International Journal of Comparative Education and Development: Volume 20 Issue 1
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The Official Journal of the Comparative Education Society of Hong KongTable of contents
The challenge of ensuring gender equality in Vietnamese and English high schools: Espoused and real commitments
Mark Brundrett, Mai Thi Thuy DungThe purpose of this paper is to comparatively examine the issue of gender equality in high schools in Vietnam and England.
Glocalizing cures for China’s brain drain ills: The Thousand Talents Plan in Shanghai, Tianjin, and Guangdong
Hanna Kim, Ryan Michael AllenThe purpose of this paper is to examine how the Chinese Central Government’s plan to alleviate brain drain, called the Thousand Talents Plan, has been glocalized by three major…
Credentialism and demand for private supplementary tutoring: A comparative study of students following two examination boards in India
Pubali Ghosh, Mark BrayPrivate supplementary tutoring is expanding fast around the world. Recognising that examination boards are major shapers of curricular load, the purpose of this paper is to…
US experiences with STEM education reform and implications for Asia
Justin FendosThe first indication that traditional lecture-style teaching is not very effective was provided by Dr Donald Bligh in the 1980s and 1990s. As empirical evidence about this fact…
A comparative study of two interventions to support reading comprehension in primary-aged students
David Sorrell, Gavin T.L. BrownThe purpose of this paper is to explore the explicit teaching of information text schema with vocabulary instruction to primary-aged students in Hong Kong international education.
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2396-7404Online date, start – end:
2016Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Dr Jae Park