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1. Recovering Education: Using the Experiences and Learning Acquired to Build New and Better Education Systems. BCES Conference Books, Volume 21

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, de Beer, Zacharias L., Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, and Niemczyk, Ewelina

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This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 21st Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in June 2023. The Conference theme was "Recovering Education: Using the Experiences and Learning Acquired to Build New and Better Education Systems." The theme focuses on the current post-pandemic period which provides excellent opportunities for looking at the past three to four years, filled with disappointments, damages, and lessons learnt, and direct attention to hopes, efforts, and prospects to recover. This volume includes 41 papers -- an introductory piece and 40 papers divided into 6 parts representing the BCES Conference thematic sections: (1) Comparative and International Education & History of Education; (2) International Education Issues; (3) School Education: Policies, Innovations, Practices & Entrepreneurship; (4) Higher Education & Teacher Education and Training; (5) Law and Education; and (6) Research Education & Research Practice. [Individual papers are indexed in ERIC.]

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2023

2. Towards the Next Epoch of Education. BCES Conference Books, Volume 20

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, de Beer, Louw, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Niemczyk, Ewelina, Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, de Beer, Louw, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Niemczyk, Ewelina, and Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)

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This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 20th Jubilee Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), conducted virtually in June 2022. The 20th BCES Conference theme is "Towards the Next Epoch of Education." The theme is focused on problems, discussions, changes, solutions, and challenges that have recently happened, and as well on various opportunities, prospects, and advantages that have been made available to all actors in the educational systems around the world--students, parents, teachers, administrators, psychologists, principals, faculty members, researchers, and policy makers at municipal, regional, and national level. The book includes 33 papers and starts with an introductory piece authored by Charl Wolhuter. The other 32 papers are divided into 6 parts representing the BCES Conference thematic sections: (1) Comparative and International Education & History of Education; (2) International Education Issues; (3) School Education: Policies, Innovations, Practices & Entrepreneurship; (4) Higher Education & Teacher Education and Training; (5) Law and Education; and (6) Research Education & Research Practice. [Individual papers are indexed in ERIC. This content is provided in the format of an e-book.]

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2022

3. New Challenges to Education: Lessons from around the World. BCES Conference Books, Volume 19

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, de Beer, Louw, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Niemczyk, Ewelina, Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, de Beer, Louw, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Niemczyk, Ewelina, and Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)

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This volume contains a collection of selected papers submitted to the 19th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) held in June 2021. The 19th BCES Conference theme is "New Challenges to Education: Lessons from around the World." The book includes 40 papers written by 66 authors from 15 countries. The volume starts with an introductory piece co-authored by Zoltán Rónay and Ewelina K Niemczyk. The other 39 papers are divided into 6 parts representing the thematic sections: (1) Comparative and International Education & History of Education; (2) International Organizations and Education; (3) School Education: Policies, Innovations, Practices & Entrepreneurship; (4) Higher Education & Teacher Education and Training; (5) Law and Education; and (6) Research Education & Research Practice. The papers included in this year's conference volume outline a variety of challenges all actors in the education process (students, teachers, administrators, policy decision makers) at all levels of the education systems have recently faced. Readers can find conceptual and empirical studies, quantitative and qualitative methods, descriptive and analytical approaches, and even pessimistic and optimistic authors' views. This volume presents how novel concepts, ironical definitions, and provoking considerations are born in difficult times, when restricted life meets unrestricted spirit. [Individual papers are indexed in ERIC.]

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2021

4. Educational Reforms Worldwide. BCES Conference Books, Volume 18

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, de Beer, Louw, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Niemczyk, Ewelina, Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, de Beer, Louw, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Niemczyk, Ewelina, and Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)

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This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 18th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) held virtually in June 2020. The 18th BCES Conference theme is "Educational Reforms Worldwide." This year's book includes 38 papers written by 73 authors from 19 countries. The volume starts with an introductory piece on school reforms in Bulgaria from the 9th to the 21st century written by the keynote speakers Nikolay Popov and Marina Pironkova. The authors present the cornerstones of school reforms during the First, Second, and Third Bulgarian State. They also discuss various cultural, social and political factors determining school development in Bulgaria. The other 37 papers are divided into six parts: (1) Comparative and International Education & History of Education; (2) International Organizations and Education; (3) School Education: Policies, Innovations, Practices & Entrepreneurship; (4) Higher Education & Teacher Education and Training; (5) Law and Education; and (6) Research Education & Research Practice. [Individual papers are indexed in ERIC.]

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2020

5. The Academic Research Enterprise: Current Climate Worldwide

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Niemczyk, Ewelina K.

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The effectiveness of academic research enterprise depends on several factors including talented and interconnected scholars, adequate and dependable resources, and quality research. These elements need to function in harmony in order to result in research knowledge that adds value to society. Given that research capacity and innovation are internationally recognized as main determinates of national progress and prosperity, most nations make significant investment in academic research and knowledge transfer. In addition, higher education institutions worldwide are increasingly pressured to build research capacity and to increase research activity. Meanwhile, researchers are expected to show high level of research productivity and efficiency to prove their research excellence. This exploratory research study is based on the voices of 32 respondents from 15 countries to showcase their perceptions on research productivity demands at their respective institutions. A literature review about current climate of research enterprise along with the respondents' voices clearly indicate that research productivity demands are growing and researchers find it difficult to meet expectations posed upon them. The findings lead to the conclusion that more attention needs to be dedicated to institutional policies and practices that influence researchers work and on a larger scale the effectiveness of academic research enterprise.

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2020

6. Understanding Toxic Leadership in Higher Education Work Places through Betrayal Trauma Theory

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Mahlangu, Vimbi Petrus

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The paper emanates from the Chancellor's address that I presented on the 5th of March 2019 at the University of South Africa. Betrayal Trauma Theory (BTT) was used as a lens in understanding toxic leadership in work places. BTT focuses on the ways in which toxic behaviour of leaders may violate or negatively affect trust and well-being of employees. Toxic leadership can bring negative consequences to employees' attitudes toward their leaders and organizations' well-being, and work behaviours. Employees are the less powerful individuals in the leader-employee relationship. They are characterized by a power differential and constrained in what they can do in response to unfavourable treatments they receive from their bosses.

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2020

7. The Historical and Political Contexts That Led to the Educational Reforms in Angola

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Quinta, Joana, and Patatas, Teresa Almeida

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Educational reforms in Angola have emerged from changing political contexts in the country's history. The last three stand out: the Veiga Simão reform, which was approved in 1973 (colonial period) but did not come into full force; the 1978 reform (post-independence) coming from the third constitutional revision and the reform begun in 2004 (after national peace) instituted with the publication of Law 13/01, of 13 December. These reforms brought the innovations and measures considered relevant to the necessary changes in the education sector. They aimed to improve the current educational situation and brought guidelines that sought other levels of quality crucial to the country's development. Education being a basic pillar of society, all other sectors have benefited from these reforms, especially the economic, social and cultural ones. The aim of this paper is to show the different historical and political contexts that led to the last three educational reforms in Angola and the consequent changes. In order to achieve this objective, a bibliographical research was carried out, which allowed the authors to know the different contexts of the reforms implemented in education in the country. It is hoped that this paper will contribute to the reflection on how these contexts, with specific outlines, led to the educational reforms in question and cooperated in the necessary educational changes in this African country.

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2020

8. The Future of the African Child: Protecting the Right to Education of Internally Displaced Children in Nigeria

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Achinewhu, Chinuru Chituru

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The right of the child to education, regardless of social or environmental factors, is indispensable to the development of both the child and the society. In Africa, this right vis-à-vis the future of the child has incessantly been impeached by internal crisis and armed conflicts which often lead to the displacement of children from their homes, and away from formal educational opportunities. This paper examines the impact of internal crisis and armed conflicts on access to the right to education of internally displaced children (IDCs) in Nigeria and the effectiveness of Nigeria's legal regime in protecting these rights. It identifies structural conditions as the principal challenge truncating the right of IDCs to education. Using the best interest principle, non-discrimination rule, and the right to participate as its theoretical foundation, the paper posits that the protection of the right of uprooted children to education serves the overall future interest of both IDCs and the country. It argues that the failure of government to protect these rights through the emplacement of a robust legal regime to address the identified challenges amounts to an infringement of IDCs right to education and their right to a better future, particularly under international law. The research considers the position of Nigerian law and international human right instruments -- Nigerian Constitution, Nigeria's Child Rights Act, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- as the legal foundation of its argument. It recommends the emplacement of a structured legal regime to address the challenges.

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2020

9. Statutory Curtailment of School Autonomy: Recent Movements on the Centralization-Decentralization Continuum in South African Education

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and du Plessis, André

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The South African education system has been perceived as a decentralised and democratized education system and the National Development Plan proposes that greater management autonomy should be granted to public school principals by recommending that principals should gradually be given more powers as the quality of their leadership improves. This paper however, argues that contrary to the objectives of the National Development Plan, recent and current amendments to legislation is indicative that the government is moving in the opposite direction and that school governance and management autonomy is being curtailed. This is evident through an analysis of the effect of relevant sections of the Education Laws Amendment Act 31 of 2007 and the draft Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (2017).

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2020

10. Institutional and Individual Autonomy in Relation to Research Productivity in Hungarian and South African Higher Education Contexts

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Rónay, Zoltán, and Niemczyk, Ewelina K.

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As scholars we navigate in the fast changing and demanding research environment. The pressure to produce tangible outputs, secure funding, and undertake international collaborations has high implications on individual researchers' work and well-being. The issues brought forefront in scholarly literature showcase the impact of research pressures on other academic duties such as teaching, scholarly service and community engagement. The attention is also drawn to the ways in which the above mentioned pressures influence choices researchers make regarding their research agenda. In this reflective paper we take the academic discourse a step further to explore how demands of research productivity intertwine with institutional and individual autonomy in our respective countries, Hungary and South Africa. Our conceptual framework is informed by commonly recognized levels of autonomy in HEIs, which relate to research activities. The three levels include: individual researcher, collaborative research teams and the institution at large. Considering the complexity of the topic and length restriction for this paper, we narrow our focus to how institutional and individual researcher's autonomy converge with two research productivity activities, namely dependence on funding and selection of outlets for research outputs.

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2020

11. Knowledge as Currency: A Comparative Exploration of the Relationship between Education Expenditure and Gross Domestic Product in the European Union and BRICS Countries

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Otto, Michelle

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The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between the percentage of expenditure on public education of a country and the effect that each percentage mark has on the economic growth, and therefore Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of a country. The goal of this paper is to explore how investment in education impacts the economic growth of a country through the production of more skilled workers in the workforce. This paper aims to draw a comparison between the BRICS countries, and a representative number of the countries in the European Union to compare the investment, process and product delivered through these groupings. By looking at the production function from a Marxist perspective it is inevitable to notice that the error coefficient is significantly higher within the BRICS countries than in the European Union, which is reflected in the rate of economic growth. This paper would be of interest to economists, education policy makers, researchers, and scholars.

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2020

12. The Impact of Teacher-Student Relationships in Public Schools, Private Schools, and Madrasahs in Bangladesh

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Mustary, Mashraky

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Education is a very important aspect of a person's life. In Bangladesh, several different types of institutions are available for youth's education, including private schools, public schools, and religious schools called madrasahs. For these institutions to continue to run properly, teachers, students, and a curriculum must be present. A major aspect of the education system in Bangladesh is Islam and religious learning. The main objective of this study is to identify the effect of the teacher-student relationship in public schools, private schools, and madrasahs in Bangladesh. The research methods, including document review, observation and survey, were used to collect information from the target respondents in public, private, and madrasah schools in Bangladesh. The results show that teachers have a different kind of relationship with their students, depending on the school in which they are teaching. This is strongly determined by the number of students in the school, the degree of accessibility to each school, and social perceptions of the teacher-student relationship. The main purpose of this study is to understand how teacher-student relationships impact student's grades since these relationships have a great effect on the learning environment in all three types of institutions. Positive relationships help students feel loved and acknowledged, consoled and secure. This research, concentrated on three schools to perceive how educators' relationships with students have impacted their school life and how it has affected their studies.

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2020

13. Human Rights Policies: A Comparative Analysis of Mexico--Costa Rica

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Molina, Amelia, Estrada, Adriana, and Andrade, José Luis

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Part of the process of broader research is presented, in which it is necessary to establish a context of comparison between two Latin American nations. They implement educational policies related to human rights and training for social coexistence. It is assumed that the role of international organizations strongly influences the definition of such policies. For this, a comparative analysis is presented between what these organizations dictate and how they are retaken or redefined from two countries: Mexico and Costa Rica. For the analysis, the classic comparative methodology of Bereday (1968) is used. The description is presented based on primary, national and international sources, on the guidelines and policies of educational systems. Human Rights are considered as thematic axis. The interpretation phase is based on the construction of meaning that each country gives to its educational policies. This, considering the recommendations or guidelines of supranational organizations. Finally, the juxtaposition and comparison phases are developed, where the recurrences presented by the Mexican and Costa Rican educational policy documents are identified, considering the supranational guidelines, in order to build hypotheses or inquiry questions. In general, it is concluded that the policies of the countries studied are mediated by supranational organizations and, in turn, in their construction process they go through structural links (Torres, 2004), where each one re-produces its policies based on its sociocultural contexts.

