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Eddy D. Asiedu; Joseph R. Feinberg – Journal of International Social Studies, 2024
This article provides a chronological analysis of the historical development of social studies in Ghana with a focus on the impact of international donor agencies. The influence of donor agencies on the introduction and implementation of social studies in the Ghanaian general education curriculum shows that post-colonial countries struggle with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Donors, Postcolonialism
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Anthony Anderson – Arts Education Policy Review, 2024
Classroom music teachers in England design their own music curricula for Key Stage 3 (11 - 14 year olds, 6th - 8th Grades). These curricula are designed in a context where policymakers define, regulate and legitimate curriculum formulations. This study traced curriculum development in England, where government has validated a policy driven…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Teachers, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Thomas Walsh; Noel Purdy – History of Education, 2025
A long tradition of both State and religious interest and support characterised provision for education on the island of Ireland from the 1700s. Following the partition of Ireland in the 1920s, the newly created political entities of the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland forged separate and distinct education policy trajectories that largely…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational History, Public Officials, Religious Factors
Sarah Abdullah Saleh Alwaqassi – ProQuest LLC, 2024
As education policy in Saudi Arabia is beginning to implement a more inclusive classroom model which educates children with and without special needs side-by-side, teachers are struggling to find the best practices that can meet the needs of students with diverse levels of learning abilities. However, the government's Saudi Vision 2030 has…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Special Education, Foreign Countries, Inclusion
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Alghamdi, Jawaher; Holland, Charlotte – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
This paper provides a comparative analysis of policies, strategies and programmes for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) integration in primary and post-primary education, that were active in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and in the Republic of Ireland in 2016. The analysis showed that while KSA was a relative newcomer to the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Information Technology, Technology Integration, Educational Quality
Harold Abelson, Editor; Siu-Cheung Kong, Editor – MIT Press, 2024
In today's digital society, computational thinking (CT) is a critical component of all children's education. In "Computational Thinking Curricula in K-12," editors Harold Abelson and Siu-Cheung Kong present a range of professional perspectives on the most effective ways to integrate CT into school curricula. Their edited volume, which…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy
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Jingqi, Mo; Ulmet, Tom – Journal of Research in International Education, 2019
This article is a condensed translation from Chinese of the original PhD thesis by Dr Mo Jingqi and illustrates how international accreditation was introduced in China during a time of rapid government structural change. The article is valuable from three perspectives: first, it provides a rare insight into the means for introducing change in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Schools, Accreditation (Institutions), Social Change
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Andersson, Ingela; Wärvik, Gun-Britt; Thång, Per-Olof – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2015
The article explores the major features of the Swedish Government's new initiative--a school based Upper Secondary Apprenticeship model. The analyses are guided by activity theory. The analysed texts are part of the parliamentary reform-making process of the 2011 Upper Secondary School reform. The analyses unfold how the Government, the Swedish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Secondary Education, Educational Change
Brussino, Ottavia – OECD Publishing, 2020
Across OECD countries, there are various and diverse policy approaches in place to promote inclusive education systems for students with special education needs (SEN), understood as learning disabilities, physical impairments and disorders related to mental health. Analysing current policies in place across OECD countries and investigating…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2020
Vocational education and training (VET) plays a prominent role in Croatia. Overall responsibility for VET lies with the Ministry of Science and Education supported by the Agency for VET and Adult Education (ASOO). The agency is responsible for developing VET curricula, continuous professional development of VET teachers, skills competitions and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Government Role, Curriculum Development
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Kirwan, Liz – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2015
This article interrogates the extent to which the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) through its Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) influenced the development of Project Maths, a new second-level mathematics education policy in Ireland. It argues that the Irish government, in its revision of mathematics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Curriculum, Secondary School Mathematics, International Assessment
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Bardecki, Michal J.; McCarthy, Lynda H. – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2020
The 2007 Bondar Report, "Shaping Our Schools, Shaping Our Future," generated a vision for environmental curricula in Ontario. It has been the basis for the mandated framework introduced in 2009 by the Ministry of Education for environmental education (EE) in all Ontario schools. Based on our research and personal reflections, this paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Curriculum Development, Teaching Methods
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Minglun, Wang – Chinese Education & Society, 2017
After more than 20 years of practice and construction, China's higher vocational education has developed into an important educational category and become an important force in the development of China's higher education. But in the course of this development, higher vocational education is facing problems such as excessively fast development,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Vocational Education, Higher Education
Andersson, Ingela; Wärvik, Gun-Britt; Thång, Per-Olof – Online Submission, 2015
The article explores the major features of the Swedish Government's new initiative--a school based Upper Secondary Apprenticeship model. The analyses are guided by activity theory. The analysed texts are part of the parliamentary reform-making process of the 2011 Upper Secondary School reform. The analyses unfold how the Government, the Swedish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Secondary Education, Educational Change
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Zoll, Susan – Journal of Montessori Research, 2017
This article highlights archived documents pertaining to a 25-year experimental classroom implemented by Clara Craig, then supervisor of training at the Rhode Island Normal School. Craig is notable as she was the only participant in the first International Montessori Training Course in Rome, Italy, in 1913, to gain approval from the Rhode Island…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Educational Experiments, Educational History
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