Access, Equity, and Support in PK-12 Christian Education

Models of Christian Education

From 2004 to 2010 I served as a researcher and advisor in the Australian Government’s values education projects. During the task of helping schools implementing and conducting research on values education, I took the opportunity to observe the importance explorative and imaginative modes of teaching and learning might have in the formation of values. In this essay, I argue that imaginative teac...

“Excellence” and “equity”: key elements in medical education

In Iran, similar to most countries, medicineis a prestigious and high income profession.Moreover, traditionally “best and the brightest”candidates have been considered suitable toenter medical schools. In fact, the excellencyof the applicants has been measured in a highlycompetitive national competition, by a multiplechoice knowledge test of high school materials.Accordingly, the national exam ...

Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity Financing Basic Education in Bangladesh

The Quest for Quality in Higher Education: Is There Any Place Left for Equity and Access?

Over the past two decades Romanian higher education has been the subject of numerous policy reforms aiming to increase the overall quality and performance of higher education institutions (HEIs): two comprehensive laws on education and several second-order legislative acts intended to transform the sphere of higher education into a modern system of teaching and research. Funding was one of the ...

Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity NGO Provision of Basic Education: Alternative or Complementary Service Delivery to Support Access to the Excluded?

The Consortium for Educational Access, Transitions and Equity (CREATE) is a Research Programme Consortium supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). Its purpose is to undertake research designed to improve access to basic education in developing countries. It seeks to achieve this through generating new knowledge and encouraging its application through effective commun...