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Editor's Notes And Front Matter, Suzanne Majhanovich
Editor's Notes And Front Matter, Suzanne Majhanovich
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
No abstract provided.
Globalization And Post-Secondary Education Policy In Canada:A Review Of Trends, Dale Kirby
Globalization And Post-Secondary Education Policy In Canada:A Review Of Trends, Dale Kirby
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
In 2005, provincial governments in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador each commissioned comprehensive public post-secondary education and training system reviews. While there are considerable differences between the systems and policy approaches in these jurisdictions, the final reports of each of these reviews provide an interesting repository of current post-secondary policy tendencies in Canada. The principal arguments and recommendations put forward in the review reports demonstrate the pervasive influence of economic globalization and the continuing shift to a more utilitarian and market-oriented ideological outlook on post-secondary education’s raison d'être. The policies advocated by both reviews illustrate, to varying extents, the impact …
Appropriations De La DéCentralisation Et RéGulation Des SystèMes ÉDucatifs En Afrique Subsaharienne : Une Analyse ComparéE Des Cas Du BéNin Et Du SéNéGal, Madeleine D. Tchimou
Appropriations De La DéCentralisation Et RéGulation Des SystèMes ÉDucatifs En Afrique Subsaharienne : Une Analyse ComparéE Des Cas Du BéNin Et Du SéNéGal, Madeleine D. Tchimou
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
Cette recherche analyse la régulation des systèmes éducatifs du Bénin et du Sénégal dans le cadre de la décentralisation de l’éducation qui leur a été prescrite à travers les politiques d’ajustement structurel. Quatre aspects clés du système éducatif ont été analysés: l’offre d’éducation, les programmes d’enseignement, l’inspection et/ou le contrôle des enseignants et la condition enseignante. L’étude de cas à partir de données invoquées a été utilisée. Il ressort de l’analyse comparée des portraits nationaux que les appropriations nationales de la mise en application de la décentralisation demeurent assez distinctes dans ces deux pays et que la régulation actuelle de …
Negotiating Tensions And Roles In International Development: A Workshop For Graduate Students, Jennifer Hales
Negotiating Tensions And Roles In International Development: A Workshop For Graduate Students, Jennifer Hales
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
This paper presents the findings from a qualitative research study involving graduate students who are studying or working in international development. The students participated in an activity-based workshop during which they reflected on and discussed their tensions and concerns about the nature of international development and their roles and positions in this work. Tensions ranged from those on a personal level, where students questioned their individual privilege and power in international development, to those on a structural level, where students questioned the overall nature of development practices.
The workshop activities, designed by the author and based on a global education …
Learning To Teach, Learning To Play The Game: A Case Study Of A Minority Teacher Candidate Teaching For Equity, Diversity And Social Justice, Andrew M. A. Allen
Learning To Teach, Learning To Play The Game: A Case Study Of A Minority Teacher Candidate Teaching For Equity, Diversity And Social Justice, Andrew M. A. Allen
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
In this article, the author explores the premise that possibilities for social change in an antiracist teacher education program might be revealed by closely examining the struggles and real life experiences of a beginning teacher from a minority background working from the margins of the educational setting. Focusing on the quality of the teaching-learning activities being negotiated and forged, this article is grounded in a study of the tensions, dilemmas and conflicts experienced by teacher candidates learning to teach for social justice. The study revealed that the inherent tensions caused by discontinuities between the intent and critical antiracist philosophy of …
Operating Under Erasure: Race/Language/Identity, Awad Ibrahim
Operating Under Erasure: Race/Language/Identity, Awad Ibrahim
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
Based on a critical ethnographic research project, this paper is about the impact of becoming Black on ESL learning; that is, the interrelation between identity formation, identification, race, culture and second language learning. It contends that a group of French-speaking immigrant and refugee continental francophone African youths who are attending an urban Franco-Ontarian high school in south- western Ontario, Canada, enters, so to speak, a social imaginary, a discursive space in which they are already imagined, constructed, and thus treated as Blacks by hegemonic discourses and groups. This imaginary is directly implicated in whom they identify with (Black America), which …
Cie Journal/Revue Eci 2008 Referees/Critiques
Cie Journal/Revue Eci 2008 Referees/Critiques
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
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Book Reviews
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
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Toward Understanding International Students: A Study Conducted At Middle Tennessee State University, Jiannan Wang
Toward Understanding International Students: A Study Conducted At Middle Tennessee State University, Jiannan Wang
The Southeastern Librarian
The number of international students in American universities has increased over the years and has drawn great attention from librarians, library staff, and researchers. In order to serve this particular patron group more effectively, a number of studies have been conducted to understand their difficulties in using American library systems. In consequence, different approaches have been taken to try to help them. As each university or college may have its own library instruction system, and as the composition and features of international students at different universities may vary, it is difficult to apply available strategies without a thorough understanding of …
Editor's Notes And Front Matter, Suzanne Majhanovich
Editor's Notes And Front Matter, Suzanne Majhanovich
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
No abstract provided.
