From Universal “Higher Education for All” to Differentiated “Skills for All”: The Shifting Rationale of the OECD Regarding Education and Labour

2019 ◽  
pp. 135-155
Author(s):  
Laura C. Sturzeis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education For All

scholarly journals MOOCs and the claim of education for all: A disillusion by empirical data

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Rohs ◽  
Mario Ganz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Education Data

MOOCs have shaped the discussion on learning with digital media for the last few years. One claim of MOOCs in the tradition of Open Educational Resources is to expand access to education, mainly in the field of higher education. But do MOOCs meet this claim? The empirical data in this article confirm the suspicion that, despite all the heterogeneity of the participants, MOOCs are mostly used by people with a higher level of education. Data of participants from two MOOCs from Germany, as well as, empirical data from large providers and universities are used. But due to the different forms of MOOCs there is no comprehensive proof possible. With respect to the Knowledge Gap Theory and the Digital Divide, a theoretical framework is provided to explain possible causes of a different usage. The aim of the article is to point out the risks of an increase of inequalities as a consequence of hyping MOOCs and to stimulate a discussion about possible answers to make MOOCs an instrument of education for all.

scholarly journals Exclusive education towards inclusion in higher education after 2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-37
Author(s):  
Moses Wandera
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Learning ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
The Self ◽  
Discourse Theory ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Social Discourse ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
The Social

The contours of social exclusions are broad and varied. However, tackling exclusion is like policy creation. This study sought to bring out the progress on inclusive education by addressing policy elements in exclusions and inclusive as its main objective based on the scope in policy creationand implementation in higher education. The study used theories; Heutagogy of Stewart Hase (2000); or the self - determined learning as well as Herbert Simon’s social learning (1947) theory or the social discourse theory. The study design was explorative with case surveys from the global trends as a benchmark for its scope including Kenya using the content analysis of Salamanca conference on inclusive education and Education For All and expectations thereafter from the year 2015. The lessons have been derived from survey cases of countries benchmarked as a basis for policy analysis, planning, implementation and for adoption for other countries like Kenya.

scholarly journals Barriers of people with disabilities in exercising constitutional right to higher education

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (35) ◽  
pp. 341-354
Author(s):  
Viktoriia Chorna ◽  
Anja Broda ◽  
Dmytro Golosnichenko ◽  
Olena Grushchenko ◽  
Maryna Sadchenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Psychological Adaptation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Research Issue ◽  
Constitutional Right

Given that the disability of population, unfortunately, has negative dynamics to increase its number, it is increasingly attracting equal and free access to education for all categories of population, especially people with special needs. That is why the need to identify the problems faced by people with disabilities in exercising their constitutional right to higher education is becoming urgent. The methodological basis for writing this article is a system of general and special methods of scientific knowledge. The authors focus on the existing barriers to higher education for people with disabilities. It is stated that the legislation of Ukraine, which regulates the research issue, contains legal gaps and conflicts that complicate the opportunities for people with disabilities to obtain higher education. It is noted that higher education institutions need to pay more attention to the material and technical equipment of the educational process, which will increase the number of people with disabilities to obtain higher education. Also, the problem of psychological adaptation and socialization of people with disabilities in higher education is particularly acute. Of particular relevance is the need to identify the problems faced by people with disabilities in exercising their constitutional right to higher education that is becoming urgent.

Medium of Instruction Policy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Tollefson ◽  
Amy B.M. Tsui
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Medium Of Instruction ◽  
Language Rights ◽  
Fourth Section ◽  
The Third ◽  
Postcolonial Education ◽  
European Higher Education

This chapter traces the main pedagogical and political agendas that are implicit in medium of instruction (MOI) policies. It begins with an important worldwide effort to promote mother-tongue MOI: the Education for All initiative. Although this initiative has gained wide support among education scholars, MOI policies that privilege former colonial languages remain dominant in many contexts. The second section focuses on colonial and postcolonial contexts. In recent years debates about MOI in postcolonial education have focused on the spread of English MOI under globalization. The third section examines globalization, specifically with the examples of Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, and European higher education. The fourth section examines a major counterforce to English MOI: the language rights movement. Finally, the chapter ends with a discussion of explicit efforts to use MOI to reduce inequality.

scholarly journals Chilean Universities: Not So Tuition-free After All

2016 ◽  
pp. 23-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariane De Gayardon ◽  
Andrés Bernasconi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Proper Functioning

In 2011, massive student demonstrations disturbed the proper functioning of universities, with students making free higher education one of their key demands. In 2013, Michele Bachelet, a socialist, was elected president - free higher education being one of her most important electoral promises. This article summarizes the "Short Tuition Free Act" of December 2015 in Chile which is supposed to be the first step toward a free tuition higher education for all. It analyses the current conditions under which students can have access to subsidized tuition and the pitfalls of the current law. It also provides critics of the current approach and questions the possibility of implementing a free for all policy.

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