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2020

14. Social and Emotional Learning and Play in Early Years

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Ljubetic, Maja, Maglica, Toni, and Vukadin, Željana

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The aim of the paper is to briefly explain the relationship between "early and preschool-aged children's play" and social-emotional learning (SEL). Play, as the child's dominant activity, ensures his full and healthy development and SEL makes a significant contribution to it. As SEL is important for a children's healthy growth, it has recently been the subject of numerous studies and, as a result, has become an indispensable part of the curricula of educational institutions. Socio-emotional competencies enable children to make achievements and advance both academically and personally. In this paper, the emphasis is placed on symbolic and peer play and it is concluded that both types provide opportunities for enhancing all social and emotional competencies (responsible decision-making, social awareness, social skills, self-awareness, and self-management). The prerequisite for creating the conditions for appropriate SEL of early and preschool-aged children are socially-emotionally competent educators (and parents). It is necessary to enrich study programmes at universities where educators are trained in the field of social-emotional competencies and indirectly to enable parents of early and preschool-aged children to learn this as well.

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2020

15. The Potential of ICTs in Education Worldwide: A Review of Several International Studies

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Kachakova, Vesselina

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The potential of ICTs in education is often seen as a panacea for almost all educational problems: ICTs would narrow the inequalities, give access to open resources and make the system fair for all who want to benefit from it, ICTs would make the education more attractive and effective for the students, ICTs would have the power to reform the way of teaching and the way of learning, and to bring for a huge social change. Different international organizations (OECD, IEA, World Bank, etc.) study the impact of ICTs on education worldwide and their conclusions do not confirm the high expectations. The politicians should not hyperbolize the positive effects that ICTs could have for improvement of quality or reducing the inequality in education, and to rely on ICTs to do their work as policymakers, responsible for the implementation of educational reforms and changes in the ways of learning and teaching through ICTs.

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2020

16. School Inspectors' Role of Supporting Mathematics Educators in South African Township Schools

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Mampane, Tebogo Jillian

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The purpose of the paper is to highlight ways in which mathematics educators are supported through school inspection. The aim of this paper is to establish whether mathematics educators are adequately supported through school inspection to address mathematics problems within South African classes. For this goal to be achieved, governments have tasked district officials, hereafter known as school inspectors to ensure and guarantee the delivery of quality education to learners. Despite the belief that school inspection may have a positive impact on the teaching of mathematics, little is known about how school inspectors support mathematics educators. A critical factor in capacitating mathematics educators is to ensure that they acquire effective teaching skills to address learners' mathematics problems. The study employs a qualitative conceptual approach using literature that includes books, articles and chapters written on mathematics, locally and internationally. Due to the limited discourse on how school inspectors capacitate and supervise educators in South Africa, the text serves as a significant piece in understanding how school inspection is implemented for developing mathematics educators in South Africa. The argument posed is whether school inspectors can succeed in adequately fulfilling this task. Findings reveal that supporting mathematics educators provides opportunities that make a real and lasting difference in learners' lives. Recommendations are that the government and educational stakeholders should ensure that school inspection is regulated to ensure mathematics educators are capacitated to address difficulties in mathematics learning.

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2020

17. Leadership Roles, Women and Higher Education: Lessons from the University of Buea, Cameroon

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Anim, Magdalin Nji, and Shotte, Gertrude

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There is no dearth of literature on the numerous challenges that women face in securing leadership roles in government, non-government and other societal and community organisations. Over the past five decades or so, researchers and concerned others have been reporting on the lack of women in leadership roles. This paper explores leadership roles of women in higher education (HE), with a special focus on the University of Buea, Cameroon. The paper is based on research work carried out in 2016 and was framed by the gender and development (GAD) model; but it is also supported by on-going research investigation, carried out for the purpose of future publications. This means that by and large, the paper makes use of literature review methodological approach to build the discussion. It makes clear that although on a global scale women's enrolment in HE exceeds that of men, this does not translate into women senior leadership positions in HE. It acknowledges what HE means in the Cameroonian context, and looks at the socio-cultural and structural factors that influence women's representation in HE positions in the University of Buea. The paper concludes that the paradigm shift in the global concepts of development has not shown a satisfactory level of decrease in the challenges that women face in relation to attaining senior leadership roles in HE institutions.

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2020

18. Putting the Cart before the Horse: Curriculum Reform Policy and Teachers' Pedagogical Preferences

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Chimbi, Godsend T., and Jita, Loyiso C.

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When presented with a new curriculum very few teachers teach in accordance with the prescribed pedagogies. This study reports on how teachers in Zimbabwe selected their teaching methods in response to a new curriculum reform policy. Using a qualitative multiple case study design and the theoretical lens of sense-making, the study interrogated teachers' understanding of a new history curriculum and their compliance to its pedagogical prescriptions. Although teachers were aware of the methodological demands of the new history curriculum, they complained that they were not adequately prepared and resourced to implement the new pedagogical policy. Teachers' pedagogical preferences appeared to be in line with their personal philosophy to history instruction, rather than what reform policy prescribed. It appears policy makers placed pedagogical reform policy in front of the teacher; like the proverbial case of putting the cart in front of the horse. To augment compliance with reform policy, it is necessary to in-service teachers on how to use innovative teaching approaches before asking them to change pedagogical practice. Teacher capacity building on innovative instructional strategies and creating learning communities may reduce the gap between policy demands and classroom practice.

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2020

19. School Counseling: A Comparative Study in 12 Countries

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Popov, Nikolay, and Spasenovic, Vera

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This paper presents results of a comparative international study on some aspects of school counseling in the following 12 countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Ireland, Malta, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, UK, and USA. The authors explain the multifunctional character of school counseling, give an idea of establishing a research field that could be called 'comparative school counseling studies', show the original terms in individual countries, and compare six aspects of school counseling: 1) legislative framework; 2) position requirements; 3) role of school counselors; 4) functions of school counselors; 5) interaction; and 6) ratio. The paper concludes with a long list of qualities school counselors are expected to possess. This is a document study chiefly based on examining, systematizing and comparing national documents (laws, reports, instructions, advices, position requirements, ministerial orders, recommendations, strategies, and statistics) on school counseling.

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2020

20. Understanding and Application of the Institutional Performance Management System within Higher Education Institution Departments

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Mampane, Sharon Thabo

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This conceptual paper draws on the understanding and application of institutional performance management system (IPMS) by managers in a higher education institution's department. Managers in HEIs [higher education institutions] are tasked to develop and support staff at all job levels and are accountable for their performance. The implementation of the IPMS in higher education institutions could enhance the growth and development of the department and its staff. The paper highlights practices of IPMS as well as identifies the successes and challenges in understanding and applying IPMS within HEIs, to provide a consolidated practical advice for universities in South Africa. Staff development and support are central to ensuring that commitments made, are seriously translated into relevant actions in the department. Such actions by the institution lay a strong foundation for improved performance. The purpose of the paper is to unpack and contextualise the understanding and application of institutional performance management system (IPMS) of staff, by recognising its merits depending on the context and circumstances where it is applied. This qualitative paper analysed literature studies that include books and articles written on performance management systems in higher education, to establish how performance data is used to improve institutional staff performance. Findings reveal that HEIs' performance criteria in IPMS, do not always serve to monitor and evaluate the department's progress on planned goals, objectives, and initiatives. The paper, therefore, serves as a foundational piece that highlights gaps in higher education institution managers' understanding and application of IPMS, for supporting and improving staff performance.

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2020

21. Approaches to Inclusive Education in Slovenia from a Comparative Angle

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Ermenc, Klara Skubic

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Many countries change their education systems in order to make them more inclusive. Yet, the way inclusion is understood and implemented, varies greatly. This paper describes key elements of inclusive policy in Slovenia. The policy is evaluated against Haug's three stages of the development of the concept of inclusion and Opertti, Walker and Zhang's four core approaches that prevail in the international arena. Research method adopted is document analysis. The analysis builds on Olivera's concept of the second-degree use of the comparative data. The findings indicate that Slovenian policy primarily reflects a human rights-based understanding of inclusion, focused on students with special needs. The author aims to provide a foundation for further comparative research on inclusion.

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2020

22. Relationship between Optimism-Pessimism, Learning Style and Teaching Style among Medical Students

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Stankovska, Gordana, Braha, Ruvejda, and Grncharovska, Svetlana Pandiloska

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Each person is born with a certain ability towards particular learning styles, which demonstrates that people learn in different ways. Styles influence the way students learn, the way teachers teach, and the way they interact. Thus, the main aim of our paper was to introduce the relationship between optimism-pessimism and teaching and learning styles among medical students. The Grasha-Reichmann Student Learning Styles Scale (GR-SLSS), Grasha's Teaching Style Inventory (TSI) and Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire (CASQ) were administered to a sample of 160 medical university students. The results demonstrated that among the teaching styles, facilitator, delegator and expert were the teaching styles most preferred by students. Based on the results, the dominant learning style of students in general was the collaborative, competitive and participatory style. At the same time, there was a significant positive relationship between optimism and student-centered teaching styles (facilitator and delegator), while pessimism was highly correlated with teacher-centered styles (expert, formal authority and personal model). Also, we found a significant positive relationship between optimism and the collaborative, competitive, independent and participatory learning style. On the other hand, pessimistic students tend to choose the dependent and avoidant learning style. More than half of male and female students preferred the collaborative, competitive and participatory learning style and the delegator, facilitator and expert teaching style. Overall, the research findings have successfully shown the relationship between a learning style, a teaching style and optimism-pessimism among medical students. The learning and teaching style together with the dichotomy optimism-pessimism are a significant factor for the teaching-learning process.

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2020

23. Developing a Faculty Research Culture in Higher Education: A South African Perspective

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Rossouw, J. P.

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An increase in research productivity is of vital importance in the development of countries worldwide. However, when research outputs are measured, many higher education faculties neither meet the expectations regarding quality nor quantity despite the increasing drive towards publications. This paper examines how academic managers can reform a prevailing weak or average research culture. Research and innovation managers such as deans, research directors and research professors may benefit from implementing the principles of the innovation value chain to transform a specific research culture characterised by low morale and a lack of outputs. Based on the author's experience and relevant scholarly literature, it is argued in this paper that a general passive or negative attitude amongst faculty members who are expected to produce research outputs, can be converted to a vibrant environment characterised by positive attitudes and increased research productivity.

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2020

24. Exploring Academic Promotion Practices within Higher Education Institutions: Enablers and Constraints in the Physical Space

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Mampane, Sharon Thabo

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This paper explores academic promotion practices in higher education institutions. Promotion of faculty members of universities is one of the major mechanisms in maintaining and improving the quality and efficiency of higher education and research activities in the country. Appointment processes are therefore critical to institutional development; therefore, the study argues for the identification of successful practices by exploring the enablers and disablers within the institutional promotion process in South Africa. This qualitative conceptual paper used literature, not limited to books, articles and chapters written on higher education institutions' promotion practices. There is, however, limited research on institutional promotion practices for academic employees within the South African higher education institutions. The study argues for the identification of successful practices to ensure fair and equitable institutional promotion practices by exploring the enablers and disablers within the institutional promotion process in the South African higher education. The paper serves as a foundational piece in understanding that appointment practices can be regulated to ensure fairness and equity. The appointment practices highlight the importance of shifting academic staff profiles in ways that are more representative of a diverse democracy. The inclusion of South Africa demonstrates a gap that exists in the academic promotions within higher education institutions. Findings reveal power-play and micro-politicking within promotion practices in HEIs. The paper serves as a foundational piece in understanding the regulation of fairness and equity in academic appointment practices.

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2020

25. Female School Principals in Canada and South Africa: An Overview

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and van Jaarsveld, Leentjie

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Worldwide, the issue of women in school principal positions is being discussed. Discussions on this matter include, among other things, the underrepresentation and promotion opportunities of female principals, stereotyping, culture and education and competencies of women. Several studies have shown that women do not have to stand back for their male counterparts. This paper deals with the perspectives of female school principals in Canada and South Africa. The study was employed in the interpretivist paradigm, and as it aimed to explore different aspects of the leadership of female school principals, a qualitative approach was used as a vehicle to come to understand the central phenomenon shared by the 12 participating female school principals in the two countries. They were interviewed by means of semi-structured interviews through which aspects with regard to their position as school principals were revealed. The case studies showed that female principals can be regarded as effective principals.

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2020

26. An Innovative Reform of Secondary Education for Immigrant Students in Southeastern USA

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Biraimah, Karen, and Kurtz, Brianna

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Migrant and immigrant education are both problematic and impactful in the U.S., which often identifies itself as "a nation of immigrants", though these concepts are currently criticized by a conservative government intent on building walls rather than bridges. Nevertheless, schools throughout the country have demonstrated an ability to provide immigrant students with quality instruction and a supportive environment designed to ensure their contributions to the nation. This paper will review a government-funded secondary magnet school for information technology in Southeastern U.S. that enrolls a significant number of first and secondgeneration voluntary immigrant students. Through an analysis of data obtained from questionnaires and extended focus group discussions, the authors will describe the challenges and achievements of these students, and the role their school's environment played in helping to create both a sense of belonging and opportunities for success.

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2020

27. Accountability as a Mechanism towards Professionalizing Teaching in Higher Education

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Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Bothma, Franciska

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In the sphere of higher education (HE) globally the tensions between academic autonomy and accountability, and the research vs teaching debate have been ongoing for decades. Zumeta (2011, p. 133) notes one of the reasons for such tensions to be the view of accountability as a social construct, resulting in its definition varying from context to context and time to time. While professionalism in the higher education context is closely associated to research status of academics, the question addressed in this paper is whether accountability in teaching-related work, if clearly defined and practiced, can be used as mechanism towards professionalizing higher education teaching. The findings of the qualitative study clearly indicate a correlation between the characteristics of teaching-related accountability and professionalism in higher education, underscoring the notion that an accountable and excellent higher education teacher should be able to rise to the coveted position of a professor.

