Sökning: "International and Comparative Education"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 80 avhandlingar innehållade orden International and Comparative Education.
1. Inscription on Stone : Islam, State and Education in Iran and Turkey
Sammanfattning : This study explores the role of education as means of creation and maintenance of religious hegemony in Iran and Turkey. In the context of this study, state-sponsored systems of mass education aim to socialize generations of children into accepting the ideology and values of the dominant groups as the normal state of affairs. LÄS MER
2. Higher Education and the Labor Market : A Study of University Access and Graduate Employment Opportunities in Nigera
Sammanfattning : This study examines problems of access to university education and graduate employment opportunities in Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigates issues of equality of opportunity in university education, quotas in admissions, geographical dispersion of higher educational institutions, student finance, university resources, student characteristics, university output, and the transition of graduates to the labor market. LÄS MER
3. Determinants and Consequences of Language-in-Education Policies : Essays in Economics of Education
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three empirical studies. The first study, Rationales to Language-in-Education Policies in Postcolonial Africa: Towards a Holistic Approach, considers two issues. First, it explores the factors affecting the choice of an LiE policy in 35 African countries. LÄS MER
4. An Afghan Dilemma: Education, Gender and Globalisation in an Islamic Context
Sammanfattning : Afghanistan has a long history of Islamic education while Western type of education (maktab) is of more recent date. The latter type of education has expanded rapidly recently. However, girls’ enrolment remains low, around 35 per cent.The present study examines children’s, particularly girls’, participation in the two educational systems. LÄS MER
5. Policies for minority education : a comparative study of Britain and Sweden
Sammanfattning : The aim of the study is to examine how policies for minority education in Britain and Sweden have developed over the last twenty-five years. Policy has been used in a broad sense, including not only central but also regional and local decisions, not only written documents but also administration, interpretation and application of policies. LÄS MER