Archive for May, 2014
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Kyrgyzstan ends Uzbek-language university entrance exams
As graduates prep for the crucial tests, those from the country’s largest minority wonder if there is any point in taking them.
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Local or international school? The dilemma facing expats in Hong Kong
As a global financial center, Hong Kong attracts a large number of expat families. For those with young children, education is a priority, but the city’s limited options can prove to be a headache.
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What is education for?
Education can’t be separated from politics. The political system of a society will directly and indirectly influence the education system and this will also motivate challenge and opposition to both.
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Tajik Gypsy children miss out on education
Economic and cultural factors result in poor school attendance.
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Critical citizenship for critical times
Despite the educational system that stresses memorization and discourages questioning and creativity, people in Egypt, with many different educational backgrounds, displayed skepticism of the Mubarak regime.
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Tongues untied
After years of delay, an effort to teach Romani in Serbian schools may be gaining steam.
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Kyrgyz migrants’ children left behind
Bubusaira Samatova’s day starts at seven in the morning when she gets her granddaughter Aysalkyn ready for school.
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Web portal on teacher migration
Moving abroad to teach can be a complicated and uncertain process, full of cultural adjustments, visa challenges, and for some seeking a better way of life, can involve the violation of their rights.
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Trojan Horse – conjuring the slave, the witch and the grand inquisitor
Stories of allegations of the Islamification and radicalisation in Muslim-majority schools in Birmingham play on classic Islamophobic tropes.
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Teaching history for democratic citizenship
History teaching should not be about providing answers, but about asking the right questions.
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