International Comparative Classroom Research Project: What are the Characteristics of Japanese Lessons Emerged by the International Comparisons?

2007 ◽  
pp. 184-187
Author(s):  
Yoshinori Shimizu
Keyword(s):  
International Comparisons ◽  
Classroom Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
International Comparative

scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Hebert
Keyword(s):  
Standardized Testing ◽  
Comparative Education ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
International Comparative Research ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
Local Traditions

ABSTRACT Imperfections - such as inequality and inefficiency of learning - are perennial problems for education despite a diversity of foundations on which national systems are established, which range from the idealistic vision of fostering a utopian society to the utilitarian objective of producing skilled workers capable of engendering economic growth. Despite sharing many common conditions and fundamental values, educators rarely learn valuable lessons from the successes and failures of highly relevant initiatives in distant nations. This problem may be attributed to several factors, not the least of which includes the entrenchment of local traditions and ethnocentric assumptions, but surely the quality and relevance of international-comparative research - and the way its results are disseminated - are issues that must also be taken into careful consideration. What are the unique lessons to be learned from international comparisons, and what are the prospective risks for how such comparisons may be misinterpreted and misused in educational settings? How can international comparative research be made more relevant, with tangible applications that may be recognized and effectively used by school teachers? How can international comparative education meaningfully examine subjects beyond the reach of standardized testing, in such domains as the fostering of creativity, talent, and ethical sensibilities, for example? These themes will be presented through discussion of both research findings and anecdotes from the personal experience of working for universities on four continents. Specific topics will include the challenges of accounting for conceptual equivalency and representing cultural differences, sampling and generalizability, reconciling the diverging aims of economic, anthropological, sociological, and psychological research, as well as grappling with the ambivalent discourse of globalization, multiculturalism, post-colonialism, and other social movements.

Walking With Students to Increase Satisfaction and Retention

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol S. Steinhaus
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Classroom Research ◽  
Comfort Level ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Resources Management

The Walking Office Hours exercise was originally instituted as a requirement in an introductory health topics class. Students were required, in pairs, to walk with the instructor for one-half hour on campus. This activity was seen so positively by students that it was repeated as a requirement for a human resources management class. In both courses, students unanimously reported a higher “comfort level” with the instructor following the walk and believed Walking Office Hours should be repeated in future classes. Although this classroom research project involved students walking with a professor, the activity could easily be adapted so advisors could walk with students.

scholarly journals UK INTERREGIONAL INEQUALITY IN A HISTORICAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE CONTEXT

2020 ◽  
Vol 253 ◽  
pp. R4-R17
Author(s):  
Andre Carrascal-Incera ◽  
Philip McCann ◽  
Raquel Ortega-Argilés ◽  
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
International Evidence ◽  
Spatial Inequalities ◽  
Interregional Inequality ◽  
National Economic ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
The Uk ◽  
European Economies ◽  
The Relationship

This paper explores the nature and scale of inter-regional and inter-urban inequalities in the UK in the context of international comparisons and our aim is to identify the extent to which such inequalities are associated with strong national economic performance. In order to do this, we first discuss the evolution of UK interregional inequalities relative to comparator European economies over more than a century. We then focus specifically on comparisons between the UK and the reunified Germany. These two exercises demonstrate that the experience of the UK has been rather different to other countries. We further explore UK inter-urban inequalities in the light of international evidence and then explain why observations of cities only tell us a partial story about the nature of interregional inequalities, especially in the case of the UK. Finally, we move onto an OECD-wide analysis of the relationships between economic growth and interregional inequality. What we observe is that any such relationships are very weak, and the only real evidence of a positive relationship is in the post-2008 crisis period, a result which points to differentials in regional resilience rather than inequality-led growth. Moreover, once former transition economies are removed from the sample, the relationship disappears, or if anything becomes slightly negative. As such, the international evidence suggests that the UK’s very high spatial inequalities have hampered, rather than facilitated, national economic growth.

scholarly journals Social Enterprise in Atlantic Canada

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Doug Lionais
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Atlantic Canada ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Enterprise Models ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
Transformative Approach ◽  
Political Economic

