{"title":"The Gender Gap in Malaysian Public Universities: Examining the 'Lost Boys'","authors":"Jonathan Yong Tienxhi","doi":"10.14425/JICE.2017.6.1.0116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14425/JICE.2017.6.1.0116","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the growing gender gap between men and women in Malaysian public universities, using the Gender Parity Index (GPI) to measure gender disparities over time. It considers the gender gap in University of Malaya with other prominent overseas universities, and compares the GPI between all twenty public higher education institutions for the years 2009-2013. It also compares the GPI of public universities in Malaysia with local private education institutions, and examines the gender disparities in public universities in terms of subject segregation. Particular attention is paid to the gender segregation in terms of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects; gender segregation in STEM subjects in Malaysian public universities is compared to East Asia Pacific averages. Lastly, various causes and explanations for the gender gap are explored.","PeriodicalId":42500,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Comparative Education","volume":"6 1","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2017-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42767818","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":"Education in Timor-Leste: Envisioning the Future ","authors":"Robin Burns ","doi":"10.14425/jice.2017.6.1.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14425/jice.2017.6.1.35","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42500,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Comparative Education","volume":"99 1","pages":"35-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138531995","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":"Embrace, Embed and Enliven: Advancing Social Responsibilities at the University of Northampton, England","authors":"Emel Thomas,Wray Irwin","doi":"10.14425/jice.2017.6.1.49","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14425/jice.2017.6.1.49","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42500,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Comparative Education","volume":"34 7 1","pages":"49-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138532046","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: Asia as Method in Education Studies: A Defiant Research Imagination ","authors":"Cheong Kee Cheok","doi":"10.14425/jice.2017.6.1.63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14425/jice.2017.6.1.63","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42500,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Comparative Education","volume":"185 1","pages":"63-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138532028","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: Asia as Method in Education Studies: A Defiant Research Imagination ","authors":"Cheong Kee Cheok, University of Malaya","doi":"10.14425/jice.2017.6.1.6162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14425/jice.2017.6.1.6162","url":null,"abstract":"Book Review Asia as Method in Education Studies: A Defiant Research Imagination. By Hongzhi Zhang, Philip Wing Keung Chan and Jane Kenway (Eds.) (2015), 182pp. ISBN: 9781138785960, New York: Abingdon, Oxon.","PeriodicalId":42500,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Comparative Education","volume":"136 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138531967","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":"The Gender Gap in Malaysian Public Universities: Examining The 'Lost Boys' ","authors":"Jonathan Yong Tienxhi","doi":"10.14425/jice.2017.6.1.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14425/jice.2017.6.1.03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42500,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Comparative Education","volume":"39 1","pages":"03-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138532027","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":"Corporate Universities and Corporation- University Partnerships in Thailand: Complimenting Education in Learning, Leadership and Change ","authors":"Oliver S. Crocco,Maria Cseh,Dollaya Hemmapattawe","doi":"10.14425/jice.2017.6.1.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14425/jice.2017.6.1.19","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42500,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Comparative Education","volume":"4 1","pages":"19-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138532047","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":"Convergence on Policy Goals: Character Education in East Asia and England","authors":"J. Arthur","doi":"10.14425/JICE.2016.5.2.59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14425/JICE.2016.5.2.59","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of character building in east Asian countries is often presented as a shared cultural construct and positioned within an east-west dichotomy. However, it is not at all clear that east Asian forms of character education are identifiable and distinct or that they always transcend national and cultural values. Jeynes (2008) has cautioned us to remember that cultural differences limit the extent to which we can learn lessons from another country, but how authoritative is this caution' The English Secretary of State for Education, Nicky Morgan, announced in December 2014 that she intended to secure England's place as a global leader by expanding the nation's provision and evidence base for character education. In this context, this article asks whether England shares any commonalities in the so-called east-west dichotomy on character education-are they mutually exclusive or are they compatible. Is there a west-individual view and an east - collective view' Is the character education movement in east Asia more of an ideological and political movement' As the British government looks for policy solutions to new and challenging problems, including character education, what answers can it find from abroad' What can it learn, borrow or pinch from these east Asian countries and is there a convergence on policy goals for character education within and across these countries' The paper is based on the work (translated) of prominent east Asian academics and builds on the author's personal interface with officials in the Ministry of Education in Japan and Singapore as well as meetings and conferences with numerous academics in universities across east Asian countries to address these questions.","PeriodicalId":42500,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Comparative Education","volume":"5 1","pages":"59-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2016-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66973738","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}
Christa F. Crawford, Independent Scholar., Consultant, Thailand
{"title":"Book Review: Preventing Human Trafficking: Education and NGOs in Thailand (doi: 10.14425/jice.2016.5.2.115)","authors":"Christa F. Crawford, Independent Scholar., Consultant, Thailand","doi":"10.14425/JICE.2016.5.2.115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14425/JICE.2016.5.2.115","url":null,"abstract":"Book Review Preventing Human Trafficking: Education and NGOs in Thailand. By Robert W. Spires (2015), 155pp. ISBN: 9781472443021, Farnham, UK and Burlington, US: Ashgate","PeriodicalId":42500,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Comparative Education","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66973925","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":"The Role of Vocational Education and Training in Palestine in Addressing Inequality and Promoting Human Development","authors":"Randa Hilal, S. McGrath","doi":"10.14425/JICE.2016.5.2.87","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14425/JICE.2016.5.2.87","url":null,"abstract":"UNESCO's new emphasis on vocational education and training as transformative, and concerns in particular with equity and sustainable human development, has been strongly influenced by a recent literature on VET and human development that has a particular focus on the most marginalised, especially young women, and is concerned with how their aspirations, agency and achievement of wellbeing can be promoted in the face of wide-ranging structural obstacles. This article seeks to further develop that account through an even stronger emphasis on VET in the context of extreme poverty, inequality and marginalisation as faced in Palestine. VET in Palestine serves many of the poorest and most disenfranchised in Palestinian society in a context of profound structural obstacles to wellbeing achievement. Our analysis show a very positive story of how VET has helped highly disadvantaged young Palestinians, particularly young women, to make progress on their human development.","PeriodicalId":42500,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International and Comparative Education","volume":"5 1","pages":"87-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66973953","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}