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2020

28. A Critical Overview of the Impact of Social Media on Online Small Businesses Owned and Run by Women Entrepreneurs: A Case Study of London-Based Female Eentrepreneurs

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Nworgu, Queen Chioma

Abstract

Issues arising with social media and its influence on women entrepreneurs trigged this investigation. The research will examine the impact of social media on online small businesses owned and run by women entrepreneurs with reference to London-based female e-entrepreneurs. The work is a proposal for a PhD research and while waiting for the University for confirmation to conduct this area of investigation, I have decided to present this paper as part of my initial investigation on the issues around social media online on small businesses run by women entrepreneurs. Work used mixed research methods to investigate the impact of social media online on female entrepreneurs, their experiences and perceptions on their business activities and performance. The growth of social media as part of innovative technological development has enabled entrepreneurs to effectively carry out their business activities online, and an increasing number of female business owners are taking their businesses online and abandoning traditional, brink and mortar business model. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snap chat, YouTube and LinkedIn along with other websites are incorporated into the businesses of modern-day women entrepreneurs. This research will examine, analyse and evaluate relevant theoretical framework on female entrepreneurship and social media engagement and impact on business performance. The research will develop a framework for best practice that can be used by women e-entrepreneurs across Greater London.

Published
2020

29. Examining How Students Are Engaging in Their Teaching and Learning Activities: A Case Study of Higher Education Students in a London University, London Campus

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth

Abstract

This research project examines how international students are engaging with teaching and learning activities at a London based University. The research is at its pilot stage and will be focusing on one of the Business modules, namely MSc Human Resource Management, offered at the London University Campus. The project will seek to explore students' views on different teaching and learning activities of the module and how these have engaged and motivated them in their learning, and to identify areas for improvement. The main aim and purpose of this initial research is to find out which of the teaching and learning activities students found most helpful in their learning and to make suggestions on areas for improvement. A literature review and initial investigations identified 11 key teaching and learning activities mapped on this programme that are used according to the topics delivered each week: lectures, seminars, case studies, discussions, videos, debates, group work, individual work, class tests, quizzes, and guest speakers. The implementation of these activities will be investigated using variety of research methods, including quantitative surveys to explore the views of students doing this module, through on-line questionnaires, and in-class completion of questionnaires. It is anticipated that this pilot research will inform future research across other London University modules to promote the sharing of good practice and to fully support, engage and motivate students in their programme of studies. Recommendations will be made based on the students' feedback.

Published
2020

30. Development of Careful, Creative and Critical Thought According to the Philosophy of Matthew Lipman: A Proposal for Inclusion in Basic Education

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Vasquez-Martinez, Claudio-Rafael, Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Felipe, Flores, Francisco, Guerra, Martha, Cardona-T, Jose-Gerardo, Valdez-Jimenez, Liliana, Espino, Piero, Olaguez, Eugenia, Muñoz, Humberto, Chavoya, Jorge, Rendon, Hector, Zúñiga, Luz-María, Franco, Yolanda, Rojas-Garcia, Sandra-Yarely, Alvarez, Maria-Ines, Torres-Mata, Joaquin, Betancourt-Nuñez, Erik-Moises, Rodriguez-Ramirez, Sergio-Esteban, Alvarez-Gomez, Miguel, Cabral-Araiza, Jesus, and Anguiano, Carlos

Abstract

To satisfy the imperative need for developing life skills in basic education students throughout the country, it is important to think about continue educational inclusion, which is to be understood as the idea of Education for All. Education for all should satisfy the basic needs of learning while developing the individual and social welfare of each student. From this perspective, it is necessary to reflect on how to make students citizens who make decisions and assume consequences, so that they can act with critical judgment. For this, it is necessary to inspect and reconstruct the essence of critical, creative and careful thinking, the essence of learning to think.

Published
2020

31. Building Creative Capacities through Art Teacher Education in Zimbabwe

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Dziwa, Dairai Darlington, and Postma, Louise

Abstract

The human capital in the Zimbabwean labour market lacks the capacities to critically and creatively address technological, economic and industrial challenges. The new education policy, Education 5.0 requires graduates to design solutions to these problems. This conceptual paper demonstrates that the required creative and critical skills necessary for innovation are currently not learnt and developed in higher education. Creative and critical thinking skills form the core objectives of art education, but are neglected and negated by stakeholders. A fluidity of skills rooted in basic and advanced competencies which are grounded in abilities such as critical thinking, communication, and creativity have been characteristic of Zimbabwean art teacher education programs and can be seen as transferable in addressing other challenges.

Published
2020

32. 'Dirty Gossips', Transnational Policy Borrowing and Lending, and Education Policy Discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Mfum-Mensah, Ob

Abstract

Transnational policy borrowing and lending of ideas is mostly from the global North to the global South. In sub-Saharan Africa, transnational policy borrowing and lending is complicated by western "dirty gossips" (distortions and stereotypes) about African societies. While works by Steiner-Khamsi, Quist and Kendall outline the complexities of transnational resource flows to sub-Saharan Africa, analysis of how western distortions about Africa shape transnational policy transfer is lacking. This paper employs symbolic violence and postcolonial frameworks to outline how Europeans and Americans' "dirty gossips" about Africa have influenced external transfer and flow of educational ideas and practices to sub-Saharan Africa since the colonial era. It also delineates the complicated ways western distortions and stereotypes about sub-Saharan Africa is a strategy by western partners in the global transnational policy borrowing and lending processes to position themselves in trusteeship roles while infantilizing education policy makers in sub-Saharan Africa. The paper argues that western education partners, particularly, western Africanist scholars, employ distortions and stereotypes as important components of their transnational policy borrowing and lending frameworks with the objective to present education in sub-Saharan Africa as a "crisis" and a new frontier, and their resolve to confront, explore and tame the crisis.

Published
2020

33. Entrepreneurial Leadership in Start-Up Businesses

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Ordu, Uchechi Bel-Ann

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the entrepreneurial leadership as one of the modern styles of leadership in organizations. The concept of entrepreneurship constantly increases in business organizations and in educational systems. Large and strong businesses around the globe today are borne out of the creativity and effort of start-ups. Analysing the profile of the entrepreneur and the role in organizations as entrepreneurial leaders show that there is a close relationship between the concept of entrepreneurship and the exploration of opportunities which the entrepreneurial leader bases on innovation, risk-taking and adaptability to change. To run successful organizations, managers must have both leadership and entrepreneurial skills. The main motivation of entrepreneurial leaders is in their strive to create and explore social, environmental and economic opportunities. The concept of entrepreneurial leadership is relevant to academic knowledge in that, it is a new stream being developed and written literature on this topic is increasing per year. The work will aim to employ quantitative and qualitative research methods, firstly, to gain prior knowledge and secondly, to ascertain the views of the participants on their entrepreneurial leadership styles and impact on the success of their business ventures. The findings of the research will form the basis for future research for the aspiring doctorate degree in the field.

Published
2020

34. Education Reforms Worldwide: Incoming Tide for Comparative and International Education

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Wolhuter, Charl

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to map the tide of education reforms worldwide and to spell out the implications thereof for the field of Comparative and International Education -- the field of scholarship tasked with assessing and guiding the global education project. In the field the notion of the Global Education Reform Movement (GERM) has gained currency. In this paper the deficiencies of that concept are identified. These include its non-exhaustiveness, its lack of a theoretical underpinning, and its lack of a normative dimension. It is argued that the field of Comparative and International Education, with its theoretical construct of the education system, its basic theorem of education systems being shaped by societal contextual forces, and the comparative method for approaching education issues and challenges, appears most promising in providing a theory as well as a method for a scholarly as well as a public discourse about education. The most salient societal trends of the twenty-first century world are enumerated, as well as how these have precipitated in changed education objectives, educational management and administration, teachers and students, and curricula.

Published
2020

35. History Education as a Form of Value Indoctrination in Soviet Lithuania

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Naudžiuniene, Akvile

Abstract

In the 1960s Soviet regime in Lithuania introduced through education a concept of "a new man". This "new man" represented the idealistic vision of the Soviet citizen, thus he had to be indoctrinated with the specific set of values. History as a value-oriented discipline at schools, including both humanitarian and social dimensions, can be understood as one of the most appropriate school subjects for such totalitarian formation of a new man. The aim of this paper is to distinguish principal values, which were introduced to the school children at schools of late Soviet Lithuania (1957-1988) during history education. It is pivotal to note, that Soviet control in Lithuania is understood as an occupational and suppressive regime. Also, it was a regime of idiosyncrasies, so the contents of the aforementioned educational materials are analyzed in two-layered principle -- the direct instructions regarding the lifestyle, values, and opinions appropriate to Soviet citizens and more subtle (through symbols, images, and politics of national Communism) indoctrination. This paper raises a hypothesis that Lithuanian break up with the Soviet Union in 1990 has left traces in current Lithuanian education because it was recreated mostly by the same people, who were instructed in the Soviet value system. People educated as "the new Soviet men" created a new Lithuanian history education curriculum, thus aspiring to prompt "a new Lithuanian man".

Published
2020

36. Engagement of Teachers in School Practice Research in Serbian Context

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Matovic, Nataša, and Hebib, Emina

Abstract

The idea of teachers as researchers emerges from the belief that teachers are a key factor in the development of school work practice and that teacher professional development should be based on the concept of reflective practice. Teachers are given valuable opportunities for learning and development through involvement in various research activities into school practice. The aim of the empirical research presented in this paper is to examine frequency, reasons and satisfaction of teachers engaged in school practice research. A specific task of the research activity was meant to determine if there were differences between classroom teachers and subject teachers in relation to the selected questions. The research was conducted in four primary schools on the basis of a sample of 129 teachers. The instrument which represents a combination of survey questions and a descriptive rating scale was used for data collection. The research results indicate that the teachers on average state that they rarely engage in research and that they rate their satisfaction of the experienced engagement in research with an average grade of M=3.33 (on a scale of 1 to 5). Statistically significant differences were registered between the classroom teachers and the subject teachers regarding the frequency of their engagement in research conducted by students, as well as regarding the assistance in solving problems encountered at work as a reason for their engagement in research. The possible direction for further research in this area is provided based on the analysis of the results.

Published
2020

37. Capabilities That Matter Most for Disadvantaged Students in South African Universities

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Gore, Oliver Tafadzwa

Abstract

Inequality and inequity of outcomes persist in South African higher education despite policies to redress the effects of apartheid, which segregated black people from accessing good quality education. Policy in higher education uses the concept 'historically disadvantaged' in its interventions aimed to address inequality but the desired outcomes have not been achieved as higher education institutions particularly universities seem to struggle to create conducive environments for all students to participate successfully. Lack of clarity on what needs to be addressed and prioritised could be blamed for the ineffective interventions. Using the capability approach as advanced by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum, the paper identifies the most significant capabilities for student disadvantage, which universities should focus on in their interventions. This paper draws from semi-structured qualitative interviews from 26 diverse students from one South African university to argue that when students lack the financial income, affiliation and personal tenacity and hard work capabilities, their lives were affected the most. To that end, it is recommended that higher education institutions should prioritise to address these capabilities to ensure equal access, participation and success for all students.

Published
2020

38. Evaluation of an Academic Unit for Quality Assurance: Also Looking into Culture

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Myers, Marie J.

Abstract

Academic reviews take on new directions in an ever-increasing fast-paced development. Unit reviewers should be provided different samples, with varied cultural contents also providing nuances, as related to the 'object' of the evaluation, as well as a final overall product, i.e. more of a synthesis, through which one will check the degree of compliance, as regards the previously established conditions, and the degree of sensitivity towards the variety of cultures inherent in the system. The aim of this paper is to shed light on evolving processes attempting to keep up with new contexts. The methodological approach used is qualitative. It consists of the analysis of observational notes from the researcher as a participant observer involved in the process of two evaluation exercises in higher education. We will present our findings using Weiss' (1980) models for implementation of results in education and discuss underlying strategies. Conclusions drawn can be adapted to most educational settings and should enable cultural aspects that infiltrate the process to be considered as a value-added characteristic in the establishing of a fairer evaluation framework.

Published
2020

39. Elective Home Schooling in England: A Policy in Need of Reform?

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) and Hilton, Gillian L. S.

Abstract

This paper examines the recent noticeable rise in parents and carers in England, deciding to home school their children. This rise has been attributed to schools advising parents with 'difficult' children, those with special educational needs or behavioural problems, that they have a choice; home educate or their child will be permanently excluded. Also, there is a rise in parents removing children from schools due to bullying, school refusal and general unhappiness with school regimes and demands made on learners. The paper discusses causes of this increase in elective home schooling and examines the policy changes proposed and implemented by successive governments. Recently, concerns have arisen over what type of education is being offered to children by poorly educated parents, the rise of so called temporary schools in unsuitable buildings, concerns over religious indoctrination and the lack of a broad and balanced curriculum being offered, which could result in a lack of future employment opportunities for students. Certainly, a new approach is urgently needed if children's futures are to be protected.

Published
2020

40. Homeschooling in the BRICS Members States: A Comparative Study

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), de Beer, Louw, Vos, Deon, and Myburgh, Jeannine

Abstract

Homeschooling is an alternative method of teaching where parents take the responsibility of education and teach their children at home. This method of education is increasing worldwide. Various authorities around the world have taken note of this trend and recognized homeschooling as an alternative method of education in their legislation. The paper examines the educational policy and practice of homeschooling in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) through a literature study, with the aim of comparing the five countries to hit. It also looks at what the BRICS countries can learn from each other regarding homeschooling. Most of the BRICS countries have education law that does not provide for homeschooling. In the countries where homeownership is legal, there are strict requirements that must be met. These requirements place a heavy burden on home school parents. However, it is clear from the investigation that homeschooling is increasing in the BRICS countries legally and illegally. There are also other similarities arising from the study.

