The struggle against illiteracy is a problem of great importance in Turkey, and the democratization and secularization processes have been difficult. Despite strong educational efforts in recent years, Turkey still presents various forms of inequality, such as considerable disparities between men and women, between town and country, and between…

Compares Finland to "third-world" countries in order to examine the meaning of being peripheral in vocational education. Discusses how centers and peripheries are changing, requiring more cultural sensitivity in vocational education research. Contains 55 references. (SK)

Provides an overview of the national education system today and presents some background to the latest round of reforms in Japan. Highlights new emphasis being placed on diversity and individuality in schools and on the promotion of lifelong learning. (ASK)

Examination of how British government-funded Guidance and Learner Autonomy projects served as change management models in higher education identified issues of context, planning, ownership, leadership, and continuance. A micro-political framework involving multiple interests, agendas, goals, and motives was considered more effective for innovation…

Rural agricultural development is facing challenges of poverty, hunger, and environmental quality, necessitating sustainable, profitable, and productive practices. Extension education is challenged to increase diversity, relevance, and financial support. Examples of World Bank innovations illustrate some pathways for agricultural extension. (SK)

This paper begins by discussing the relationship between democracy and development in Africa and the Gambia in particular. It then examines the potential role of the school inspectorate in the Gambia in helping to put education for democracy on a sustainable footing. The inspectorate not only evaluate and advise teachers but also provide ongoing…

The confluence of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with the development of China's education is not a mere chance encounter. On August 27, 2004, the author took part in the designing of a meeting held in Beijing by the Twenty First Century Education Salon that received support from the Ford Foundation. Jointly organized by the Twenty-first…

Both local and global forces impact on educational and human development. This disrupts Africa's capacity to own, generate, and share knowledge. A disorganizing hybridism between African, Eastern and Western heritages exacerbates the difficulty. A social Darwinian perspective disparages but exploits Africanity. Furthermore, no extant theory…

?Without the schools no Church.? This was a slogan commonly used by English and Welsh Catholics in their campaigns to protect their schools before and after the Education Act of 1944. This study explores why this belief was held and what the implications were for educational development as far as this community was concerned. With the 1944…

This paper examines educational development in East Timor. It is particularly concerned with the period between October 1999 and May 2002 when the country was governed by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). The paper argues that UNTAET missed an important opportunity to implement the transformation in education…

The present study is an attempt to examine the intricacies of the growth of Private School industry in the North-Eastern Indian State of Nagaland. The study was carried out in Kohima, the capital city of Nagaland State. Data were obtained from field studies as well as from published reports of the Government. The main objective of the study was to…

Over the last half century of educational development, six distinctive administrative models have emerged: (1) neo-colonial, (2) centralised, (3) decentralised-regionalisation, (4) decentralised-sectoral, (5) community-based, and (6) transformative models. The origins, strengths, and weaknesses of the respective models are reviewed and compared.…

Reflection has become a buzzword in the education literature. Differences in the conceptualizations of reflection underlying different studies and lack of theorizing over how these frameworks relate to one another, however, can diminish the contributions such studies can make to our understanding of educational development in higher education.…

This contribution deals with the development of entrepreneurship education at university level in Germany. Starting with a definition of the concept, the article focuses on relevant issues of entrepreneurship education, such as target groups and teaching formats. With particular emphasis on empirical studies carried out by the German Association…

All organizations require constant change and innovation for improvement. Educational changes are often perceived as being so problematic, that is, it is not the nature of the change itself but the nature of the knowledge, skills and attitudes of those involved and the way that these are expressed in action. Educational reforms involve many…