The purpose of this article is to provide a critical review of the motivating factors, processes
and outcomes pertaining to learning‐centred curriculum reform in higher education. A case …

Since the independence era in the 1950s and 1960s, many African countries have
recognised the important role that science plays in the socio-economic development of any …

There is greater interest than ever before in higher education: more money is being spent on
it, more students are registered and more courses are being taught. And yet the matter that is …

We consider the professional development of in-service teachers and review traditional
development efforts that have been used in the past. An alternative form of professional …

Increasingly, teachers all over the world are grappling on a daily basis with the fact of
multilingual classrooms. In this book, Jill Adler captures three inter-related dilemmas that lie …

As South Africa transitioned from apartheid to democracy, changes in the political
landscape, as well as educational agendas and discourse on both a national and …

This book addresses students, practitioners and scholars in educational policy studies. The
authors use Mongolia as a case to illustrate how global influences shape domestic …

South Africa's 1996 Constitution ushered in a democratic regime that brought new freedoms
and rights and greatly expanded opportunities for political participation. In 1998, South …

The article draws on interpretive frameworks from diffusion research and social network
analysis to explore one particular 'travelling reform'—outcomes‐based education—that went …

The policy literature in developing countries is replete with narratives of 'failure'attributed to
the lack of resources, the inadequacy of teacher training, the weak design of implementation …