Published
2020

41. Glocal Education in Practice: Teaching, Researching, and Citizenship. BCES Conference Books, Volume 17

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, De Beer, Louw, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Niemczyk, Ewelina, Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, De Beer, Louw, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Niemczyk, Ewelina, and Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)

Abstract

This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 17th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) held in June 2019 in Pomorie, Bulgaria. The 17th BCES Conference theme is "Glocal Education in Practice: Teaching, Researching, and Citizenship." Some selected papers submitted to the pre-conference International Symposium on "30 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall" are also included in this volume. The book includes 34 papers written by 69 authors from 20 countries. The volume starts with an introductory piece by the keynote speaker Ewelina Niemczyk. The other 34 papers are divided into 7 parts: (1) Comparative and International Education & History of Education; (2) International Organizations and Education; (3) School Education: Policies, Innovations, Practices & Entrepreneurship; (4) Higher Education & Teacher Education and Training; (5) Law and Education; (6) Research Education & Research Practice; and (7) Thirty Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Educational Reforms Worldwide. Glocal education is the main term in this volume discussed from theoretical, methodological and empirical points of view. Most papers directly or circuitously refer to glocal education in teaching, learning, researching, and citizenship. Different profound and well defended opinions on glocal education can be seen in the volume. After viewing all papers in this volume, readers will likely consider it a valuable source for interesting studies on various educational problems in the light of globalization, localization, internationalization, and glocalization. [For Volume 16 proceedings, see ED586117.]

Published
2019

42. Education in Modern Society. BCES Conference Books, Volume 16

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Smith, Juliana Maria, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Niemczyk, Ewelina, Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Smith, Juliana Maria, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Niemczyk, Ewelina, and Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)

Abstract

This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 16th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in June 2018 in Golden Sands, Varna, Bulgaria. The 16th BCES Conference theme is "Education in Modern Society." The book includes 32 papers written by 67 authors. The volume starts with an introductory paper written by the keynote speakers Hennie Steyn, Deon Vos, and Louw de Beer. The other 31 papers are divided into 6 parts: (1) Comparative and International Education & History of Education; (2) Teacher Education; (3) Education Policy, Reforms & School Leadership; (4) Higher Education, Lifelong Learning & Social Inclusion; (5) Law and Education; and (6) Research Education & Research Practice. Following a Preface authored by Nikolay Popov, the following papers are included in this volume: (1) Introduction: Education in Modern Society (Hennie Steyn, Deon Vos, and Louw de Beer); (2) Modern as Contested Concept in Comparative and International Education (Charl Wolhuter); (3) The Birth of a "New" Theory of Education and Its Application in Comparative Education Studies (Johannes L. van der Walt); (3) "CHAT"-ting up Anatheism in Search of Authentic and Credible Religious Memories (Ferdinand J. Potgieter); (4) Reflecting on a University Partnership Project in Underprivileged South African Schools (Lynette Jacobs); (5) Economic Transformation and Emancipation through Active Citizenship Education (Agnetha Arendse and Juliana Smith); (6) The Road to Recovery from Alcoholism and Addiction: Retribution or Restoration? (Peter L. Schneller, Jenna Kennedy, Jessica Kennedy, and Zackery Metz); (7) Nationality and Culture as Factors Influencing Creativity Levels in Candidate Teachers: A Comparative Study between the United States and Turkey (Ricardo Lozano and Joanne Antrim); (8) Teachers and Education for Global Citizenship in a Mexican University (Marco Aurelio Navarro-Leal and Juan Manuel Salinas-Escandón); (9) Comparative Analysis of Educational Systems in Japan and Bangladesh (Mashraky Mustary); (10) German Dual System: A Model for Kazakhstan? (Makhabbat Kenzhegaliyeva); (11) Greek Language Education in Egypt: An Example in the Field of International Education (John Ieronimakis and Aggeliki Efstathopoulou); (12) Challenges and Opportunities of Professional Development in Teacher Education at a South African University in a Pre- and Post-Democratic Era (Juliana Maria Smith); (13) Analysis of the Activity of Preservice Teachers and Trainers on an ePortfolio Platform (Jean Simon & Laura Henriette); (14) Thinking 'Outside of the Box' in Modern Education Systems: Working across Cultural and Language Boundaries with Student Teachers in Lithuania (Gillian L. S. Hilton); (15) A Grounded Theory of ECD Principals' Self-Care and Workplace WellnessPromotion Practices (Erika Kruger); (16) Re-Contextualization of Effectiveness and Efficiency in Post-Socialist Education (Rimantas Želvys, Dovile Stumbriene, and Audrone Jakaitiene); (17) 'A New Way for New Talents in Teaching' or the Impact of Targeted Recruitment, Rigorous Selection, Innovative Training, and Ongoing Professional Support on Beginner Teachers' Performance (Neli Koleva and Maya Stoyanova-Warner); (18) Reflections on Educational Reforms in Latin America (Claudio-Rafael Vasquez-Martinez, Felipe González-Gonzalez, Francisco Flores, Jose-Gerardo Cardona-T., Irma González, Piero Espino, Eugenia Olaguez, Hector Rendon, Jorge Chavoya, Alba-Liliana Valdes-Perea, María-Ines Álvarez, Joaquín Torres-Mata, Erik-Moises Betancourt-Nuñez, Sergio-Esteban Rodríguez-Ramírez, Miguel Álvarez-Gómez, Jesús Cabral-Araiza, and Carlos Anguiano); (19) Pertinent Leadership and Governance Challenges Facing Schools in South Africa (Vimbi P. Mahlangu); (20) Comparing Traditional Learning Materials with Those Created with Instructional Design and Universal Design for Learning Attributes: The Students' Perspective (Peter Fenrich, Tim Carson, and Mark Overgaard); (21) Studying Abroad: A Case Study of Chinese International Mobility (Anna Mankowska); (22) Emotional Intelligence, Test Anxiety and Academic Stress among University Students (Gordana Stankovska, Dimitar Dimitrovski, Slagana Angelkoska, Zebide Ibraimi, and Valbona Uka); (23) An Overview of Integrating Arts and Creative Practices to a Business Programme: QAHE in Partnership with Ulster & Northumbria Universities (Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu); (24) Cultural Challenges Facing Teachers Working with International Students -- A Case Study of QAHE (Queen Chioma Nworgu and Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu); (25) Centralizations and Autonomies: The Delimitation of Education by the Hungarian Government (Zoltán Rónay); (26) Exploring the Practice of In Loco Parentis in Public Schools (Sharon Thabo Mampane); (27) School Heads of Department's Role in Ensuring Teacher Professional Development in Mathematics: The South African Context (Tebogo Jillian Mampane); (28) Inequalities within Nigeria's Education System: A Focus on Secondary Schools in Lagos, Ondo State and Ogun State (Shade Babalola); (29) State of Modern Education in Nigeria (Omokaro Obire); (30) Wellbeing of Adolescents as a Requirement for Education in Late Modernity (Jutta Ecarius); and (31) Analyzing Discursive Interactions of South African Academics in an Online Forum through Young's Communicative Model (Louise Postma). Individual papers contain references. [For Volume 15, see ED574185.]

Published
2018

43. Current Business and Economics Driven Discourse and Education: Perspectives from around the World. BCES Conference Books, Volume 15

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Kalin, Jana, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Niemczyk, Ewelina, Chigisheva, Oksana, Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Kalin, Jana, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Niemczyk, Ewelina, Chigisheva, Oksana, and Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)

Abstract

This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 15th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in June 2017 in Borovets, Bulgaria, and papers submitted to the 5th International Partner Conference of the International Research Centre (IRC) "Scientific Cooperation," Rostov-on-Don, Russia, organized as part of the BCES Conference. The 15th BCES conference theme is "Current Business and Economics Driven Discourse and Education: Perspectives from Around the World." The 5th International Partner Conference theme is "Science and Education in Modern Social, Economic and Humanitarian Discourse." This volume consists of 38 papers written by 69 authors. Following a Preface entitled BCES: A Fifteen-Year Conference Tradition, the following papers are included in this volume: (1) Introduction: The Current Business and Economics Driven Discourse and Education--Perspectives from Around the World (Johannes L. van der Walt). Part 1: Comparative Education & History of Education: (2) Economics and Comparative and International Education: Past, Present, Future (Charl Wolhuter); (3) Spontaneous Responses to Neoliberalism, and Their Significance for Education (Johannes L. van der Walt); (4) Affirmative Action in Education and Black Economic Empowerment in the Workplace in South Africa since 1994: Policies, Strengths and Limitations (Harold D. Herman); (5) Commodity versus Common Good: Internationalization in Latin-American Higher Education (Marco Aurelio Navarro Leal); (6) Education and Communities at the "Margins": The Contradictions of Western Education for Islamic Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa (Obed Mfum-Mensah); and (7) Resilience and Intercultural Education on Secondary School: A Comparative Study in Mexico and Germany (Octaviano García Robelo and Ileana Casasola Pérez). Part 2: Teacher Education: (8) Status of Teachers and the Teaching Profession: A Study of Elementary School Teachers' Perspectives (Jana Kalin, Renata Cepic, and Barbara Šteh); and (9) The Internationalization of Teacher Education: Different Contexts, Similar Challenges (Bruno Leutwyler, Nikolay Popov, and Charl Wolhuter). Part 3: Education Policy, Reforms & School Leadership: (10) Disappearing Teachers: An Exploration of a Variety of Views as to the Causes of the Problems Affecting Teacher Recruitment and Retention in England (Gillian L. S. Hilton); (11) Government Policy in England on the Financing of ITT: Value for Money or a Waste of Resources? (Gillian L. S. Hilton); (12) The Roles of Teacher Leadership in Shanghai Education Success (Nicholas Sun-keung Pang and Zhuang Miao); (13) Capitalism and Public Education in the United States (Peter L. Schneller); (14) STEM Education Policies and their Impact on the Labour Market in Latvia (Rita Kiselova and Aija Gravite); (15) Reading Partridge's "The Goblet Club" as an Integral Part of a Secondary School's Anti-Bullying Programme (Corene De Wet); (16) Implementation of School Uniform Policy and the Violation of Students' Human Rights in Schools (Vimbi Petrus Mahlangu); (17) Influence of International Organisms in the School Management Autonomy as an Education Policy (Amelia Molina García, José Antonio Sáenz Melo, and José Luis H. Andrade Lara); and (18) The Reorganisation of the Curriculum in Educational Cycles in Codema College: A Positive Step (Claudio-Rafael Vasquez-Martinez, Felipe González-Gonzalez, Francisco Flores, Josefina Díaz, Jose-Gerardo Cardona-T., Hector Rendon, Jorge Chavoya, Sandra-Milena Gutiérrez-Cardenas, María-Ines Álvarez, Joaquín Torres-Mata, Erik-Moises Betancourt-Nuñez, María Morfín, Miguel Álvarez, and Carlos Anguiano). Part 4: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning & Social Inclusion: (19) Training Middle Managers of South African Public Schools in Leadership and Management Skills (Sharon Thabo Mampane); (20) The Higher Education Policy of Global Experts Recruitment Program: Focused on China (Hanna Kim); (21) Job Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Academic Staff in Higher Education (Gordana Stankovska, Slagana Angelkoska, Fadbi Osmani, and Svetlana Pandiloska Grncarovska); and (22) Comparative Analysis of English Language Student's School Paths at a Mexico University (Octaviano García Robelo, Jorge Hernández Márquez, and Ileana Casasola Pérez). Part 5: Law and Education: (23) Integrating Art and Creative Practices into a Programme of Support for Nigerian Students Studying in UK Higher Education Institutions (Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu); (24) Comparing Student Retention in a Public and a Private College: Implications for Tackling Inequality in Education (Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu); and (25) Legal Understanding of "Quid Pro Quo" Sexual Harassment in Schools (Vimbi Petrus Mahlangu). Part 6: Research Education: (26) Burke's Dramatism Framework: A Lens to Analyse Bullying (Lynette Jacobs); (27) Is It Necessary to Articulate a Research Methodology When Reporting on Theoretical Research? (Juliana Smith and Rosalie Small); and (28) Early Support Development of Children with Disorders of the Biopsychosocial Functioning in Poland (Anna Czyz). Part 7: Educational Development Strategies in Different Countries and Regions of the World--National, Regional and Global Levels: (29) Analytical Overview of the European and Russian Qualifications Frameworks with a Focus on Doctoral Degree Level (Oksana Chigisheva, Anna Bondarenko, and Elena Soltovets); (30) Tutor System as a Source of Harmonizing the Educational System with the Needs of Economics (Tatiana Korsakova and Mikhail Korsakov); (31) Psychological Counseling Services in the Universities of Russia and the West (Elena Kirillova, Boris Kuznetsov, Vasiliy Aleshin, and Evgeniy Vodolazhskiy); (32) Experience of Teaching Drawing in German Schools by A. Ažbe and S. Hollósy (on the Example of the Image of Human Head) (Svetlana Melnikova and Ludmila Petrenko); (33) Short Cycle Higher Education Development in Latvia (Intra Luce); (34) Peculiarities of Teaching Medical Informatics and Statistics (Sergey Glushkov); and (35) The Role of Social Practice for the Development of Educational and Professional Standards (Irina Bobyleva and Olga Zavodilkina). Part 8: Key Directions and Characteristics of Research Organization in the Contemporary World: (36) Some Aspects of Developing Background Knowledge in Second Language Acquisition Revisited (Galina Zashchitina and Natalia Moysyak); (37) On the Theoretical and Practical Consistency of Neoclassicism as a Theoretical Platform of Economic Disciplines (Lyudmila Dyshaeva); and (38) Terrorism as a Social and Legal Phenomenon (Anna Serebrennikova and Yekaterina Mashkova). Individual papers contain references. [For Volume 14, Number 1, see ED568088. For Volume 14, Number 2, see ED568089.]

