{"title":"Conceptualizing and comparing world-class universities’ contributions to global sustainability: Pathways, priorities and potential indicators","authors":"Jun Shu , Lin Tian","doi":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103138","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103138","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainability is a goal for today, with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) acting as a guiding framework in a world characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. As research universities with distinctive global orientations, world-class universities (WCUs) are key players in promoting global sustainability, though there may be wide variation across WCUs in how, and to what degree, they are promoting global sustainability. By collecting and coding vast amounts of official textual data from 60 WCUs, this study indicates that WCUs’ contributions to global sustainability can be seen in the following five dimensions: education and research, outreach and engagement, campus operation and transportation, landscapes and ecosystems, and global leadership and impact evaluation. Additionally, the results reveal different priorities of WCUs in promoting global sustainability, identifying four distinctive clusters of WCUs based on their focus areas, designated as generally-balanced, academically-dominated, externally-associated, and internally-reformed. This study also attempts to construct a framework to measure WCUs’ contributions to global sustainability, which is useful to characterize WCUs’ contributions as expressive, constructive, projective, and evaluative.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48004,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The civic side of American charter schools","authors":"Chrystal S. Johnson , Chenchen Lu , Godwin Gyimah","doi":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103130","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103130","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There is a notable cross-national effort to incorporate market-based policies in education. This article examines one such context, the United States (US). Specifically, we examine the civic side of American charter schools through a human capital lens. Comparison of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Civics grade 8 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 restricted use data provided awareness of micro-level factors related to youth civic knowledge and skill acquisition. Analyses of multiple testing cycles helped further identify patterns and relationships over time that are essential in understanding variations in civic learning across periods and school types. Results indicated that American charter schools demonstrated higher average civic performance scores for most of the testing cycles than traditional public schools. Black and Hispanic American charter and private school students demonstrate higher civic performance levels. Key factors such as teacher time spent on civics instruction and teacher credentials are not necessarily correlated with higher civic scores. Though these differences should be interpreted with caution, the findings have implications for market-based education policies writ large, specifically for charter and charter-like schools in the global north and south.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48004,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meltem Çengel Schoville , Robert Guy Schoville , Suna Çöğmen , Serap Yılmaz Özelçi
{"title":"Habitus in elite public high schools: A case study from the perspectives of shareholders","authors":"Meltem Çengel Schoville , Robert Guy Schoville , Suna Çöğmen , Serap Yılmaz Özelçi","doi":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103140","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48004,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142533344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EdTech companies and contemporary digital educational governance. Analyzing the expansion and role of the EdTech sector in the Chilean educational system","authors":"Cristóbal Villalobos , Lluís Parcerisa , Karla Castillo , Tomás Olguín","doi":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103141","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103141","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article analyses the network of actors involved in the contemporary digitalization of the Chilean school system and the role of private EdTech corporations in this ecosystem. Using a framework based on new modes of education governance and contributions from the cultural political economy, three sources were triangulated: i) 22 semi structured interviews with key actors and policymakers, ii) a database of startups in the EdTech sector in Chile and iii) a systematization of the main digital education policies implemented in the country. The findings reveal a poorly coordinated network of actors, which has allowed the inorganic and heterogeneous growth of EdTech corporations, whose role encompasses not only the production of technology but also its articulation and management. To this form, EdTech companies play a central role not only as producers of technology, but also as articulators and administrators, illustrating a displacement of the State from some of its historic functions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48004,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142419984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shuqiong Luo , Lijia Lin , Lingyi Fu , Ronnel B. King , Shing On Leung
{"title":"The influence of ICT competencies on English digital reading achievement","authors":"Shuqiong Luo , Lijia Lin , Lingyi Fu , Ronnel B. King , Shing On Leung","doi":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103139","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103139","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Due to the prevalence of information and communication technologies (ICT) among secondary school students and the increasing significance of digital reading, exploring the impact of ICT on students’ digital reading performance in English seems necessary. The current research aimed to examine the effects of ICT competencies factors on secondary school students’ English digital reading performance. Data were obtained from 7703 15-year-old students from three East Asian economies, Macau, Hong Kong, and Singapore, from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 dataset. The results of hierarchical regression analysis revealed that students’ ICT literacy was negatively correlated with their English digital reading performance, while the influence of attitudes toward ICT varied across the three East Asia economies. Additionally, males