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UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

About: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Comparative education & Vocational education. The organization has 12 authors who have published 18 publications receiving 360 citations.

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01 Dec 2006-Compare
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the dynamics of interrelation in the growth of private supplementary tutoring in East Asia and in Africa, Europe, and North America, including Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan.
Abstract: Private supplementary tutoring has long been a major phenomenon in parts of East Asia, including Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan. In recent times it has grown dramatically in other parts of Asia and in Africa, Europe and North America. The factors underlying the growth of private tutoring vary, but in all settings it has major implications for learning and livelihood. Families with the necessary resources are able to secure not only greater quantities but also better qualities of private tutoring. Children receiving such tutoring are then able to perform better in school, and in the long run to improve their lifetime earnings. By contrast, children of low‐income families who do not receive such benefits may not be able to keep up with their peers and may drop out of school at an earlier age. Tutoring also of course has a direct impact on the livelihoods of the tutors, providing employment and incomes for a range of professionals and amateurs of different age groups. The dynamics of inter‐relation...

217 citations

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TL;DR: Among the 52 member states of the Commonwealth, 28 have populations below two million as mentioned in this paper, and most are at the lower end of the population scale: 22 with populations below one million, and 13 with populations under 250,000.
Abstract: Among the 52 member states of the Commonwealth, 28 have populations below two million. Small states thus comprise over half of the total. Within the group, most are at the lower end of the population scale: 22 have populations below one million, and 13 have populations below 250,000. The Commonwealth gives special attention to small states, and the Commonwealth Secretariat has taken a leadership role in identifying their distinctive features. At the same time, contexts and modalities have changed significantly over the decades. Most obvious have been the opportunities and challenges of globalisation. The internet has significantly reduced the isolation of small states, and has given opportunities to access expertise that could not previously have been imagined. Technological advances have facilitated forms of collaboration, such as the Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth. The cross-national interconnectedness in this era of globalisation also brings challenges. Many small ...

36 citations

Book ChapterDOI
01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: This chapter describes some of the methodological problems the authors have faced, and some of their findings, and the analytic methods appropriate for conducting such comparisons.
Abstract: The authors have investigated ways of learning in different cultures for several decades. This chapter describes some of the methodological problems we have faced, and some of our findings. In particular, the chapter notes what types of comparisons of learning can be justified, and the analytic methods appropriate for conducting such comparisons.

17 citations

Book ChapterDOI
01 Jan 2008
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine relationships between the broader environment and professional bodies, showing that professional and scholarly associations are windows on the wider communities that they serve, while broader forces in political, academic and other domains shape the sizes, structures and activities of these societies.
Abstract: The histories in this book are set within their wider contexts, partly echoing works on disciplinary histories and sociology of the social sciences such as Graham et al. (1983) and Wagner et al. (1991). Taking the comparative education societies and the umbrella global body as the units of analysis, this book demonstrates that professional and scholarly associations are windows on the wider communities that they serve. At the same time, broader forces in political, academic and other domains shape the sizes, structures and activities of these societies. This chapter examines relationships between the broader environment and the professional bodies. Using insights from the preceding chapters, the chapter identifies some patterns and themes from the main body of the book, and in a sense compares the comparers. It begins with conceptual literature on disciplinary institutionalisation and scholarly networking before turning to the specifics of the comparative education societies. It includes comments on society formation and names, which are themselves linked to the ways in which the societies have been founded, positioned themselves and recruited members. The chapter again emphasises the diversity of patterns within the common framework.

14 citations


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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
20162
20142
20096
20084
20072
20061