{"title":"Advocacy Coalitions and Education Policy Transfer: Lessons from School Board of Trustees Policy in Georgia","authors":"Sandro Tabatadze","doi":"10.1177/10567879241266232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10567879241266232","url":null,"abstract":"The article explores the relationship between education policy change and policy transfer, focusing on Georgia's School Board of Trustees. It analyzes how Western practices have been implemented in the education policies of post-Soviet countries. To achieve this, the article utilizes instrumental case studies and in-depth interviews. It views policy transfer as a tool of education policy change while integrating it with an advocacy coalition framework. The study indicates that advocacy coalitions transform into transfer networks, and their approach is to replicate or emulate foreign experiences. The article also poses new research questions, enabling researchers to build on and scrutinize the proposed assumptions and concentrate on post-Soviet education policy transformation.","PeriodicalId":409871,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Reform","volume":"18 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141801179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"During the Reform: How Teachers’ Lived Experiences Influence Their Beliefs and Practices of Project- Based Learning","authors":"Si Chen","doi":"10.1177/10567879241265096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10567879241265096","url":null,"abstract":"The implementation of project-based learning (PBL) heavily relies on the role of teachers in classrooms, but little attention has been paid to how their personal and professional experiences impact their teaching. To address this gap, a qualitative multiple case study was conducted, exploring the beliefs and practices of five high school teachers toward PBL. The study discovered that teachers who had prior exposure to hands-on activities were more likely to engage in PBL. Moreover, external factors such as accountability pressure from standardized tests and school leadership also played a significant role. Therefore, I recommend that policymakers, school leaders, and researchers pay more attention to the real-life experiences of teachers and the challenges they face in their specific contexts. To do that, creating a platform for dialogue among teachers and with them is crucial.","PeriodicalId":409871,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Reform","volume":"59 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141799328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pedagogical Conditions of the Ethnic Component in the Contents of an Institution of Higher Education","authors":"G. Malikova, Assylbek Meirmanov","doi":"10.1177/10567879241262756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10567879241262756","url":null,"abstract":"The objective is the scientific and theoretical basis of the pedagogical conditions of the ethnic component in the contents of a higher education institution and the identification of the effectiveness of its implementation. The article conducts a theoretical and methodological analysis of the theory under study, reveals the essence of the concept of “ethnic component in the contents of a higher education institution”, defines approaches, pedagogical conditions for the formation of an ethnic component in the contents of an institution of higher education, and presents a set of principles for its structuring. An experiment was carried out regarding the pedagogical conditions of the ethnic component in the contents of higher education. The results depicted the stages of formation and development of the ethnic component, the history of Kazakh education and the leading trends in current global practice are characterised.","PeriodicalId":409871,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Reform","volume":"87 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141802357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Institutional Development via Co-Design: Faculty Participation in a Co-Design Year at Fulbright University Vietnam","authors":"Ryan Derby-Talbot, Naoko Ellis","doi":"10.1177/10567879241262757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10567879241262757","url":null,"abstract":"How can higher educational institutions seeking change ensure that their innovations cohere with the institutional mission and culture? Here we present a novel framework of “co-design,” which uses principles of design thinking to structure shared student–faculty activities for the sake of educational innovation. To illustrate, we provide a case study in co-design: the creation of Fulbright University Vietnam's undergraduate program during a “co-design year” prior to the program's launch. By concentrating on the faculty experience during the year, we provide observations, lessons, and takeaways for others in using co-design as a practical framework for institutional innovation.","PeriodicalId":409871,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Reform","volume":"3 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141804249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dropout Epidemic—Who Is (Not) Graduating High School: A 4-Year Analysis of Predictive Indicators","authors":"Carol A. Mullen, Robert J. Nitowski","doi":"10.1177/10567879241262754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10567879241262754","url":null,"abstract":"Dropout is a global crisis and an affliction in the United States. This study analyzes graduation rates based on prior academic achievement, attendance, and behavior at an urban American high school in Virginia over 4 years to identify who is (not) graduating and why. Using a correlational, nonexperimental design, four cohorts of graduates were compared. As found, Latinx male English language learners were overrepresented and had dropped out following exclusionary discipline or failure on standardized tests. Examining