International Journal of Educational Development
July 2018 Volume 61, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 19
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U.S. higher education reform: Origins and impact of student curricular choice
Robert W. Elliott, School of Foreign Languages, China; Valerie Osland Paton, Higher Education, United States
Charles W. Eliot’s revision of curriculum through the elective system has had significant influence on U.S. higher education. Contemporary concerns about constrained resources and “efficiency”... More
pp. 1-4
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The Brazilian higher education evaluation model: “SINAES” sui generis?
Cleber Augusto Pereira, Centre for Research in Political Science (CICP), Portugal; Joaquim Filipe Ferraz Esteves Araujo, School of Economics and Management, Portugal; Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor, Center for Researcher in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal
A study applied to the context of Higher Education (HE) accreditation and evaluation in Brazil. It discusses recent reforms within the context of the Brazilian evaluation model. The changes brought... More
pp. 5-15
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Teaching in conflict settings: Dimensions of subjective wellbeing in Arab teachers living in Israel and Palestine
Guido Veronese & Alessandro Pepe, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy; Jamal Dagdukee, Galilee Society, Israel; Shaher Yaghi, Institute of Arab Research & Studies, Egypt
The aim of the study was to identify domains of wellbeing that are salient to Palestinian teachers in West Bank, Gaza Strip and Israel. We set out to identify the social and environmental factors... More
pp. 16-26
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Dynamics of gender justice, conflict and social cohesion: Analysing educational reforms in Pakistan
Naureen Durrani, Centre for International Education, United Kingdom; Anjum Halai, Institute for educational Development, Pakistan
This paper analyses the role of national level reforms in the school curriculum and initial teacher education in gender justice in conflict-affected Pakistan, using a multidisciplinary framework... More
pp. 27-39
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Health and education during industrialization: Evidence from early twentieth century Japan
Kota Ogasawara
By exploiting the detailed information available from the household surveys conducted in Tokyo after the First World War, this study investigates children's status in working-class households in... More
pp. 40-54
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Assessing literacy and numeracy among primary school students: A pilot survey in rural Bangladesh
John Richards, School of Public Policy, Canada; Mohammad Shahidul Islam, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bangladesh
Bangladesh dramatically increased its primary school completion rate over the last decade. However, there exist serious concerns about the level of learning among students who do complete. This... More
pp. 55-63
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Using Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) data for targeted instructional support: Learning profiles and instructional needs in Indonesia
Jonathan M.B. Stern, Margaret M. Dubeck & Anna Dick
For many years, education researchers have grouped students into categories based on their skills and abilities. This research can help teachers and curriculum developers to understand the... More
pp. 64-71
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The political economy of teacher management reform in Indonesia
Andrew Rosser, University of Melbourne, Australia; Mohamad Fahmi, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
Indonesia faces serious problems in the number, cost, quality and distribution of teachers. In recent years, its central government has introduced a range of reforms to address these problems but... More
pp. 72-81
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School-based teacher hiring and achievement inequality: A comparative perspective
Seong Won Han
The study examines associations between school-based teacher hiring and achievement inequality in mathematics and science. Using a nationally representative sample of 295,416 students from 34 OECD ... More
pp. 82-91
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Education and transition to work: Evidence from Vietnam, Cambodia and Nepal
Shuang Chen
Against the background of education expansion and economic transformations, little is known about how education shapes the transition to work in developing countries. Drawing on the cases of... More
pp. 92-105
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Regional collaboration to strengthen education for nationals & Syrian refugees in Arabic speaking host countries
Louisa Visconti, Center for the Study of Genocide & Human Rights, United States; Diane Gal, School for Graduate Studies, United States
The international community launched the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) to help meet the needs of more than 4.8 million registered Syrian refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and ... More
pp. 106-116
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Post-colonial dilemmas in the construction of Ghanaian citizenship education: National unity, human rights and social inequalities
Madeleine Arnot, Faculty of Education, United Kingdom; Leslie Casely-Hayford, Associates for Change, Ghana; Thomas Yeboah, Centre of Development Studies, United Kingdom
This article contributes to the growing interest in the compromises which African models of citizenship education make between Western and indigenous curricular agendas. It traces how Nkrumah’s... More
pp. 117-126
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School-level resource allocation and education outcomes in Sri Lanka
Ashani Abayasekara & Nisha Arunatilake
Sri Lanka’s public education system suffers from poor examination outcomes and wide disparities in academic achievement across schools. Using School Census data for the year 2016 and a multilevel... More
pp. 127-141
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“There is still peace. There are no wars.”: Prioritizing unity over diversity in Botswana’s social studies policies and practices and the implications for positive peace
Bethany Mulimbi & Sarah Dryden-Peterson
This article examines the ways in which education policy and practice in Botswana negotiate tensions between assimilationist and multiculturalist approaches to ethnic diversity. We find that the... More
pp. 142-154
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Factors associated with private-public school performance: Analysis of TALIS-PISA link data
Marcos Delprato, Centre for International Education, United Kingdom; Amita Chudgar, College of Education, United States
We use measures of competitive pressure, administrative autonomy and staffing practices to explain the private-public performance difference in Australia, Portugal and Spain using the TALIS-PISA... More
pp. 155-172
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Making sense of low private returns in MENA: A human capital approach
Ian Kingsbury
Several scholars and media outlets have identified the low rate of return to education in the Arab World as a root cause of unrest and upheaval (; ; ; ). Yet, a close inspection of extant... More
pp. 173-183
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Determinants of schooling and academic achievements: Comparison between children with and without disabilities in India
Takaki Takeda, University of Tokyo, Japan; Kamal Lamichhane, Center for Research on International Cooperation in Educational Development (CRICED), Japan
Using nationally representative data from the 2005 India Human Development Survey, we identified the determinants of children’s school progression and academic achievements. Results revealed... More
pp. 184-195
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Exploring the recruitment and training of peer facilitators in a South African University
Magdaline Tanga & Cosmas Maphosa, Faculty of Education, South Africa
The high failure and retention rates at universities, despite peer academic support programmes, have necessitated a critical exploration of the recruitment and training of peer facilitators. Face... More
pp. 196-203
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International students’ experiences in China: Does the planned reverse mobility work?
Wen Wen, Die Hu & Jie Hao
This study examines the influx of international students to China in recent years and the corresponding internationalization strategies in the higher education sector. In assessing international... More
pp. 204-212
