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The role of Kenyan universities in national development 肯尼亚大学在国家发展中的作用

FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education Pub Date : 2018-12-03 DOI: 10.32865/FIRE20184324

George O. Odhiambo

引用次数: 4

“What can I offer America?” A postcolonial analysis of faculty motivations and perceptions in North-South university partnerships “我能给美国带来什么?”南北大学伙伴关系中教师动机和观念的后殖民分析

FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education Pub Date : 2018-12-03 DOI: 10.32865/FIRE20184319

Y. Mlambo, Aryn Baxter

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引用次数: 4

Producing Relevant Medical Education Through Community-Engaged Scholarship 通过社区参与奖学金开展相关医学教育

FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education Pub Date : 2018-12-03 DOI: 10.32865/FIRE2018434

N. Nkhoma

引用次数: 1

Educational Policy Borrowing in the Cameroonian Higher Education System: A debatable Paradigm from Stakeholders 喀麦隆高等教育系统的教育政策借用:利益相关者的一个有争议的范例

FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education Pub Date : 2018-12-03 DOI: 10.32865/fire2018436

E. Eta, Joyce Afuh Vuban

引用次数: 4

The appropriation of policy changes in higher education by students in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of the Bachelor-Master-Doctorate reform in Burkina Faso 撒哈拉以南非洲学生对高等教育政策变化的挪用:以布基纳法索学士-硕士-博士改革为例

FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education Pub Date : 2018-12-03 DOI: 10.32865/fire2018438

Pascal Ramdé, Pierre Lapointe, M. Dembélé

引用次数: 2