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Investigating Educational Disparities In Belize: A Quantitative Study On The Impact Of Student-Level Sociocultural Factors On Academic Achievement Among High School Seniors Across Belize, Aisha Usher

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The idea that education is a fundamental human right is garnering increased support from the international community. Yet, there are children throughout the world who face impediments to access quality education, while others face no such hardships; this concept is described as “educational inequality” or “educational disparity.”

In Belize – a sparsely populated, English-speaking Caribbean country located in Central America – there have been reports of disparities in educational attainment along gender and ethnic lines; however, there has been little research focused on potential gaps in academic achievement, especially at the secondary level. The purpose of the present study was …

Factores Académicos De Incidencia En La Generación De Desigualdades Educativas En El Colegio Seminario San Juan Apóstol Y El Liceo Hermano Miguel La Salle Desde Los Resultados De Las Pruebas Saber 11 2015-2017, Sergio Alfonso Pineda, Johanna Andrea Santa Bernal, Andrea Beltrán Páez

Maestría en Docencia

A través de esta investigación se realizó la identificación de los factores académicos que presentaron mayor incidencia en los resultados de las PRUEBAS SABER 11 y que contribuyeron en la generación de desigualdades educativas que afectan la calidad de la educación en los contextos rural y urbano, se aplicó como metodología la teoría fundamentada, la cual permitió la indagación y comparación constante de los fenómenos observados en dos instituciones, una rural y la otra urbana, de tal manera, que se logró identificar los factores más influyentes en la generación de desigualdades y llegar a proponer una hipótesis que describe los …

Teacher Allocation Policies And The Unbalanced Distribution Of Novice And Senior Teachers Across Regions In Turkey, Murat Ozoglu

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Policies toward fostering a more balanced distribution of teacher quality have garnered considerable attention from researchers and policymakers around the world. This attention has been motivated largely by the widely acknowledged educational goal of providing quality education for all children. Equipped with similar policy concerns, this study examines the initial assignment of novice teachers and voluntary transfer of senior teachers to determine whether there is any kind of sorting pattern in the allocation of novice and experienced teachers to schools across regions, particularly across provinces, in Turkey. Using the entire initial teacher assignment and voluntary teacher transfer data in between …

Assessment Of Numeracy Levels Of Mine Workers In South African Chrome Mines, Antonie Christoffel Smit, Andile Mji

Numeracy

The aim of this paper is to assess and report the numeracy levels of unskilled and semi-skilled workers in three South African chrome mines in order to inform adult education practitioners of the need for greater efforts to educate mine workers. The target population consisted of 1,053 workers; the final sample was 873 participants who voluntarily agreed to partake in the study. The results presented here highlight three main findings: (1) that only 12 individuals (1.4%) were found to be numerate, (2) that female participants scored better than their male counterparts, and (3) that the numeracy level of participants older …