the Course of instituting legal system of education in China, the missions of the now Minister of Education, questions emerged in the development of the educational administration system,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, Educational Development, Educational Change
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Dahms, Tanya; McMartin, Dena; Petry, Roger – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the unique collaborative process initiated at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada, to develop a Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) through the United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS). Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Governance, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Regional Characteristics
Pantzar, Eero – Adult Education in Finland, 1985
This issue examines the following topics: comparative adult education (its scientific status and development), adult education research activity in system analysis, the inner structure of the system of adult education, adult education research and recently completed planning work, and the contents of adult education research in West Germany,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). Committee for General and Technical Education. – 1978
The three papers compiled here on vocational and technical education in Europe were prepared and discussed by experts in the course of three meetings held in 1977. Focus is on polyvalent occupational training, which prepares students for maximum adaptability to technical and social changes and for occupational mobility. The first paper describes…
Descriptors: Course Content, Definitions, Developed Nations, Educational Development