predictive indicators can clarify why some students do not complete on time or quit. Implications for practice, policy, research, and preparation are considered.","PeriodicalId":409871,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Reform","volume":"31 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141803075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using Action Research and Logic Modeling to Promote Young People's Engagement, Resilience and Wellbeing in Middle Schooling","authors":"Scott Phillips, Seth Brown, Peter Kelly","doi":"10.1177/10567879241258133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10567879241258133","url":null,"abstract":"An approach to action research of innovative and disruptive socioecological understandings of young people's wellbeing, resilience, and engagement in middle school was piloted with a coalition of school principals, lead teachers, police, and community development professionals by an RMIT research team. This coalition was built around the Hume-Whittlesea Local Learning and Employment Network and the Whittlesea Youth Commitment Committee in outer northern Melbourne, Australia. Action research facilitated the collaborative design of interventions for reducing middle school disengagement. These were then expressed in logic model terms to guide implementation and subsequent evaluation. Logic models clarified how local innovations, situated in an authorizing environment, can develop promising practices that contribute to system reform. Our project involved characterizing ecologies of young people's engagement, resilience, and wellbeing as part of a place-based strategy.","PeriodicalId":409871,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Reform","volume":"79 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141357863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Violence Against Children: The Dynamics of Changes in the Relationship of Parents and Children in the Learning Situation During Quarantine and in War Conditions","authors":"Oleksandra Oros, Dmytro Afanasiev","doi":"10.1177/10567879241255315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10567879241255315","url":null,"abstract":"This article is dedicated to find out the impact of social changes and their crisis manifestations on the dynamics of family relations, which is manifested in situations of child-parent interaction in the learning process, as well as to analyze the impact of social changes on manifestations of violence against children. A comparative analysis of joint learning situations in junior grades during the COVID-19 pandemic and under martial law was carried out. The article analyzes the dynamics of changes in parents’ assessment of the learning process and results, the behavior of parents and children in the learning situation. An important task of the research is to identify the dynamics of changes in the risks of violence and the level of violence against children by parents in the joint learning situation. These social changes affect family dynamics and manifestations of parental violence against children.","PeriodicalId":409871,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Reform","volume":"131 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141114925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pluralism or Uniformity: Case of (Single) National Curriculum of Pakistan","authors":"Rizwan Shaikh, Christopher Benedetti","doi":"10.1177/10567879241255322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10567879241255322","url":null,"abstract":"The Single National Curriculum (SNC) of Pakistan is a federally promoted, politically one-sided policy, with its aim to reform the educational system of Pakistan and bring different educational systems under one uniform curriculum highly induced with Islamic doctrines. Many students have been singled out, given the restrictive nature of SNC. This paper discusses pluralism and uniformity given the SNC and critiques the SNC, social inequalities, and power imbalances in the multiethnic, diverse, and polarized society of Pakistan. The paper concludes with suggestions for evolving the SNC to address the multifaceted needs of students in Pakistan.","PeriodicalId":409871,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Reform","volume":"15 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141117289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Does Neoliberalism Influence the Growing Trend of Higher Education?","authors":"Xiwen Zhang","doi":"10.1177/10567879241255316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10567879241255316","url":null,"abstract":"With the election of Thatcher's Conservative government, the U.K. embarked on a reform of higher education that introduced the core idea of neoliberalism. The ensuing knowledge economy, university rankings, and the prevalence of accountability are all changes brought about by neoliberalism in higher education in the U.K. This study seeks to argue that while neoliberalism has brought some benefits to U.K. higher education, there are additional problems that cannot be ignored. These include the potential inability of graduates from disadvantaged backgrounds to access the career opportunities they desire, the claim of disempowerment by academics, and the disadvantaged status of humanities.","PeriodicalId":409871,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Reform","volume":"12 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141119930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Racial Justice and Nonviolence Education: Building the Beloved Community by Romano, A.","authors":"Md Kamal Hossain","doi":"10.1177/10567879241252397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10567879241252397","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":409871,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Reform","volume":"53 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141011653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}