Published
2017

44. Education Provision to Every One: Comparing Perspectives from around the World. BCES Conference Books, Volume 14, Number 1

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Kalin, Jana, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, and Niemczyk, Ewelina

Abstract

Papers from the proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society was submitted in two volumes. Volume 1 contains papers submitted at the conference held in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 14-17, 2016. Volume 2 contains papers submitted at the 4th International Partner Conference of the International Research Centre (IRC) "Scientific Cooperation," Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The overall conference theme was "Education Provision to Every One: Comparing Perspectives from Around the World" and included six thematic sections: (1) Comparative Education & History of Education; (2) Pre-service and In-service Teacher Training & Learning and Teaching Styles; (3) Education Policy, Reforms and School Leadership; (4) Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Social Inclusion; (5) Law and Education: Legislation and Inclusive Education, Child Protection & Human Rights Education; and (6) Research Education: Developing Globally Competent Researchers for International and Interdisciplinary Research. The book contains a Preface: "Bulgarian Comparative Education Society: 25 Years of Being International" (Nikolay Popov); an Introduction: "Education Provision to Everyone: Comparing Perspectives from Around the World" (Lynette Jacobs) and papers divided into the respective thematic sections. Part 1: "Comparative Education & History of Education": (1) Jullien: Founding Father of Comparative and International Education Still Pointing the Way (Charl Wolhuter); (2) Presentation of Marc-Antoine Jullien's Work in Bulgarian Comparative Education Textbooks (Teodora Genova & Nikolay Popov); (3) "Teach Your Children Well": Arguing in Favor of Pedagogically Justifiable Hospitality Education (Ferdinand J. Potgieter); (4) Theory for Explaining and Comparing the Dynamics of Education in Transitional Processes (Johannes L. van der Walt); (5) Nordic Internationalists' Contribution to the Field of Comparative and International Education (Teodora Genova); (6) International Research Partners: The Challenges of Developing an Equitable Partnership between Universities in the Global North and South (Karen L. Biraimah); (7) Providing Books to Rural Schools through Mobile Libraries (Lynette Jacobs, Ernst Stals & Lieve Leroy); (8) South African Curriculum Reform: Education for Active Citizenship (Juliana Smith & Agnetha Arendse); (9) Universities Response to Oil and Gas Industry Demands in South Texas (USA) and Tamaulipas (Mexico) (Marco Aurelio Navarro); (10) Goals That Melt Away. Higher Education Provision in Mexico (Marco Aurelio Navarro & Ruth Roux); (11) How the Issue of Unemployment and the Unemployed Is Treated in Adult Education Literature within Polish and U.S. Contexts (Marzanna Pogorzelska & Susan Yelich Biniecki); (12) Contribuciones de un Modelo Multiniveles para el Análisis Comparado de Impactos de Políticas Educativas en la Educación Superior (Mirian Inés Capelari) [title and paper are provided in Spanish, abstract in English]; and (13) Internationalization, Globalization and Relationship Networks as an Epistemological Framework Based on Comparative Studies in Education (Amelia Molina García & José Luis Horacio Andrade Lara). Part 2: "Pre-service and In-service Teacher Training & Learning and Teaching Styles": (14) The Goals and Conditions of Qualitative Collaboration between Elementary Schools and Community -- A Challenge for the Professional Development (Jana Kalin & Barbara Šteh); (15) South African Heads of Department on Their Role in Teacher Development: Unexpected Patterns in an Unequal System (André du Plessis); (16) Do Teachers, Students and Parents Agree about the Top Five Good Teacher's Characteristics? (Marlena Plavšic & Marina Dikovic); and (17) Personality Traits and Learning Styles of Secondary School Students in Serbia (Gordana Djigic, Snežana Stojiljkovic & Andrijana Markovic). Part 3: "Education Policy, Reforms & School Leadership": (18) Routes into Teaching: Does Variety Aid Recruitment or Merely Cause Confusion? A Study of Three Different Programmes for Teacher Training in England (Gillian Hilton); (19) The Status of Teaching as a Profession in South Africa (Corene de Wet); (20) Initial and Continuing Professional Development of Adult Educators from an Educational - Policy Perspective: Rethinking from Croatia (Renata Cepic & Marijeta Mašic); (21) Educational Reform from the Perspective of the Student (Claudio-Rafael Vasquez-Martinez, Felipe Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Jose-Gerardo Cardona-Toro, MaríaGuadalupe Díaz-Renteria, Maria-Ines Alvarez, Hector Rendon, Isabel Valero, Maria Morfin, Miguel Alvarez); (22) Leadership and Context Connectivity: Merging Two Forces for Sustainable School Improvement (Nylon Ramodikoe Marishane); (23) Approaches to In-servicing Training of Teachers in Primary Schools in South Africa (Vimbi P. Mahlangu); (24) Social Justice and Capacity for Self-development in Educational Systems in European Union (Bo-Ruey Huang); (25) Social Justice and Capacity for Self-Development in Educational System in Japan (Yu-Fei Liu); and (26) Emotions in Education Generated by Migration (Graciela Amira Medecigo Shej). Part 4: "Higher Education, Lifelong Learning & Social Inclusion": (27) Ambivalent Community: International African Students in Residence at a South African University (Everard Weber An); (28) Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions in Latvia and Turkey: Its Management and Development during the Last Decade (Sibel Burçer & Ilze Kangro); (29) Lifelong Learning: Capabilities and Aspirations (Petya Ilieva-Trichkova); (30) Where Have All the Teachers Gone: A Case Study in Transitioning (Amanda S. Potgieter); (31) An Overview of Engineering Courses in Brazil: Actual Challenges (Alberto G. Canen, Iara Tammela & Diogo Cevolani Camatta); (32) Multiculturalism and Peace Studies for Education Provision in Time of Diverse Democracies (Rejane P. Costa & Ana Ivenicki); (33) Social Inclusion of Foreigners in Poland (Ewa Sowa-Behtane); (34) An Autistic Child Would Like to Say "Hello" (Maria Dishkova); (35) Research Approaches for Higher Education Students: A Personal Experience (Momodou M Willan); (36) Social Networks Use, Loneliness and Academic Performance among University Students (Gordana Stankovska, Slagana Angelkovska & Svetlana Pandiloska Grncarovska); and (37) The Personal Characteristics Predictors of Academic Success (Slagana Angelkoska, Gordana Stankovska & Dimitar Dimitrovski). Part 5: "Law and Education: Legislation and Inclusive Education, Child Protection & Human Rights Education": (38) An Exploration of the Wider Costs of the Decision by the Rivers State Government in Nigeria to Revoke International Students' Scholarships (Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu & Queen Chioma Nworgu); (39) Strategies for Improving the Employability Skills and Life Chances of Youths in Nigeria (Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu, Steve Azaiki, Shade Babalola & Chinuru Achinewhu); (40) Examining the Role, Values, and Legal Policy Issues Facing Public Library Resources in Supporting Students to Achieve Academic Success (Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu, Steve Azaiki & Queen Chioma Nworgu); (41) Peer Exclusion at Physical Education (Gorazde Sotosek); (42) Exclusion and Education in South Africa: An Education Law Perspective of Emerging Alternative Understandings of Exclusion (Johan Beckmann); and (43) Educational and Social Inclusion of Handicapped Children. Polish Experiences (Anna Czyz). Part 6: "Research Education: Developing Globally Competent Researchers for International and Interdisciplinary Research": (44) Observations about Research Methodology during 15 Years of Presenting Capacity-Building Seminars (Johannes L. van der Walt); and (45) Using a Play-Based Methodology in Qualitative Research: A Case of Using Social Board to Examine School Climate (Anna Mankowska). Following the presentation of the complete conference papers, the following abstracts are provided: (1) Project-Based Learning in Polish-American Comparative Perspective (Marzanna Pogorzelska); (2) Teaching and Researching Intervention and Facilitation in a Process of Self-reflection: Scrutinity of an Action Research Process (Juliana Smith); (3) Investigating Perceptions of Male Students in Early Childhood Education Program on Learning Experiences (Ayse Duran); (4) Teacher Professional Development and Student Achievement in Turkey: Evidence from TIMSS 2011 (Emine Gumus & Mehmet Sukru Bellibas); (5) The Usage of CBT and Ayeka Approach at the Kedma School (Yehuda Bar Shalom & Amira Bar Shalom); (6) Factors Affecting Turkish Teachers' Use of ICT for Teaching: Evidence from ICILS 2013 (Mehmet Sukru Bellibas & Sedat Gumus); (7) Application of Big Data Predictive Analytics in Higher Education (James Ogunleye); (8) The Pursuit of Excellence in Malaysian Higher Education: Consequences for the Academic Workplace (David Chapman, Sigrid Hutcheson, Chang Da Wan, Molly Lee, Ann Austin, Ahmad Nurulazam); (9) Challenging the Value and Missions of Higher Education: New Forms of Philanthropy and Giving (Pepka Boyadjieva & Petya Ilieva-Trichkova); (10) The Effects of Major-changing between Undergraduates and Postgraduates on the Major Development of Postgraduates (Jinmin Yu & Hong Zhu); (11) Spotlight on Canadian Research Education: Access of Doctoral Students to Research Assistantships (Ewelina Kinga Niemczyk); (12) Regulation or Freedom? Considering the Role of the Law in Study Supervision (J. P. Rossouw & M. C. Rossouw); (13) The Subjectivity-Objectivity Battle in Research (Gertrude Shotte); and (14) Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Chemistry: Electrochemical Biosensors Case Study (Margarita Stoytcheva & Roumen Zlatev). A Name Index is included. (Individual papers contain references.) [For Volume 2, "Education Provision to Every One: Comparing Perspectives from around the World. BCES Conference Books, Volume 14, Number 2" see ED568089.]

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2016

45. Education Provision to Every One: Comparing Perspectives from around the World. BCES Conference Books, Volume 14, Number 2

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Chigisheva, Oksana, Popov, Nikolay, Chigisheva, Oksana, Popov, Nikolay, and Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)

Abstract

Papers from the proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society were submitted in two volumes. Volume 1 contains papers submitted at the conference held in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 14-17, 2016. Volume 2 contains papers submitted at the 4th International Partner Conference of the International Research Centre (IRC) "Scientific Cooperation," Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 14-17, 2016. The overall conference theme was "Education Provision to Every One: Comparing Perspectives from Around the World." The theme of the 4th International Partner Conference is "Education, Science and Research: Innovative Perspectives for Development." This book contains the papers from volume 2. The papers are thematically distributed into 2 parts: Part 1 "Educational Development Strategies in Different Countries and Regions of the World: National, Regional and Global Levels"; and Part 2 "Key Directions and Characteristics of Research Organization in Contemporary World." Following a preface the book contains: Part 1: Educational Development Strategies in Different Countries and Regions of the World: National, Regional and Global Levels [title provided in English and Bulgarian]: (1) Weak English Language Literacy and Early School Leaving in a Maltese Context (Victor Martinelli); (2) Activities Contributing a Great Deal to the Students' Interactive Skills in Foreign Language Classes (Susanna Asatryan); (3) Students' Wisdom Related Knowledge as Expertise (Marlena Plavšic and Neala Ambrosi-Randic); (4) Trends and Features of Student Research Integration in Educational Program (Svetlana Grinenko, Elena Makarova, and John-Erik Andreassen); (5) Formation and Development of the System of Metasubject and Oversubject Concepts in the Structure of the Person's Cognitive Experience within General Geographic Education (Alexander Letyagin); (6) Components of Task-Based Needs Analysis of the ESP Learners with the Specialization of Business and Tourism (Naira Poghosyan); (7) Economy and Education in the Context of Lifelong Learning (Natalia Kovaleva, Andrey Melguiy, Aleksandr Kovalev, and Yuliya Dvoretskaya [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and Bulgarian, and paper in Bulgarian]; (8) Russian Education of Engineers (Social and Psychological Expectations) (Elena Kirillova) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and Bulgarian, and paper in Bulgarian]; (9) SmartEducation of Foreign Students in the Russian-Speaking Groups of Technical University (Svetlana Vershinina) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and Bulgarian, and paper in Bulgarian]; (10) Organization of International Exhibitions and Contests as an Innovative Preparation Method of the Artist-Specialist (Svetlana Melnikova and Ludmila Petrenko) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and Bulgarian, and paper in Bulgarian]; (11) About Reproduction Threats of Intellectual Potential in Modern Russia (Lyudmila Dyshaeva) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and Bulgarian, and paper in Bulgarian]; (12) Organization and Content of the Pedagogical Practice within Integrated 300 Credit Teacher Training Program (Ketevan Chkuaseli, Marine Gognelashvili, and Nino Chakhunashvili) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and Bulgarian, and paper in Bulgarian]; (13) University Teacher Preparation within 60-Credit Pedagogical Module Construction (Rusudan Sanadze and Tinatin Dolidze) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and Bulgarian, and paper in Bulgarian]; (14) Problematic Issues of Interactive Lesson in Teaching Science at the Primary Level of Secondary Schools in Georgia (Ephemia Kharadze) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and Bulgarian, and paper in Bulgarian]; and (15) Main Areas of Educational Technology Modernization at Kazakh National Medical University Named after S. D. Asfendiarov (Meiramkul Abirova, Aiman Khajiyeva, Irina Baskakova, Ulzhan Beissebayeva, and Kamil?a Mustafina) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and Bulgarian, and paper in Bulgarian]. Part 2: Key Directions and Characteristics of Research Organization in Contemporary World [title provided in English and Bulgarian]: (16) Student International Research Project on Employees' Involvement in Innovation: Experience and Outcomes (Maxim Bondarev, Elena Zashchitina, and John-Erik Andreassen); (17) Personal Integration Resources of Mentally Handicapped Teenagers into Society (Natalia Konovalova); (18) Study Methods of Church Historical Science of the Second Half of the XIX--The First Quarter of the XX Centuries: Search and Approbation (Kristina Kuzoro) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and Bulgarian, and paper in Bulgarian]; (19) Analysis of the Concept "Professional-Moral SelfDetermination of Future Bachelor" in Psychological and Pedagogical Literature (Kseniya Yushkova) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and Bulgarian, and paper in Bulgarian]; and (20) Development of Globally Competent Early-Career Researchers: A Case of Russia (Anna Bondarenko) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and Bulgarian, and paper in Bulgarian]. (Individual papers contains references.) [For Volume 1, "Education Provision to Every One: Comparing Perspectives from around the World. BCES Conference Books, Volume 14, Number 1," see ED568088.]

