Search results for "Comparative Education"

The internationality imperative in academia. The ascent of internationality as an academic virtue

2017

ABSTRACTThe paper investigates internationality as an academic virtue that is highly relevant for research biographies. The discursive trajectory of this virtue is assessed by comparing ascriptions of internationality in 216 academic obituaries from the US, UK and Germany, from physics, sociology and history, and from the 1960s, 1980s and 2000s. Our analysis reveals that internationality as a virtue is more prevalent in German than in US obituaries, that it plays a greater role in physics than in history obituaries, and that, independent from national and disciplinary contexts, the ascription of internationality increases over time. The results are relevant for research on academic values a…

Teaching perspectives on CLIL in different educational contexts. Italy, Spain and Turkey

2020

La tesis realiza un estudio comparado internacional sobre el Aprendizaje Integrado de Contenidos y Lenguas Extranjeras (AICLE; en inglés Content and Language Integrated Learning, CLIL) basado en la impartición de diversas materias de una etapa educativa en inglés. El estudio se lleva a cabo en centros educativos de Italia, España y Turquía. El diseño de investigación utiliza un enfoque mixto cualtitativo-cualitativo, con cuestionarios y entrevistas en profundidad como herramientas de recolección de datos. Los datos de la investigación muestran la importancia de la colaboración del profesorado en cuanto a la creación de proyectos, el diseño de materiales, la planificación de las clases y la …

The function of contextual knowledge: A videotaped class session in France

2015

This paper concerns seeing; specifically, what should and what can be seen in a classroom situation in a progressive school in Paris. It focuses on a lesson given in a foreign cultural context and the possibility of documenting it and reconstructing it: first, as far as possible, unaffectedly and out of context, to achieve comparative and interpretative classroom research. The emphasis will be on the way the subject matter is set up and the role the learners assume. It will become apparent that technical recordings, which are helpful in allowing literal transcriptions and descriptions, tempt us into abandoning objectiveness, thereby overlooking certain facts and circumstances. Only contextu…

Note critique : A World of Difference ? Comparing Learners Across Europe ? OSBORN M . ; BROADFOOT P . ; MC NESS E . ; PLANEL C . ; RAVN B . & TRIGGS …

2005

Organisation and Efficiency of Education Systems: Some empirical findings

2000

Using a sample of countries chosen for their similar level of development, this article shows the extent to which the organisation of primary and secondary education differs from one country to another, notably with respect to the way in which systems differentiate and select pupils for specialised curricula. It also explores the question of whether an education system that sorts pupils at a very early age is more cost-effective than a system that does not sort pupils during compulsory education. The stylised description of national education systems is based on various sources of information. The data used in the cost analysis come from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develo…

Analysis of Spanish policies for the integration of immigrant schoolchildren

2016

The Organic Law on the Improvement of the National Education Quality (Ley Organica de Reforma de la Calidad Educativa) readdressed one of the most significant educational issues: educational policies related to immigrant students. Therefore, this is an appropriate moment to evaluate these types of policies in three singular Spanish regions: Madrid, Catalonia and Andalusia. This article presents an analysis of the measures taken in three Spanish regions: Madrid, Catalonia and Andalusia in response to students’ reception, acceptance and enrolment of immigrant students. A qualitative methodology based on the comparative method is used. Diverse similarities, but also specific characteristics an…

The foreign language teaching profession in Finnish and Japanese society: a sociocultural comparison

2016

The social basis of a teaching profession is created through behavioural and cultural patterns, specific artefacts, and their connection to certain institutional practices. The purpose of this study is to discover the conditions that structure the teaching profession in a cultural context and to find out what it is to be a foreign language (FL) teacher in Finland and Japan. Both countries have high educational equality but with contrasting patterns of management policies that are manifested in their teacher education curricula. Educational policy documents as well as teacher interviews and classroom observations were conducted in both countries and the findings compared by one Japanese and …

Nordic PISA 2000 in a sociocultural perspective

2004

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international study coordinated by governments of participating countries, through the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Dev...

Inclusive Education as Perceived by Prospective Special Education Teachers in Estonia, Finland, and the United States

1997

A survey of 125 prospective undergraduate special education teachers assessed perceptions and beliefs about inclusive education in Estonia, Finland, and the United States. The attitudes toward inclusion were rather critical. The Estonians were the most critical group; the Finns, the least critical. The findings suggest that prospective special educators' perceptions about inclusion are related to the prevailing implementation of inclusive education. The results support also the idea that perceptions about a person with a disability are connected with possible actions toward this person.

Comparing Aspects Of The Process Quality In Six European Early Childhood Educational Settings

2013

The European project ‘Early Change’ (http://earlychange.teithe.gr) attempts to evaluate the quality of early childhood education (ECE) environments of six European countries, Greece, Portugal, Finland, Denmark, Cyprus and Romania. The purpose of this paper is to compare the level of two dimensions of the process quality of these environments a) Space & Furnishings, and b) Personal Care Routines. Theorists, practitioners and researchers agree that in order to provide qualitative education to young children, one of the basic needs of all children must be met; that need is the protection of their health and their safety. A high quality early childhood education program must contain a safe and …