An International Perspective On Under-Representation Of Female Leaders In Kenya’S Primary Schools, Bosire Monari Mwebi, Angeliki Lazaridou
An International Perspective On Under-Representation Of Female Leaders In Kenya’S Primary Schools, Bosire Monari Mwebi, Angeliki Lazaridou
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
Studies of school administrators in North America, Europe, and Australia have shown consistently that women, although a majority in the teaching force, are under-represented in leadership positions. This study examine whether the factors associated with under-representation of women in school administration in Kenya are the same as they are in other countries. The female participants identified six barriers. These are, family obligations, cultural beliefs, unethical recruitment practices, lack of networking, low expectation of success, lack of role models and mentors. The participants further identified four areas for improvements. These are, educating the public, training and exemplars, and recruitment.
Les recherches …
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Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
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Is Decolonization The Answer To Indigenous Under-Achievement? Comparing Rhetoric With Reality In New Zealand And Canada, John R. Minnis
Is Decolonization The Answer To Indigenous Under-Achievement? Comparing Rhetoric With Reality In New Zealand And Canada, John R. Minnis
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
The paper compares the rhetoric of decolonization put forth by indigenous scholars with the reality of educational outcomes in New Zealand and Canada and discusses the implications of two common themes emerging from the discourse: (1) cultural determinism in which both First Nations and Maori scholars fundamentally but narrowly depict education as a means to conserve language and cultural heritage -- which results, intentionally or unintentionally, in (2) a hardening of racial/ethnic boundaries. The paper critiques the appropriateness of both themes in the context of the widely accepted notion that indigenous peoples in both countries need to attain higher levels …
L’Interculturel En Environnement : Rencontre De La Justice Sociale Et De La Justice Environnementale, Gina Thésée, Paul R. Carr
L’Interculturel En Environnement : Rencontre De La Justice Sociale Et De La Justice Environnementale, Gina Thésée, Paul R. Carr
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
Le sur-développement des pays du Nord fait planer sur le monde entier des menaces sans précédent. Les changements climatiques sont les signes avant-coureurs, à long, moyen ou court terme, de ces menaces. Aux prises directement avec les premiers impacts, les populations du Sud voient leurs multiples vulnérabilités s’accentuer. Si l’approche écologiste, après des décennies de combat, a finalement reçu l’attention des mondes politique et économique à propos des défis environnementaux, ces derniers ont adroitement opéré un virage conceptuel significatif : l’environnement et l’éducation relative à l’environnement (ERE) ont cédé la place au développement durable et à l’éducation au développement durable …
Negotiating The Culture Of The Academy: Chinese Graduate Students In Canada, Sheila Windle, Beverley Hamilton, Min Zeng, Xiaodong Yang
Negotiating The Culture Of The Academy: Chinese Graduate Students In Canada, Sheila Windle, Beverley Hamilton, Min Zeng, Xiaodong Yang
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
This paper presents the process and results of a narrative inquiry into the stories of eight Chinese international graduate students. Results show three main commonalities in participants’ education narratives in China: parental influence, the exam system and independent study. In the Canadian setting, specific aspects of the academic culture are experienced as permeable (written work, lab work, tests and reading ability) or impermeable (in-class discussions, oral presentations, group work, oral discourse, communicating with local people). Discussion articulates participants’ use of unique personal resources, which results in distinctive trajectories of entry into and navigation within this new academic culture.
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Book Reviews
Comparative and International Education / Éducation Comparée et Internationale
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Initiating A New Information Systems Course: A Case Study In Educational Innovation, Michael Eccles, June Pym, Kevin Johnston
Initiating A New Information Systems Course: A Case Study In Educational Innovation, Michael Eccles, June Pym, Kevin Johnston
The African Journal of Information Systems
If South Africa is to transform its educational landscape, access to higher education is crucial. However, if equity of access is not coupled with equity of success, participation, and relevance, access can become problematic.
The Information Systems Department at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, has been concerned for a number of years about both the relevance and coherence of its first year Information Systems course. In 2007, the Department re-conceptualized this course. This case study looks at the background to the problems and motivation for the change and the proposed changes and course redesign, as well as the …