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2016

46. Quality, Social Justice and Accountability in Education Worldwide. BCES Conference Books, Volume 13. Number 1

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Niemczyk, Ewelina, Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Niemczyk, Ewelina, and Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)

Abstract

The Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society is now running in its thirteenth year. From its modest beginnings thirteen years ago, to its impressive size today, a tradition has been the production of a conference book, consistently launched on the first day of the conference each year. This year, Volume 13 of BCES Conference Books is published in 2 parts. Number 1 of the volume contains papers submitted to the XIII Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia, Bulgaria, 10-13 June 2015. Number 2 of the volume includes papers submitted to the III International Partner Conference of the International Research Centre (IRC) "Scientific cooperation," Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Such a partner conference has been organized as part of the BCES Conferences for the past three years. The XIII BCES Conference theme is Quality, Social Justice and Accountability in Education Worldwide. The book consists of an introductory chapter by J. P. Rossouw and 58 papers written by 91 authors that are grouped into 6 parts. Part 1: Comparative Education & History of Education contains the following: (1) The Crisis in World Education and Comparative Education (Charl Wolhuter, Konstantinos Karras & Pella Calogiannakis); (2) Torsten Husén--A Co-Founder and Chairman of IEA from 1962 to 1978 (Teodora Genova); (3) Comparing Labor Insertion of Graduates from Two Areas of Knowledge in Three Mexican Localities (Marco Aurelio Navarro Leal & Ruth Roux); (4) A (New) Discursive Framework for Dealing with the Problem of Unsafe Schools (Johannes L. van der Walt) (5) Beyond Tolerance: Educating for Religious Respect and Hospitality in Pedagogic-Multilogical Sanctuaries (Ferdinand J. Potgieter); (6) Pedagogy of Discernment, New Wine in Old Skins? A Response to Potgieter (F. J. Nieuwenhuis); (7) A Study on the Type of School during the Dawn of Modern Education in Bhutan (Takehiro Hirayama); (8) Jerusalem and Istanbul: Juxtaposing and Personifying Ancient Cities for a 21st Century Readership (Regan Treewater-Lipes); (9) The Concepts "Benchmarks and Benchmarking" Used in Education Planning: Teacher Education as Example (H. J. Steyn); (10) Understanding Policy Intentions is Critical for Successful Policy Implementation within the Technical and Vocational Education and Training College's Sector (Ntlantla Sebele); and (11) The Quality of Gymnasium Education in the Banal Croatia in the Era of Neoabsolutism (1854-1860) (Arijana Kolak Bošnjak). Part 2: Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Training & Learning and Teaching Styles, contains the following: (12) Competence-Based Approach in the Education of Pedagogues--Comparative View (Klara Skubic Ermenc & Nataša Vujisic-Živkovic); (13) Educating Teachers for Intercultural Education (Klara Skubic Ermenc); (14) Becoming a Student: The Liminal Experience (Amanda S. Potgieter); (15) Teachers' Perceptions of and Solutions for Student School Failure (Slavica Maksic); (16) Quality through Holistic Simplicity (Johannes A. Slabbert); (17) Has the Change of Educational Paradigm Reached Every School and Every Class? (Sandra Ozola & Inga Riemere); (18) In-Service Training Programmes for Inclusive Education in Serbia--Offer and Implementation (Nataša Matovic & Vera Spasenovic); (19) Obstacles to Special Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Turkey (Bekir Fatih Meral); (20) Coaching Process Based on Transformative Learning Theory for Changing the Instructional Mindset of Elementary School Teachers (Milintra Kawinkamolroj, Charinee Triwaranyu & Sumlee Thongthew); and (21) Development of a Curriculum Management Process by Applying Lean Concept for Waste Elimination to Enhance Curriculum Implementation of Primary School Teacher (Nadrudee Chitrangsan, Wichai Sawekngam & Sumlee Thongthew). Part 3: Education Policy, Reforms & School Leadership contains: (22) School Led Training: An Examination of the School Direct Recent Policy Initiative in England Making Schools Leaders in the Education of Teachers (Gillian L. S. Hilton & Helen Tyler); (23) School Led Training: An Investigation into the New School Direct Initiative for Teacher Education in England, the Experiences of Trainees and Trainers (Gillian L. S. Hilton & Helen Tyler); (24) Current Situation and Reforms Making Way for Future Positive Developments in the National Education System of Bulgaria: An Overview (Teodora Genova); (25) The Quality of Early Childhood Education Curriculum Framework in the Republic of Serbia (Živka Krnjaja); (26) Evaluation of School Education in Serbia (Emina Hebib, Vera Spasenovic & Zorica Šaljic); (27) Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Quality Standards in the Republic of Ireland and the Republic of Serbia: Two Discourses of Quality (Dragana Pavlovic Breneselovic); (28) Social Justice and Music Education: Toward a Multicultural Concept of Music Education (Snježana Dobrota); (29) Social Justice, Education and School Social Work in Turkey (Ural Nadir & Mehmet Can Aktan); (30) Government Expenditures on Education as the Percentage of GDP in the EU (Fran Galetic); (31) Teaching and Assessment Practices at the National University of Lesotho: Some Critical Comments (Tebello Tlali & Lynette Jacobs); (32) The Flexibility of the Curriculum as a Strategy for Exercising Social Justice in Public Universities (Amelia Molina, José Luis Andrade & Christian Ponce); and (33) Education as an Environmental Tool (Claudio-Rafael Vasquez-Martinez, Clara Gonzalez, Fatima Carrillo, Luis Delgado, Miguel Alvarez, Maria Morfin-Otero). Part 4: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning & Social Inclusion contains: (34) Students' and Teachers' Perceptions of a "Successful" Lifelong Learning Training Intervention--An EMILIA Project Research Report (James Ogunleye, Chris Griffiths & Peter Ryan); (35) Living with Anxiety Disorders--Unemployment as a Barrier to Social Inclusion (Julian Anczewski & Marta Anczewska); (36) Using Contact and Education as a Means of Combating the Stigma of Mental Illness: An Example of a Polish Foundation "EF Kropka" (Anna Chrostek, Janina Sonik, Joanna Krzyzanowska-Zbucka, Piotr Switaj, Izabela Nowak, Marta Anczewska); (37) Recovery-Oriented Services--the Role of Training in Transformation (Izabela Nowak, Piotr Switaj & Marta Anczewska); (38) A Virtual World Case Study --Quality, Social Justice, and Accountability in a Simulation-Based Educational Environment (Susan Stockton & Terry McNeeley); (39) Challenges and Hurdles. Examining VET Transition Systems in Different European Countries--Due to Participation of Vulnerable Groups (Maren Gag & Joachim Schroeder); (40) Social Responsibility and Envy: Multicultural Reflections (Alberto G. Canen & Ana Ivenicki); (41) Education of Students with Special Educational Needs and Their Inclusion in the Community (Gordana Stankovska, Slagana Angelkoska & Svetlana Pandiloska Grncaroska); (42) Children Voices in Research (Tijana Borovac); (43) The Interaction between Higher Education and Labour Market in Changing Economic Environment (Aija Gravite); (44) Neoliberal Values and Disability: Critical Approach to Inclusive Education (Ksenija Romstein); (45) Aging Memory is "Not" a Limiting Factor for Lifelong Learning (Dejan Lalovic & Vasilije Gvozdenovic); (46) Students' Plans for Lifelong Learning and Teaching (Marlena Plavšic & Marina Dikovic); (47) Assessment of the Implementation of the ERASMUS Programme in Turkey through the Experiences of Foreign Students Visiting Turkish HEI's (Sibel Burçer); (48) Teachers' Perceptions of Cultural Differences: Ethnocentric and Ethnorelative Worldview in School Context (Bojana M. Dimitrijevic); and (49) Tutorship and Academic Trajectories in School: Comparative Study in Two Public Universities in Mexico (Emma Leticia Canales Rodríguez & Octaviano García Robelo). Part 5: Law and Education: Legislation and Inclusive Education, Child Protection & Human Rights Education provides the following: (50) What Are the Implications of Tier 4 UK Immigration Rules and Policy for Non-EU Students? The Experiences of Students from Nigeria (Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu, Queen Chioma Nworgu & Helen Ayinde); (51) The Challenges Faced by Eastern European Students within a 16-19 Education Setting in the United Kingdom (Shade Babalola); (52) Doctoral Students' Understanding of Legal and Ethical Obligations in Conducting Education Research (Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu, Queen Chioma Nworgu, Steve Azaiki, Charles Nna Dikeh); and (53) "A Game for All Shapes and Sizes": Safeguarding Children from Sporting Mismatches (Steve Greenfield). Part 6: Research Education: Developing Globally Competent Researchers for International and Interdisciplinary Research provides: (54) Developing Educationists as Globally Competent Education Law Researchers for International Interdisciplinary Research: A South African Perspective (Johan Beckmann & Justus Prinsloo); (55) Understanding the Nature of Structures in Education: Recent Developments (Johannes L. van der Walt); (56) Developing Research Capacity through Professional Training (Lynette Jacobs); (57) Martini Qualitative Research: Shaken, Not Stirred (FJ (Jan) Nieuwenhuis); and (58) Enriching Higher Education Training through Values and Social Engagement (Gustavo Gregorutti). Individual papers contain references. [For "Quality, Social Justice and Accountability in Education Worldwide. BCES Conference Books, Volume 13, Number 2," see ED568600.]

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2015

47. Quality, Social Justice and Accountability in Education Worldwide. BCES Conference Books, Volume 13, Number 2

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Chigisheva, Oksana, Popov, Nikolay, Chigisheva, Oksana, Popov, Nikolay, and Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)

Abstract

This proceedings is divided into two parts. Volume 13, Number 1 contains papers presented at the thirteenth annual international conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) held in Sofia, Bulgaria June 10-13, 2015. Volume 13, Number 2 contains papers presented at the third International Partner Conference, organised by the International Research Centre "Scientific Cooperation", Rostov-on-Don, Russia, as part of the BCES Conference. The theme of the International Partner Conference is "Contemporary Science and Education: Progress or Regress?". Twenty-eight papers written in English and Russian languages are included: (1) The Role of Education in Development of Wisdom (Neala Ambrosi-Randic and Marlena Plavšic); (2) Relational Resources of a University as a Source of Education Quality Assurance (Irina Bagdasaryan, Zoya Vasilyeva, and Olga Almabekova); (3) Quality Criteria as the Innovative Development Vector of Higher Education (Marina Melnichuk and Alla Varlamova); (4) Practice-Oriented Activity of the Subjects of the Educational Process as a Basis for the Optimal Transition from Tradition to Innovation in the System of General and Professional (Pedagogical) Education (Alexander Letyagin); (5) To the Question about the Quality of Economic Education (Lyudmila Dyshaeva); (6) Organizational Potential of Scientific Work in the System of Neuromanagement by the Example of Higher Education (Olga Nikolaevskaya); (7) Teacher's Professional and Methodical Competence as a Condition for Educational Quality Improvement (Meilikan Altybaeva) [Written in Russian]; (8) Complex System of Educational Activity as a Social and Cultural Basis for the Formation of Cadet School Students' Competences (from the Practice of FSSEI "Stavropol Presidential Cadet School") (Leonid Kuts, Eduard Korabelnikov, Boris Savchenko, and Elena Bukreeva) [Written in Russian]; (9) "Parainclusive" Education of Children as One of the Main Perspective Trends of Educational Development (Alfiya Sultanova and Irina Ivanova) [Written in Russian]; (10) Comparative Evaluation in Education: Methods and Procedures (Sergey Belyakov and Vladimir Kuklin) [Written in Russian]; (11) Obtaining Higher Education by Means of Distance Educational Technologies (Irina Nagaeva) [Written in Russian]; (12) Art Education and Information Technologies: Implementation Practice in Russia and Abroad (Svetlana Melnikova and Ludmila Petrenko) [Written in Russian]; (13) Sociocultural Aspect in the Development of University Educational System (Natalia Olekhnovich and Alexey Seliverstov) [Written in Russian]; (14) Diagnostic Provision of Multilevel Medical Education (Lidia Ramonova, Merjem Belyalova, Pavel Bondarenko, Natalya Egorova, and Olga Rudeeva) [Written in Russian]; (15) Russian Institutes of Higher Education: Drones or Crafts? (Anna Garmonova, Elena Sokolova, Natalia Ryakhina, Yulia Mamonova, Yulia Petrichenko, and Tatyana Ilina) [Written in Russian]; (16) Competence-Based Approach as an Important Factor for Improving the Quality of Students' Training in the Field of "Special Defectology Education" (Zinaida Polivara) [Written in Russian]; (17) Creative Activity Development of the Future Teacher in the Process of Teaching Mathematics Training Methodology (Kandalatkhan Turdubayeva) [Written in Russian]; (18) Emotional and Cognitive Component of Dramatic Art in the Disciplines of Vocal and Choral Cycle (Anatoly Redko) [Written in Russian]; (19) Globalization and Its Influence on Comparative Education Methodology (Oksana Chigisheva); (20) Genesis of Interscientific Thought in the History of World Pedagogy: Background, Condition and Prognosis (Peter Khromenkov) [Written in Russian]; (21) The Problem of Communicative Behavior as a Significant Manifestation Form of Senior Schoolchild's Becoming Sovereignty (Oksana Belenko, Gulzhanar Dzhumazhanova, Kuralay Ospanova, and Aray Amanova) [Written in Russian]; (22) Creation of "Mathematical Music": Scientific and Pedagogical Aspect (Sergei Filatov-Beckmann) [Written in Russian]; (23) Tourism Science in the Context of Tourism Education Development (Irina Ignatyeva) [Written in Russian]; (24) Subjective-Acmeological Approach to the Research Study of Teachers' Professional Competence Development (Irina Lotova) [Written in Russian]; (25) Mechanism of Adequate Regulation in the Banking Sector as a Strategic Element of the Financial System of Russia (Elena Chibisova and Oleg Chibisov) [Written in Russian]; (26) The Motive Analysis for the Purpose of the Solution of Literary Evolution Problems (Alla Lukinova) [Written in Russian]; (27) Complex Training Blocks as a Basis of Educational Humanitarization (Lyubov Savenkova) [Written in Russian]; and (28) The problem of Youth Extremism and Ways to Counter Its Spread in the Russian Federation (Alim Batov) [Written in Russian]. Individual papers contain references. [For "Quality, Social Justice and Accountability in Education Worldwide. BCES Conference Books, Volume 13, Number 1," see ED568595.]