had lower English digital reading achievement, while students with higher socioeconomic status (SES) had higher English digital reading performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48004,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142419982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing teacher status in Kazakhstan: The role of school leaders and policy support","authors":"Yerbol Sarmurzin","doi":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103142","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103142","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article investigates the role of school leaders in enhancing the status of teachers in Kazakhstan using a mixed-methods approach with data from questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Findings show a positive attitude towards legislative measures but highlight a gap between policy and practice as school leaders often neglect their legal duties. The study emphasizes the critical role of school leaders in providing support and professional growth opportunities, significantly affecting teachers' perceptions of their status and job satisfaction. It also reveals that the school's built environment and academic rankings influence teachers' social status. The results stress the importance of effective policy implementation, increased administrative support, and a focus on teacher welfare to elevate professional status, offering valuable insights for policymakers, school administrators, and educators.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48004,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142419983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youngeun An , Youngsun Lee , Soon-young Oh , Jeong Youn Lee
{"title":"How can young adults be civically engaged? The role of academic achievement standards in enhancing civic and social engagement in the case of South Korea","authors":"Youngeun An , Youngsun Lee , Soon-young Oh , Jeong Youn Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103115","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103115","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite studies emphasizing the economic and social benefits of achieving basic skills, the association between academic achievement standards (AAS) and civic and social engagement (CSE) remains underexplored. This study uses nationwide longitudinal survey data from Korea to examine whether high school students who met AAS exhibit increased CSE in adulthood. Findings indicate that meeting certain AAS levels correlates with greater CSE, though the threshold varies by subject; young adults who attained the Proficient level in reading or the Basic level in mathematics present higher CSE. These results highlight the importance of setting and ensuring adequate AAS thresholds to foster citizenship.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48004,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142327244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of education in shaping voting behavior: Insights from the Taiwan 2021 Referendum","authors":"Yuan Chih Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103136","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103136","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many studies document an association between education and civic engagement, but few establish credible causal links due to limited data. In 2021, Taiwanese voters decided on four public issues via a referendum. Slightly disproportionate results vetoed all issues. The mobilization of the ruling and opposing parties to encourage their supporters to veto or support all issues left an unsettled question: What role does education play in shaping voting behavior? This study examined 7,588 village-level data containing socioeconomic statistics, citizens’ educational levels, and voting behaviors. Using the instrumental variable approach to investigate the causality between citizens’ education levels and voting behaviors, this study finds that villages with higher portions of citizens having a bachelor’s degree or above have higher voting rates. Regardless of the different arguments for and against each of the four referendum proposals, these villages are also more likely to veto all four issues, indicating a complex relationship between education and political decision-making. This study contributes to discussions about the public benefits of education on society and suggests caution in assuming that education alone can counteract the effects of a polarized political climate.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48004,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142312012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Popular media’s role in fostering sex education in middle schools: A comparative analysis of Netflix series Sex Education and Bollywood film Oh My God 2","authors":"Abhishikta Bhattacharjee","doi":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103119","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103119","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>India as a country has always been seen as a repository of culture and heritage. The historical ruins, temples, scriptures of this ancient land foster liberty regarding sexuality and its significance in the advancement of civilization. However, sex education is still a taboo and an alien topic in the Indian education system. On the other hand, in the USA, one of the most advanced countries, sex education is a mandate, but sadly, there are middle schools in many states in the USA, which do not ponder over the subject at all.The reason behind this is the fact that there is no unified National Policy regarding Sex-Education in the USA, it is vested with the states individually. The USA government had been promoting ‘Abstinence-only-until-marriage’ (AOUM) education till Obama came. Even after implementing an evidence-based sex education system, the overall status of comprehensive sex education is unsatisfactory in the USA. This research aims at dealing with the issues associated with implementing and practising sex-education in the middle school and how the popular media deals with it and influences it. The paper takes into account the famous Netflix series <em>Sex Education</em> which is hugely applauded for its candid and inclusive approach towards sex and sexuality of teenagers and the recent bollywood film <em>OMG2</em> which serves as a critique of the Indian education system which fails to provide proper knowledge on the subject and jeopardises the adolescent life.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48004,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Educational Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142312013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}