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Reasons For Parents' Reluctance To Register Their Children In Public Education In Kindergarten In The State Of Kuwait, Laila Saud Alkhayat Dr., Hessa Alsuhail Dr. Aug 2021

Reasons For Parents' Reluctance To Register Their Children In Public Education In Kindergarten In The State Of Kuwait, Laila Saud Alkhayat Dr., Hessa Alsuhail Dr.

International Journal for Research in Education

The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons for parents' reluctance to register their children in public education and their preference for private education in kindergarten in the State of Kuwait. The study used the analytical descriptive methodology, and 311 questionnaires were randomly distributed to parents of children in private schools. This study found some recurring reasons for refraining from general education as follows: (a) The curriculum in public education does not include teaching foreign languages, (b) The frequent absence of children in public schools because of the lack of awareness of parents about the importance of the …


Six Steps Toward Improving Discoverability Of Ph.D. Dissertations, Ljubomir Paskali, Lidija Ivanović, Dragan Ivanović, Dušan Surla Mar 2021

Six Steps Toward Improving Discoverability Of Ph.D. Dissertations, Ljubomir Paskali, Lidija Ivanović, Dragan Ivanović, Dušan Surla

The Journal of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study proposes six steps that scientific institutions should undertake to increase the visibility and accessibility of their dissertations; these steps were implemented in the digital library of the University of Novi Sad. An analysis was conducted thereafter to evaluate the success, and it was found that the six steps and associated strategies were successful, with 400,000 downloads having been performed since the digital library was operational. Although this study presents six steps for improving electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) discoverability in the digital library at the University of Novi Sad, these steps can easily be customized and implemented for …


Book Review: Globalizing Education Policy, Alhareth Taha Sait Feb 2021

Book Review: Globalizing Education Policy, Alhareth Taha Sait

International Journal for Research in Education

The explosion of knowledge and the technological development that the world is witnessing in recent times, which has cast a shadow over many aspects of life, globalization has emerged as a philosophy of knowledge sharing, and an explanation of many phenomena, changes, and social practices, on top of which is education. In this context, the book "Globalizing Education Policy" by Fazal Rizvi and Bob Lingard comes to provides a wider understanding of the globalization of educational policies. What distinguishes this book is the framework that has been widely used among educational policymakers for analyzing and understanding educational policies related to …


Book Review: Intercultural Dialogue In The European Education Policies: A Conceptual Approach, Rawan Saad Alharbi Feb 2021

Book Review: Intercultural Dialogue In The European Education Policies: A Conceptual Approach, Rawan Saad Alharbi

International Journal for Research in Education

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