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2015

48. Education's Role in Preparing Globally Competent Citizens. BCES Conference Books, Volume 12

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Hilton, Gillian,, Ogunleye, James, Chigisheva, Oksana, Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Hilton, Gillian,, Ogunleye, James, Chigisheva, Oksana, and Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)

Abstract

This volume contains papers submitted to the 12th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the 2nd International Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre 'Scientific Cooperation,' Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The volume also includes papers submitted to the International Symposium on Comparative Sciences, organized by the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society in Sofia, in October 2013. The 12th BCES Conference theme is "Education's Role in Preparing Globally Competent Citizens." The 2nd Partner Conference theme is "Contemporary Science and Education: New Challenges -- New Decisions." The book consists of 103 papers, written by 167 authors and co-authors, and grouped into 7 parts. Parts 1-4 comprise papers submitted to the 12th BCES Conference, and Parts 5-7 comprise papers submitted to the 2nd Partner Conference. The 103 papers are divided into the following parts: (1) Comparative Education & History of Education; (2) Pre-service and In-service Teacher Training & Learning and Teaching Styles; (3) Education Policy, Reforms and School Leadership; (4) Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Social Inclusion; (5) Educational Development Strategies in Different Countries and Regions of the World: National, Regional and Global Levels; (6) Key Directions and Characteristics of Research Organization in Contemporary World; and (7) International Scientific and Educational Cooperation for the Solution of Contemporary Global Issues: From Global Competition to World Integration.

Published
2014

49. Education in One World: Perspectives from Different Nations. BCES Conference Books, Volume 11

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Chigisheva, Oksana, Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Chigisheva, Oksana, and Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)

Abstract

This volume contains papers submitted to the 11th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 14-17 May 2013, and papers submitted to the 1st International Distance Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre "Scientific Cooperation," Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The 11th BCES Conference theme is "Education in One World: Perspectives from Different Nations." The Distance Partner Conference theme is "Contemporary Science and Education in a Globally Competitive Environment." The book consists of 92 papers, written by 141 authors, and grouped into 7 parts. Parts 1-4 comprise papers submitted to the 11th BCES Conference, and Parts 5-7 comprise papers submitted to the Distance Partner Conference. Studies presented in the book cover all levels of the educational system--preschool, primary, secondary, postsecondary, and higher education. Topics in the field of general, special, and vocational education are examined. Methodologies used in the studies represent a multiplicity of research methods, models, strategies, styles, and approaches. Various types of studies can be seen--national and international, case and comparative, descriptive and analytical, theoretical and empirical, historical and contemporary, scientific and essayistic, and critical and indifferent. The following papers are included in this volume: (1) Editorial Preface (Nikolay Popov, Charl Wolhuter, Patrícia Albergaria Almeida, Gillian Hilton, James Ogunleye, and Oksana Chigisheva); and (2) Introduction: Globalization in the One World--Impacts on Education in Different Nations (Nicholas Sun-Keung Pang). Part 1: Comparative Education & History of Education--(3) William Russell on Schools in Bulgaria (Nikolay Popov and Amra Sabic-El-Rayess); (4) Prolegomena to an International-Comparative Education Research Project on Religion in Education (Charl Wolhuter); (5) Perspectives on Tolerance in Education Flowing from a Comparison of Religion Education in Estonia and South Africa (Johannes L. van der Walt); (6) Perspectives on Tolerance in Education Flowing from a Comparison of Religion Education in Mexico and Thailand (Ferdinand J. Potgieter); (7) Do Teachers Receive Proper In-Service Training to Implement Changing Policies: Perspective from the South African Case? (Elize du Plessis); (8) Towards understanding different faces of school violence in different "worlds" of one country (Lynette Jacobs); (9) Transforming Life Skills Education into a Life-Changing Event: The Case of the Musical "The Green Crystal" (Amanda S. Potgieter); (10) Accessing Social Grants to Meet Orphan Children School Needs: Namibia and South Africa Perspective (Simon Taukeni and Taole Matshidiso); (11) Educational achievement as defining factor in social stratification in contemporary Spain (Manuel Jacinto Roblizo Colmenero); and (12) From Times of Transition to Adaptation: Background and Theoretical Approach to the Curriculum Reform in Estonia 1987-1996 (Vadim Rouk). Part 2: Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Training & Learning and Teaching Styles--(13) What lessons to take from educational reforms in Asia-Pacific region? Factors that may influence the restructuring of secondary education in East Timor (Ana Capelo, Maria Arminda Pedrosa, and Patrícia Albergaria Almeida); (14) The Culture of Experiential Community Based Learning: Developing Cultural Awareness in Pre-Service Teachers (Alida J. Droppert); (15) Theory in Educational Research and Practice in Teacher Education (Leonie G. Higgs); (16) Comparative study of learning styles in higher education students from the Hidalgo State Autonomous University, in Mexico (Emma Leticia Canales Rodríguez and Octaviano Garcia Robelo); (17) Equity and Competitiveness: Contradictions between the Identification of Educational Skills and Educational Achievements (Amelia Molina García); (18) Adult Reading in a Foreign Language: A Necessary Competence for Knowledge Society (Marta Elena Guerra-Treviño); (19) The teaching profession as seen by pre-service teachers: A comparison study of Israel and Turkey (Zvia Markovits and Sadik Kartal); (20) Teaching/learning theories--How they are perceived in contemporary educational landscape (Sandra Ozola and Maris Purvins); (21) Learning Paths in Academic Setting: Research Synthesis (Snežana Mirkov); (22) Innovation Can Be Learned (Stanka Setnikar Cankar and Franc Cankar); (23) Rethinking Pedagogy: English Language Teaching Approaches (Gertrude Shotte); (24) Repercussions of Teaching Training in the Sociology of Work in Mexico (Claudio-Rafael Vasquez-Martinez, Graciela Giron, Magali Zapata-Landeros, Antonio Ayòn- Bañuelos, and Maria Morfin-Otero); (25) Listening to the Voices of Pre-Service Student Teachers from Teaching Practice: The Challenges of Implementing the English as a Second Language Curriculum (Cathrine Ngwaru); (26) In-Service Training and Professional Development of Teachers in Nigeria: Through Open and Distance Education (Martha Nkechinyere Amadi); (27) Symbols of Hyphenated Identity Drawing Maps (IDM) for Arab and Jewish Students at the University of Haifa (Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz, Abeer Farah, and Tamar Zelniker); (28) The contemporary transdisciplinary approach as a methodology to aid students of humanities and social sciences (Petia Todorova); (29) Instructional Objectives: Selecting and Devising Tasks (Milo Mileff); and (30) Problem Orientated Education on the Basis of Hyper-Coded Texts (Play and Heuristic) (Valeri Lichev). Part 3: Education Policy, Reforms and School Leadership--(31) Using e-learning to enhance the learning of additional languages--A pilot comparative study (Gillian L. S. Hilton); (32) Challenges of Democratisation: Development of Inclusive Education in Serbia (Vera Spasenovic and Slavica Maksic); (33) Nurturing child imagination in the contemporary world: Perspectives from different nations (Slavica Maksic and Zoran Pavlovic); (34) The abusive school principal: A South African case study (Corene de Wet); (35) Thinking Styles of Primary School Teachers in Beijing, China (Ying Wang and Nicholas Sun-Keung Pang); (36) Breaking the cycle of poverty through early literacy support and teacher empowerment in Early Childhood Education (J. Marriote Ngwaru); (37) Designing Cooperative Learning in the Science Classroom: Integrating the Peer Tutoring Small Investigation Group (PTSIG) within the Model of the Six Mirrors of the Classroom Model (Reuven Lazarowitz, Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz, Mahmood Khalil, and Salit Ron); and (38) The Effects of Educational Reform (Claudio-Rafael Vasquez-Martinez, Graciela Giron, Ivan De-La-Luz-Arellano, and Antonio Ayon-Bañuelos). Part 4: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Social Inclusion--(39) Interactions between vocational education and training and the labour market in Europe: A case study of Ireland's formalised feedback mechanisms (James Ogunleye); (40) At the Intersections of Resistance: Turkish Immigrant Women in German Schools (Katie Gaebel); (41) Intellectual capital import for the benefit of higher education (Airita Brenca and Aija Gravite); (42) Lessons from the training programme for women with domestic violence experience (Marta Anczewska, Joanna Roszczynska-Michta, Justyna Waszkiewicz, Katarzyna Charzynska, and Czeslaw Czabala); (43) Loneliness and depression among Polish university students: Preliminary findings from a longitudinal study (Pawel Grygiel, Piotr Switaj, Marta Anczewska, Grzegorz Humenny, Slawomir Rebisz, and Justyna Sikorska); (44) Psychosocial difficulties experienced by people diagnosed with schizophrenia--Barriers to social inclusion (Marta Anczewska, Piotr Switaj, Joanna Roszczynska-Michta, Anna Chrostek, and Katarzyna Charzynska); (45) Lifelong Learning from Ethical Perspective (Krystyna Najder-Stefaniak); (46) Contemporary perspectives in adult education and lifelong learning--Andragogical model of learning (Iwona Blaszczak); (47) Examining the reasons black male youths give for committing crime with reference to inner city areas of London (Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu, Chioma Nworgu, Steve Azaiki, and Helen Nworgu); (48) Restructuring Nigerian Tertiary (University) Education for Better Performance (Stephen Adebanjo Oyebade and Chika Dike); (49) Keeping abreast of continuous change and contradictory discourses (Marie J. Myers); (50) Process Management in Universities--Recent Perspectives in the Context of Quality Management Oriented towards Excellence (Veronica Adriana Popescu, Gheorghe N. Popescu, and Cristina Raluca Popescu); (51) Greek Primary Education in the Context of the European Life Long Learning Area (George Stamelos, Andreas Vassilopoulos, and Marianna Bartzakli); (52) Bologna Process Principles Integrated into Education System of Kazakhstan (Olga Nessipbayeva); (53) Methodology of poetic works teaching by means of innovative technologies (Bayan Kerimbekova) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, paper is in Bulgarian]; (54) About the use of innovations in the process of official Kazakh language teaching in level on the basis of the European standards (Kuralay Mukhamadi) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, paper is in Bulgarian]; and (55) A Study of Para-Verbal Characteristics in Education Discourse (Youri Ianakiev) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English, and paper in Bulgarian]. Part 5: Educational Development Strategies in Different Countries and Regions of the World: National, Regional and Global Levels [title is in English and Bulgarian]--(56) Establishing sustainable higher education partnerships in a globally competitive environment (Oksana Chigisheva); (57) Modernising education: International dialogue and cooperation (Elena Orekhova and Liudmila Polunina); (58) The communication between speech therapist and parents as a way of correction work improvement with children having poor speech (Elena Popova) [title is in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (59) ESP teaching at the institutions of higher education in modern Russia: Problems and perspectives (Nadezhda Prudnikova); (60) Competency-based approach to education in international documents and theoretical researches of educators in Great Britain (Olga Voloshina-Pala); (61) EU strategies of integrating ICT into initial teacher training (Vitaliya Garapko); (62) Socialisation channels of the personality at the present development stage of the Russian society (Evgenii Alisov) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (63) Perspectives of competence approach introduction into the system of philological training of language and literature teachers (Elena Zhindeeva and Elena Isaeva) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (64) Organization of special education in the primary school of the European Union (Yelena Yarovaya) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (65) Formation of professionally-innovative creative sphere of future Master degree students in the Kazakhstan system of musical education (Gulzada Khussainova) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (66) Ethnocultural component in the contemporary musical education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Gulnar Alpeisova) [title in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English, and paper in Bulgarian]; (67) The main tendencies of scientific research within doctoral studies of PhD (Yermek Kamshibayev) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (68) Organizational and pedagogical conditions of education quality improvement in the professional college (Igor Artemyev and Alexander Zyryanov) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (69) The imperative of responsibility in a global society as a determinant of educational strategy development (Irina Rebeschenkova) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (70) Pedagogical understanding of diversification of mathematical education as a strategy of development of vocational training at the university (Irina Allagulova) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (71) Prerequisites of the establishment and evolution of concepts and categories on the problem of ethnic and art competence formation (Leonora Bachurina and Elena Bystray) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (72) Education institutionalization as a stratification manipulator (Oksana Strikhar) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (73) The Concept of Teaching Musical Art on the Basis of Using Interscientific Connections at the Lessons (Oksana Strikhar) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; and (74) The key strategic priorities of the development of the additional professional education at the Economic University. Regional aspect (Evelina Pecherskaya) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]. Part 6: Key Directions and Characteristics of Research Organization in Contemporary World [title in English and Bulgarian]--(75) Metaphors in the press: The effectiveness of working with newspaper tropes to improve foreign language competence (Galina Zashchitina); (76) Legal portion in Russian inheritance law (Roza Inshina and Lyudmila Murzalimova); (77) Formation of healthy (sanogenic) educational environment in innovative conditions (Anatoly Madzhuga and Elvira Ilyasova) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (78) "The Sacred Truth" (T. Bondarev's teaching as an element of L. N. Tolstoy's philosophy) (Valentina Litvinova) [title in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English, paper in Bulgarian]; (79) The destiny of man (Vasiliy Shlepin) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (80) Diversity of the world in the culture of the city Astana (Gulnar Alpeisova) [title in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English, paper in Bulgarian]; (81) The study of self-expression and culture of self-expression in pedagogy and psychology in the context of the problems of tolerant pedagogical communication (Elizaveta Omelchenko and Lubov Nemchinova) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (82) Infrastructural support of innovative entrepreneurship development in Ukraine (Iryna Prylutskaya) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (83) Guidelines and peculiarities of network mechanisms of an organization running (Natalia Fomenko) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (84) The influence of information technologies on medical activity and the basic lines of medical services (on the example of the portal of the state services) (Nataliya Muravyeva) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (85) Economic expediency of the integration cooperation between pharmaceutical complex of Russia and the CIS (Natalia Klunko) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (86) Research of prospects of the Russian tourism (Tatyana Sidorina, Marina Artamonova, Olga Likhtanskaya, and Ekaterina Efremova) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; and (87) The influence of globalization on contemporary costume changes (Julia Muzalevskaya) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]. Part 7: International Scientific and Educational Cooperation for the Solution of Contemporary Global Issues: From Global Competition to World Integration [title in English and Bulgarian]--(88) An overview on Gender problem in Modern English (Daria Tuyakaeva); (89) Focus-group as a qualitative method for study of compliance in cardiovascular disease patients (Olga Semenova, Elizaveta Naumova, and Yury Shwartz); (90) The development of the social and initiative personality of children in the system of additional education (Andrei Matveev) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (91) Proceedings in criminal cases in respect of juveniles in the Criminal Procedure Code of Russia and Ukraine: Comparative and legal aspect (Vitaliy Dudarev) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; (92) Some implementation issues of the UN Convention against transnational organized crime in the criminal legislation (A case of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation) (Gulnur Yensebayeva and Gulnur Tuleubayeva) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]; and (93) Hepatitis B immunization in children with hematological malignancies (Umida Salieva, Lubov Lokteva, Malika Daminova, and Naira Alieva) [title and abstract in English and Bulgarian, paper in Bulgarian]. A list of contributors is included. (Individual papers contain references.) [For Volume 10 (2012), see ED567040.]