This article explores the history and experience of social enterprise within Atlantic Canada. As part of the International Comparative Social Enterprise Models (ICSEM) research project, this article aims to describe the unique historical, contextual, and conceptual approaches to social enterprise in Atlantic Canada. Four case studies are provided to illustrate the diversity of social enterprise in the region. The article argues that the historical roots of social enterprise in Atlantic Canada can be found within the Antigonish Movement, and that the founding political economic vision of that movement can inform a progressive and transformative approach to social enterprise in the region. Cet article explore l’histoire et la pratique de l’entreprise sociale dans les provinces de l’Atlantique. Écrit dans le cadre du projet ICSEM (« International Comparative Social Enterprise Models »), cet article a pour but de décrire les approches historiques, contextuelles et conceptuelles envers les entreprises sociales propres aux provinces de l’Atlantique. Il présente quatre études de cas afin d’illustrer la diversité des entreprises sociales de la région. L’article soutient que les racines historiques de l’entreprise sociale dans les provinces de l’Atlantique remontent jusqu’au Mouvement d’Antigonish, et que la vision politico-économique fondatrice de ce Mouvement pourrait sous-tendre une approche envers les entreprises sociales de la région qui soit progressiste et transformatrice.

scholarly journals Comparative Study on Curriculum Guidebook of Kindergarten

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Zhaohao Nian
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
National Development ◽  
Frame Structure ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
General Goal ◽  
Kindergarten Educators ◽  
Kindergarten Curriculum

With the global emphasis on early childhood education, more and more countries put early childhood education as a strategic position for comprehensive national development. The kindergarten curriculum guidebook is the primary resources for the daily teaching in kindergartens, ensuring the effectiveness and regulatory in kindergarten teaching. Therefore, it is crucial to learn how to analyze and evaluate the kindergarten curriculum guidebook and make education more scientific and comprehensive. From an international comparative perspective, this study selected two sets of kindergarten guidebooks between China and South Korea have carried on the comparative analysis and study from five aspects: the guiding ideology, frame structure, general goal, educational contents, and implementation characteristic (Crossley & Watson, 2003). The results provide kindergarten educators a reference to reflect on the focus of the domestic kindergarten curriculum’s educational content and the country’s current educational problems and try to find possible causes or solutions from international comparisons.

scholarly journals Using linked health data in international comparisons of infectious disease burden

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Reeves
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Respiratory Syncytial Virus ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Routinely Collected Data ◽  
Syncytial Virus ◽  
International Comparative

Linking population-level health databases – such as those on hospital admissions, GP consultations, prescriptions, maternal and perinatal data, and laboratory data – provides great opportunities to explore the epidemiology and burden of infectious diseases. Furthermore, comparing the epidemiology and burden of infectious diseases on an international scale is crucial in designing and implementing national and global prevention and control measures. However, substantial differences between countries in national health systems (including thresholds for hospital admission), as well as varying availability and quality of routinely collected data, can pose challenges when using linked population-level health databases to compare estimates of infectious disease burden between countries. This session aims to highlight and discuss the opportunities and challenges of international comparisons of infectious disease burden using linked population-level health data. This session will facilitate discussion of the methodological, ethical and resource challenges when using linked health data to produce internationally comparable estimates of the burden of infectious diseases. We will use as an example the ongoing work of the REspiratory Syncytial virus Consortium in Europe (RESCEU) – a large-scale collaborative project producing evidence to inform policymaking and regulatory decisions on novel respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines and therapeutics. The RESCEU project involves at least seven European countries each using linked routinely collected health data to produce national estimates of the health and economic burden of RSV, by age and risk group, for comparison. The results will highlight target populations for future vaccines and therapeutics, and provide a baseline estimate of the pre-vaccine era burden of disease that can be used to measure future vaccine impact. We will share the challenges faced in the RESCEU project with regards to using linked health data in international comparative work. We will then discuss, with relevance to other ongoing or future projects, how these challenges may be overcome. This session will generate ideas for procedures and tools for international comparative work using routinely collected data to investigate infectious diseases. This session will provide the opportunity to network with other researchers working in this area. We aim to facilitate the generation and dissemination of ideas for current and future projects, and therefore this session is likely to identify areas for potential future international collaborative work.

scholarly journals Guest Editorial: The FAMSUP network and its comparative studies of family support for frail older people

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 689-692
Author(s):  
KAREN GLASER ◽  
DOUGLAS A. WOLF ◽  
CECILIA TOMASSINI
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Guest Editorial ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
The United States ◽  
Family Networks ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The University ◽  
Global World

The aim of this special issue is to examine the relationships between support for older people and various socio-demographic, cultural and policy factors in selected European countries and the United States, using the international comparative perspective developed by the members of the Family Support for Older People: Determinants and Consequences (FAMSUP) network. Four of the included papers were delivered by network members at a symposium on ‘Family Support for Older People: International Comparisons’ that was held at the International Sociological Association (ISA) Inter-Congress Conference on Ageing Societies and Ageing Sociology: Diversity and Change in a Global World at the University of Surrey, Roehampton, in the suburbs of London (7–9 September 2004). Another paper, by Jim Ogg, a FAMSUP member, and Sylvie Renaut, investigates family networks among older people using data from the Survey of Health and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).

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