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From civic to citizenship education: Toward a stronger citizenship orientation in the Ethiopian CEE curriculum
Publication date: January 2020Source: International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 72Author(s): Bethel Ghebru, Mark LloydAbstractRecent research on Civic and Ethical Education (CEE) in Ethiopia has revealed a need for improvement in a number of areas with regard to the current CEE curricula. These materials are currently oriented to a conservative form of civic education than on citizenship education, whose aims are more progressive. The essential problem identified in the present study is that CEE content does not match the Ethiopian Ministry of Education’s stated goals for CEE, including the promotion of gl...
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - December 10, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

The chronic absenteeism assessment project: Using biometrics to evaluate the magnitude of and reasons for student chronic absenteeism in rural India
This study investigated the magnitude and causes of chronic absenteeism in ten schools in rural Telangana state using a biometric attendance system paired with home visits. 75.4 % of students missed 10 % or more of all school days and 56.2 % missed 15 % or more. Common reasons for absence as reported by students were illness, menstruation, going to family functions, and a death/illness in the family. Being female and of higher social standing were protective factors against chronic absenteeism. The biometric system paired with home visits show potential to decrease absenteeism. (Source: International Journal of Educational Development)
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - December 3, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Comparing the effectiveness of cram school tutors and schoolteachers: A critical analysis of students’ perceptions
This study compares the teaching effectiveness of cram school tutors and schoolteachers of English based on the perceptions of senior secondary students in Hong Kong. It adopts a sequential mixed-methods approach. The result from the online survey (N = 477) indicates that tutors are perceived to be more effective than schoolteachers in all identified aspects of effective teaching. However, the qualitative data from focus group interviews (n = 64) reveals a more complex picture. By problematising students’ perceptions with reference to the wider social, cultural and educational context, three themes were generated...
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - November 29, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Inequalities in access to higher education in Africa: How large are they? Do they mirror the situation in the metropole 60 years ago?
Publication date: January 2020Source: International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 72Author(s): Roy Carr-HillAbstractThere have been many studies of the socio-economic background of students in developed countries; but – apart from extensive commentary on the gender gap – far fewer in developing countries. In Africa, this is mostly because the University record systems do not record corresponding data; and because the international standard household surveys such as DHS only ask about educational attainment of household members which of course mainly excludes current students. This paper uses the record sys...
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - November 27, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

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Publication date: November 2019Source: International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 71Author(s): (Source: International Journal of Educational Development)
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - November 19, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

The puzzling relationship between international development and gender equity: The case of STEM postsecondary education in Cambodia
This study investigates the following question: how does development – specifically socioeconomic and gender equity indicators – affect women’s share of enrollment in specific STEM and STEM-related fields? Merging two sources of national data, we leverage provincial census figures and institutional administrative data to estimate women's enrollment share in STEM as well as in specific fields (i.e., accounting, information technology, and health). Findings show women’s share of STEM and information technology majors is larger outside the capital. Further, socioeconomic development and urbanization indicators distinc...
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - November 13, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Contribution of rural roads improvement on children’s school attendance: Evidence in Cambodia
This study used quantitative and qualitative data collected in rural Cambodia after road improvements to investigate whether children living along better-conditioned roads attend basic education school more. The quantitative analysis revealed that the road conditions did not influence children's attendance, while suggesting significant influences of school travel distance as well as household’s ownership of two-wheeled vehicles and its member composition. The qualitative analysis complemented these results by confirming that improved roads motivated households to purchase those vehicles for easing children’s schooling;...
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - November 12, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Democratic environment in higher education: The case of a Turkish public university
This study describes the expectations of undergraduate students regarding the characteristics of a democratic university environment. It then goes on to explore whether there are any significant differences among the dimensions of democratic university environment, namely respect for ideas, participation in decision-making, and promotion of tolerance. Last, it examines the effects of certain variables (gender, student club attendance, newspaper reading, and home residence) on student perceptions of their university environment. The results showed that there was a significant difference among three dimensions of democratic ...
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - November 10, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

A content analysis of top-ranked universities’ mission statements from five global regions
This study examines how the highest ranked universities in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and North America compare in terms of their mission statements and how they communicate to their stakeholders and to the public about what their main purposes, values, goals, and objectives are. Having downloaded each university’s mission statement from the Internet, we then classified them into five main categories of Asian, African, European, Latin American, and North American universities and analyzed them separately using the text mining and analysis tools available in SAS Enterprise Miner, a powerful commercial business a...
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - November 9, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

An analytical report on the status of financing of secondary education in Malawi
This article gives an assessment of the impact of the education funding scenario on equity and efficiency in Malawi’s secondary education. Education policy reform through the introduction of Free Primary Education brought an increase in access to basic education for many Malawian school-aged children but the increased enrolment brought insurmountable strain on the education system, particularly the secondary subsector. Inadequacies in human and financial resources available for the running of Secondary Schools have affected the quality of service delivery in such schools. Furthermore, significant disparities among Conven...
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - November 8, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

IJED Volume 71
Publication date: Available online 31 October 2019Source: International Journal of Educational DevelopmentAuthor(s): Stephen P. Heyneman (Source: International Journal of Educational Development)
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - October 31, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

How much does the quality of teaching vary at under-performing schools? Evidence from classroom observations in Chile
Publication date: January 2020Source: International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 72Author(s): Rosario Escribano, Ernesto Treviño, Miguel Nussbaum, David Torres Irribarra, Diego CarrascoAbstractThe present study aims to determine how much the quality of teaching varies among and within under-performing schools. 1266 classroom observations were conducted in 260 schools across Chile. An index of teaching quality was constructed to analyze its variance. It was found that only 4.8% of the variance is explained by the teacher’s school. This suggests that the variance in the quality of teaching is not among schoo...
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - October 31, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

The effects of multi-track year-round education on the delivery of senior high school education in Ghana. Lessons from global MT-YRE systems
Publication date: November 2019Source: International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 71Author(s): Stephen Appiah Takyi, Richard Apatewen Azerigyik, Owusu AmponsahAbstractThe debate on the effects of Multi Track Year-Round Education (MT-YRE) on educational outcomes remains unresolved in the conventional literature. Nevertheless, Ghana has introduced an MT-YRE in 400 schools to allow graduates from Junior High Schools, who for space constraints, would not have continued their formal educational journey, to enrol in Senior High Schools. The purpose of this study was to examine the prospects and challenges of the MT...
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - October 25, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Cream skimming? Evaluating the access to Punjab’s public-private partnership programs in education
Publication date: January 2020Source: International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 72Author(s): Ali H. AnsariAbstractThis paper seeks to evaluate the access to Public Private Partnership (PPP) schools by examining their geographic distribution and the factors that predict whether a child enrolls in a public, PPP, or private school in Punjab, Pakistan using multiple micro data sets. The analysis shows that PPP schools are located in districts where high shares of children are out-of-school, unlike public and private schools. The results indicate that while private school students are the most likely to belong to...
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - October 22, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Effectiveness of education aid revisited: Country-level inefficiencies matter
Publication date: November 2019Source: International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 71Author(s): Elise Wendlassida MiningouAbstractIt is well demonstrated in the literature that education aid does not necessary produce the expected results in developing countries. The current paper explores the role of country level inefficiencies in the relationship between aid and education outcomes. Applying a Stochastic Frontier approach, it shows that the efficiency in education aid utilization varies across developing countries and seems to be positively correlated with good governance, political stability, and stronger n...
Source: International Journal of Educational Development - October 10, 2019 Category: Child Development Source Type: research