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Showing 1 to 20 of 237 for “"education reform"”.
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Individualism in education reform
<p>Current education reform in the U.S. is based upon a business model with capitalist market principles. High stakes standardized testing is a tool that the business model reformers use to dismantle democracy while creating an environment where a democratic society will not thrive. One of the …
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Perceptions of Georgia Elementary School Principals in Relation to Education Reform and the A+ Education Reform Act of 2000
… school principals after the implementation of A+ Education Reform Act of 2000. Principals are being held accountable for making significant changes with in their schools. The reform movement may make the principal's job more demanding since new responsibilities have been added and few or none have …
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Thai higher education reform: a new funding framework
… the new funding framework for Thai higher education under the autonomous university system. The study also explores the effects of this new funding framework on university faculty, especially with respect to institutional income generation. The research is employed a mixed method approach …
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A Nation at Risk and Education Reform: a Frame Analysis
… of Washington Abstract A Nation at Risk and Education Reform: a Frame Analysis Patrick Holmes Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Professor Walter Parker College of Education This study focuses on the language and ideas presented in the US government report A Nation at Risk. Education reform …
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Mobilising Morality: Moral Education Reform within China’s 21st Century ‘New Era’
… is to enhance our understanding of Chinese moral education reforms under the scope of Xi Jinping’s ‘New Era’ national reforms. It does this through examining the relationship between the prescribed expectations and lived realisations of moral education reform within the compulsory moral education …
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Chinese private education reform through the lens of the capability approach
This thesis seeks to understand how private education reform in China was interpreted and implemented at the school level. Using the capability approach as a conceptual framework, this research first argues that Chinese private education reform policies can be conceived of as capability-enhancing …
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A Networked Approach for Curricula Implementation in Support of Inclusive Education Reform
The Maritime Province Department of Education (MPDOE; a pseudonym) has long struggled to address issues of systemic racism that have significantly impacted the academic success and well-being of Indigenous and African Canadian students. When the MPDOE embarked upon its recent inclusive education …
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Characteristics of Batterers Convicted of Domestic Abuse in the Batterers’ Education Reform
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Instructors' Perceptions of the Bologna Model of Higher Education Reform in Cameroon
<p><em>Problem Statement</em>. The literature on education in Cameroon suggests that there is a deep-rooted history of resistance to educational reform and harmonization both at the K12 and higher education levels. Attempts by political and educational leaders to reform and harmonize the two very …
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Building parents’ leadership capacity for engagement in the New Orleans education reform landscape
… school staff as equal partners in their child’s education, very few training programs exist to help parents develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence needed to negotiate multiple roles (supporters, encouragers, monitors, decision makers, advocates, and collaborators). This study seeks to …
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Streetwise for book smarts : culture, community organizing, and education reform in the Bronx
Education organizing groups that have similar goals frequently employ divergent political strategies in their campaigns. In the literature on social movement organizations, such differences are usually attributed to variations in political context, or variations in resources. This dissertation …
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Expectations of education: how one college is responding to the Education Reform Act 1988
… met the challenge of change brought about by the Education Reform Act 1988, with reference to appropriate social research methodologies and a wide ranging review of relevant literature. The aim was to investigate how one college, well established in a traditional pattern, would respond to …
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Cooperation without consensus: national discussions and local implementation in general education reform, 1930–1960
This study explores the general education movement of 1930-1960—a movement devoted to revising the content, and methods, of reforming the first two years of postsecondary study for undergraduates. It begins by noting that much of the extant literature focuses on the curricular statements produced …
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Deliberation, Dissent, and Advocacy: A Rhetorical Study of Teachers' Lived Experiences with Education Reform
Contemporary K-12 education reform policies have focused heavily on the teaching profession through increased accountability measures and decreased job security. In the rhetoric of contemporary reform, teachers are often praised as heroes capable of overcoming any obstacles and at the same time …
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Politics and curriculum: a foucauldian analysis of art education reform in New South Wales 1976 - 1999
… object, capitalising on the climate of reform. These objects are: the Focus Areas and the Frames. This thesis contends that orthodox critiques of curriculum history have been premised upon a teleology grounded in transparent argument. A poststructural method is utilised as an alternative …
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Education Reform in England and the Transformation of School Teachers’ Working Lives: A Labour Process Perspective
… management and performance related pay reforms are dramatically transforming the work and employment landscape in teaching. Yet there is limited knowledge of teachers’ experiences of work in relation to this context. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the impact of these education …
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Mathematics education reform in Trinidad and Tobago: the case of reasoning and proof in secondary school
… Tobago, there have been substantive efforts to reform mathematics education. Through the implementation of new policies, the reformers have promoted changes in mathematics curriculum and instruction. A focus of the reform has been that of increasing opportunities for students to engage in …
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