Education Reforms and Capacity Development in Basic Education: Illustration from Indochina

2009 ◽  
pp. 75-89
Author(s):  
Yasushi Hirosato ◽  
Yuto Kitamura
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Education Reforms

scholarly journals Post Basic Education Reforms in Oman: A Case Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salha A. Issan ◽  
Nariman M. M. Gomaa
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
Education Reforms

Basic Education Reforms in Guinea: Context and Concerns

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Lan Yu ◽  
Yukari Nagai
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
The Other ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Education Reforms ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Growth Environment ◽  
Human Behaviors ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
Aesthetic Cognition ◽  
Art Activities

Human behaviors are cultivated from childhood. People's aesthetic habits and creativity are cultivated through the creation of children's painting works. Unlike the other art activities, painting is an art activity that is very easy to implement and not constrained by the surrounding environment. Creating a painting work is an art activity that everyone can participate in. Anyone can use painting works to express their own thoughts and feelings. As for some introverted personality children, they are shy to share their ideas. Researchers can search children's growth environment, psychological state, aesthetic habits and their painting habits from these children's painting works. Aesthetic cognition and concept are the most important factors that compose a painting work. Children's aesthetic habits and painting habits will directly affect children's creativity and imagination after adulthood. There are 471 children aged 7-13 participated in this study. This research focus on seeking children's painting education method. In addition, using House Tree Person (HTP) test to find children’s preference and habits while creating the paintings works

Rousseff weakness may hit Brazil education reforms

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Education Reform ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Educational Development ◽  
Education Reforms ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Content Type ◽  
National Education ◽  
Middle Income Countries

Subject The prospects for education reform. Significance Following a series of national education reforms starting in the mid-1990s, achievement levels and enrolment rates have risen at a rapid rate. However, despite these recent improvements, Brazil still lags behind other middle-income countries in educational development. In the most recent PISA reading exam, Brazil ranked 53 out of 65 countries that participated, obtaining scores similar to those of Colombia and Tunisia. Impacts Teachers' unions will remain a political obstacle to education reform. The deteriorating economic and political outlook risks putting paid to difficult policy changes. Failure to improve basic education will prove damaging to Brazil's long-term competitiveness and employment prospects.

scholarly journals Policy capacity matters for capacity development: comparing teacher in-service training and career advancement in basic education systems of India and China

2021 ◽  
pp. 002085232098386
Author(s):  
Yifei Yan ◽  
Kidjie Saguin
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Policy Capacity ◽  
Teacher Survey ◽  
Original Intention ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Development Initiatives ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
The Right ◽  
India And China

Capacity development is central to the study and practice of public policy and administration, but ensuring its effectiveness requires a substantial amount of policy capacity from government agencies tasked to design and implement it. Identifying the right mix of policy capacity that governments should possess has been made difficult due to conceptual and operational problems. This article addresses the gap by developing a framework that conceptualizes policy capacity as the ability of governments to perform analytical, operational, and political functions. Drawing on the results of an original teacher survey and complementary sources, the article shows that variations on different dimensions of policy capacity have led to significant differences in the effectiveness of capacity development initiatives, especially as perceived by teachers. Therefore, without understanding and catering to the needs of the targets whose capacity is supposedly being developed, capacity development initiatives meant to be supportive are likely to be dissatisfying and disappointing instead. Points for practitioners This article highlights the importance of policy capacity and further unpacks how its analytical, operational, and political dimensions are essential to the successful delivery of capacity development. Through a rich account of the comparative case of India and China, it illustrates that all these dimensions are important, without any one being a stand-alone panacea. Above all, it is important to pay attention to the recipients of capacity development programs; without doing so, top-down program delivery ignorant of their needs is likely to be poorly received despite the original intention of developing capacity.

scholarly journals Basic Education Reforms in Guinea: Context and Concerns

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-296
Author(s):  
Mamadou Saliou Diallo
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Education Reforms ◽  
Education Development ◽  
National Education ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The World

This paper sets out to consider the context and concerns in educational reform through an examination of the achievements and difficulties encountered in attempts to develop basic education in Guinea. Yet, many are the countries around the world, and more specifically developing countries that have constantly cherished basic education development. This is obvious since all these countries, including Guinea, have—at one time or another— undertaken reform in their education system. However, the real impact of these reform measures has been slow to be noticed, not only, with regard to the performance of the sector but also the improvement of human capital. As such, the paper proceeds to point out the prevailing issues in reform undertakings in Guinea’s education sector. The study uses qualitative approach, and both primary and secondary sources to portray major national education intervention programs and their relative outcomes. However, it appears that the inability of the system to capitalize on previous efforts and gains presents a key challenge to ensure the sustainability of basic education development in the country.

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