Published
2013

50. International Perspectives on Education. BCES Conference Books, Volume 10

Author

Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Leutwyler, Bruno, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria, Popov, Nikolay, Wolhuter, Charl, Leutwyler, Bruno, Hilton, Gillian, Ogunleye, James, Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria, and Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES)

Abstract

This volume contains papers submitted to the 10th Annual Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, held in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, 12-15 June 2012. The overall goal of the 10th BCES conference is to facilitate discussion of different perspectives on international education providing a forum for scientific debate and constructive interaction in a multi cultural social environment such as Bulgaria. This is a jubilee conference. Ten might not mean too much for large scholarly societies in other countries, especially in the Western world. However, for a small society like BCES, ten means a lot. It means trust, international recognition, constant interest, well-developed academic cooperation, and the most important--it means an established conference tradition. The following papers are included in this volume: (1) Foreword: Remembering the Past--Anticipating the Future: Reflections on the BCES's Jubilee Conference (Karen L. Biraimah); (2) Editorial Preface: An Established Conference Tradition (Nikolay Popov, Charl Wolhuter, Bruno Leutwyler, Gillian Hilton, James Ogunleye, and Patrícia Albergaria Almeida; and (3) Introduction: A Framework for Understanding International Perspectives on Education (Alexander W. Wiseman). Part 1: Comparative Education & History of Education: (4) Also a door to the inside of a new house --yet another use for Comparative Education (Charl Wolhuter); (5) Structures of School Systems Worldwide: A Comparative Study (Nikolay Popov); (6) The Role of Comparative Pedagogy in the Training of Pedagogues in Serbia and Slovenia (Vera Spasenovic, Natasa Vujisic Zivkovic, and Klara Skubic Ermenc); (7) Konstantinos G. Karras & Evanthia Synodi Comparative and International Education and the teaching profession. The case of Marc-Antoine Jullien (Konstantinos G. Karras and Evanthia Synodi); (8) Comparing management models of secondary schools in Tamaulipas, Mexico: An exploration with a Delphi method (Marco Aurelio Navarro-Leal, Concepción Niño García, and Ma. Luisa Caballero Saldivar); (9) Classroom and Socialization: a case study through an action-research in Crete, Greece (Pella Calogiannakis and Theodoros Eleftherakis); (10) E-learning, State and Educational System in Middle East Countries (Hamid Rashidi, Abbas Madandar Arani, and Lida Kakia); (11) Approaches to internal testing and assessment of knowledge in relation to the pupils' achievements in national assessment of knowledge (Amalija Žakelj, Milena Ivanuš Grmek, and Franc Cankar); (12) The Stereotypes in Pupil's Self Esteem (Franc Cankar, Amalija Žakelj, and Milena Ivanuš Grmek); (13) Insecure identities: Unaccompanied minors as refugees in Hamburg (Joachim Schroeder); (14) The origins of religion as an historical conundrum: pedagogical and research methodological implications and challenges (Johannes L. van der Walt and Ferdinand J. Potgieter); (15) A brief overview of the history of education in Poland (Katarzyna Charzynska, Marta Anczewska, and Piotr Switaj); (16) "Everybody is given a chance, my boy … everybody who is willing to work for socialism": An Overview of English Textbooks in the Postwar Period in Hungary (Zsolt Dózsa); and (17) Situated literacy practices amongst artisans in the South West of Nigeria: developmental and pedagogical implications (Gordon O. Ade-Ojo, Mike Adeyeye, and F. Fagbohun). Part 2: Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Training: (18) Constructivist Foundations of Intercultural Education: Implications for Research and Teacher Training (Bruno Leutwyler, Danijela S. Petrovic, and Carola Mantel; (19) Theory in Teacher Education: Students' views (Leonie G. Higgs); (20) Policy and practice of pre-service and in-service teacher training programmes and facilities in Nigeria (Stephen Adebanjo Oyebade); (21) Student Perceptions of the Distance Education Mode Compared with Face-to-Face Teaching in the University Distance Education Programme (Claudio Rafael Vásquez Martínez, Graciela Girón, and Antonio Ayón Bañuelos); (22) Environmental Education: From the Perspective of Scientific Knowledge for Constructivist Learning (Graciela Girón, Claudio Rafael Vásquez Martínez, Juan Sánchez López, and Antonio Ayón Bañuelos); (23) The Competencies of the Modern Teacher (Olga Nessipbayeva); and (24) Pre-service teacher action research: Concept, international trends and implications for teacher education in Turkey (Irem Kizilaslan and Bruno Leutwyler). Part 3: Education Policy, Reforms and School Leadership: (25) Changing policies changing times: initiatives in teacher education in England (Gillian L. S. Hilton); (26) Dealing with Change in Hong Kong Schools using Strategic Thinking Skills (Nicholas Sun-Keung Pang and John Pisapia); (27) Institutions' Espoused Values Perceived by Chinese Educational Leaders (Nicholas Sun-Keung Pang and Ting Wang); (28) Social Service Community Education as an area of training and participation for social development (Amelia Molina García); (29) English Language Education Policy in Colombia and Mexico (Ruth Roux); (30) Compensatory Programs in Mexico to Reduce the Educational Gap (Emma Leticia Canales Rodríguez and Tiburcio Moreno Olivos); (31) Changing times, Changing roles: FE Colleges' perceptions of their changing leadership role in contemporary UK politico-economic climate (Aaron A. R. Nwabude and Gordon Ade-Ojo); (32) Role perceptions and job stress among special education school principals: Do they differ from principals of regular schools? (Haim H. Gaziel, Yael Cohen-Azaria, and Klara Skubic Ermenc); (33) Multiculturalism: challenge or reality (Olivera Knezevic Floric and Stefan Ninkovic); (34) Privatization of higher education in Nigeria: Critical Issues (Phillips Olayide Okunola and Simeon Adebayo Oladipo); (35) Policies and initiatives: reforming teacher education in Nigeria (Martha Nkechinyere Amadi); and (36) Leadership in Educational Institutions (Esmeralda Sunko). Part 4: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Social Inclusion: (37) Validation of skills, knowledge and experience in lifelong learning in Europe (James Ogunleye); (38) Empowering women with domestic violence experience (Marta Anczewska, Joanna Roszczynska-Michta, Justyna Waszkiewicz, Katarzyna Charzynska, and Czeslaw Czabala); (39) Sixty Five Years of University Education in Nigeria: Some Key Cross Cutting Issues (Aloy Ejiogu and Sheidu Sule); (40) Brain Drain in Higher Education: Lost Hope or Opportunity? (George Odhiambo); (41) Searching for the Dividends of Religious Liberty: Who Benefits and Who Pays? (Donald B. Holsinger); (42) More than Mere Law: Freedom of Religion or Belief (Ellen S. Holsinger); (43) Intergenerational Learning in the Family (Sabina Jelenc Krašovec and Sonja Kump); (44) Students' Views on Important Learning Experiences--Challenges Related to Ensuring Quality of Studies (Barbara Šteh and Jana Kalin); (45) Campus life: The impact of external factors on emotional health of students (Dalena Vogel); (46) Education and Lifelong Learning in Romania--Perspectives of the Year 2020 (Veronica Adriana Popescu, Gheorghe N. Popescu, and Cristina Raluca Popescu); (47) Scientific reputation and "the golden standards": quality management system impact and the teaching-research nexus (Luminita Moraru); (48) The implementation of the Validation of Acquired Experience (VAE) in France would be a cultural revolution in higher education training? (Pascal Lafont); (49) Hilary English Transition of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to research led Universities (Hilary English); (50) Attitudes of Parents towards Contemporary Female Higher Education (Miss Shamaas Gul Khattak); (51) Structured Peer Mentoring: Enhancing Lifelong Learning in Pakistani Universities (Nosheen Rachel Naseem); (52) The Rise of Private Higher Education in Jamaica: Neo-liberalism at Work? (Chad O. Coates); (53) Educational Developments in the British West Indies: A Historical Overview (Chad O. Coates); (54) Focus Learning Support: Rising to Educational Challenges (Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu, Gertrude Shotte, and Queen Chioma Nworgu); (55) Distance Education in Higher Education in Latvia (Daina Vasilevska); (56) Evidence-based research study of the Russian vocational pedagogy and education motivational potential in the internationalisation projection (Oksana Chigisheva); (57) Healthy lifestyle formation within the extra-curricular activities of students at universities (Saltanat Tazhbayeva) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and paper in Bulgarian]; (58) Management based organisation of school's educational process (Tursynbek Baimoldayev) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and paper in Bulgarian]; (59) Modernization of higher education in the context of the Bologna Process in the Republic of Kazakhstan (Sanim Kozhayeva) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and paper in Bulgarian]; and (60) About the problem of self-definition of personality (G. T. Hairullin and G. S. Saudabaeva) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and paper in Bulgarian]. Part 5: Learning and Teaching Styles: (61) Learning Styles and Disciplinary Fields: is there a relationship? (Patrícia Albergaria Almeida); (62) ICT competences for teachers in 21st Century--a design framework for science primary teacher education courses (Cecília Guerra, António Moreira, and Rui Marques Vieira); (63) Teacher Education in the context of international cooperation: the case of East Timor (Patrícia Albergaria Almeida, Mariana Martinho, and Betina Lopes); (64) How would Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Enhance Assessment for Learning Mathematics by the Special Education Needs Students (SENs) in Secondary Education Sector (Aaron A. R. Nwabude); (65) A gender perspective on student questioning upon the transition to Higher Education (Mariana Martinho, Patrícia Albergaria Almeida, and José Teixeira-Dias); (66) Student-Centred Learning: A Dream or Reality (Sandra Ozola); (67) Problems of development of E-Learning content in historical education on the Republic of Kazakhstan (Gabit Kapezovich ?enzhebayev, Saule Hairullovna Baidildina, and Tenlik Toktarbekovna Dalayeva) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and paper in Bulgarian]; and (68) The world pedagogical idea in the context of comparison: Confucius--Al Farabi--Ibn Sina--Balasaguni (Aigerim Kosherbayeva, Kulmeskhan Abdreimova, and Asem Anuarbek) [title provided in English and Bulgarian, abstract in English and paper in Bulgarian]. A list of contributors in included. (Individual papers contain references.)

Published
2012

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