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Liu, Shujie; Liu, Caixiang; Stronge, James; Xu, Xianxuan – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2016
Two research questions guided this study of teacher selection: (a) What characteristics do Chinese principals look for when hiring teachers? And (b) what is the effect of participants' gender, experience, or school location on perceived characteristics of effective teacher candidates in hiring? Both interviews and a questionnaire survey were used…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Mixed Methods Research, Foreign Countries, School Location
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Messing, Vera – European Education, 2017
This article examines how various forms of ethnic segregation in education affect everyday life and future aspirations of Roma youth in three Central and Eastern European countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia. It draws on a comparative European investigation about the diverging experiences and paths of ethnic minority youth in…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Racial Segregation
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Vaillant, Denise; Gonzalez-Vaillant, Gabriela – Teacher Development, 2017
This paper analyzes the relationship between teacher evaluation policies in Chile and Uruguay, teacher professional development, and teacher performance effectiveness. The analysis tries to understand the extent to which the existing processes for teacher evaluation stimulate an improvement in the quality of teaching. The comparison of two…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Policy, Faculty Development
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Kwiek, Marek – European Educational Research Journal, 2017
In a recently changing Polish academic environment--following the large-scale higher education reforms of 2009-2012--different academic generations have to cope with different challenges. Polish academics have been strongly divided generationally, not only in terms of what they think and how they work but also in terms of what is academically…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, College Faculty
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Wilkinson, Dana Cavender – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2017
Despite Northern Ireland's deeply rooted religious history and the assumption that its citizens' sexual attitudes and behaviours are more reserved than their English counterparts, comprehensive school-based relationships and sexuality education (RSE) has been statutory for primary and post-primary pupils since 2007. The non-biological aspects of…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Foreign Countries
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Ridge, Natasha Y.; Shami, Soha; Kippels, Susan M. – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2016
In the face of rising demand for private schooling in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar, a lack of affordable schooling options, monopolistic behavior of private education providers, and unpredictable government regulations have created a complex and unequal education sector. This research employs a mixed methods comparative approach to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Education, Mixed Methods Research, Comparative Education
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Baker, Will; Hüttner, Julia – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
The rapid increase in English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education has resulted in the need for a greater evidence base documenting EMI in practice spanning a range of settings. Studies of EMI focusing on linguistic issues are beginning to emerge but there are few comparative studies looking at multiple sites, levels and stakeholders. In…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
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Mu, Guanglun Michael – Australian Educational Researcher, 2014
Large-scale international comparative studies and cross-ethnic studies have revealed that Chinese students, living either in China or overseas, consistently outperform their counterparts in mathematics. Empirical research has discussed psychological, educational, and cultural reasons behind Chinese students' better mathematics performance.…
Descriptors: Asians, Questionnaires, Self Concept, Foreign Countries
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Geiben, Marthe – European Educational Research Journal, 2015
Induction in enterprises is a crucial phase for each employee not only to become able to fulfil all relevant tasks but also to enable professional development as well as social and value-oriented integration into the new organisation. This is even more relevant for young people coming from initial vocational education and training with…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Human Resources, Professional Development, Case Studies
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Saefurrohman; Balinas, Elvira S. – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2016
The new language assessment policies in the Philippines and in Indonesia have impact on English teachers' assessment practices. Classroom assessment; as mandated in the current curriculum of both countries swifts from sources of information to the inseparable process of teaching and learning. This study describes Filipino and Indonesian high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, English (Second Language), Secondary School Teachers
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Abbas, Andrea; Ashwin, Paul; McLean, Monica – European Educational Research Journal, 2013
Drawing upon their large three-year mixed-method study comparing four English university sociology departments, the authors demonstrate the benefits to be gained from concisely recording biographical stories on life-grids. They argue that life-grids have key benefits which are important for comparative European educational research. Some of these…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Research, Educational Policy, Mixed Methods Research
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Tsagari, Dina – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2016
Many researchers have highlighted the central role that assessment plays in second language (L2) classrooms and have expressed the need for research into classroom-based language assessment (CBLA), an area that is gradually coming into its own in the field of language testing and assessment (e.g., Hasselgreen, 2008; Leung, 2014; Hill &…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, English Teachers, Second Language Instruction
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May, Dominik; Wold, Kari; Moore, Stephanie – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
The world is changing significantly, and it is becoming increasingly globalised. This means that countries, businesses, and professionals must think and act globally to be successful. Many individuals, however, are not prepared with the global competency skills needed to communicate and perform effectively in a globalised system. To address this…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Global Approach, Interaction, Electronic Learning
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Miao, Zhenzhen; Reynolds, David; Harris, Alma; Jones, Michelle – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2015
This article presents initial findings from an empirical study of the effectiveness of mathematics teaching (EMT). The article explores the teaching of mathematics in two very different contexts: England and China. Within each country, the target cohort of pupils were those aged 9-10 and overall, 19 teachers, 10 from England and nine from China,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Investigations, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics
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Laine, Teemu H.; Nygren, Eeva – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2016
Technology integration is the process of overcoming different barriers that hinder efficient utilisation of learning technologies. The authors divide technology integration into two components based on technology's role in the integration process. In active integration, the technology integrates learning resources into a learning space, making it…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Influence of Technology, Learning Experience
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