Recent studentcentered teaching approaches in high schools in Shanxi Province have made dramatic changes to the organization of the classroom space and given over the majority of the classroom time to student talk instead of teacher talk. These approaches to student centered teaching are characterized by a high level of systematization and coordination and are focused heavily on efficiently rai...

As perfectly summarised by Ida Lawrence, “Testing is growing by leaps and bounds across the world. There is a realization that a nation’s well-being depends crucially on the educational achievement of its population. Valid tests are an essential tool to evaluate a nation’s educational standing and to implement efficacious educational reforms. Because tests consume time that otherwise could be d...

This comparative curricular study examines the educational functions of Swedish Sámi nomad school curricula before and after a central reform in 1960s. Due to reform, school, boarding system for Indigenous people Sweden, was formed bring about systemic changes education children, be more inclusive, meet new democratic demands. presents an in-depth examination written through thematic analysis b...

Abstract We examine the effect of higher education attainment on pro-environmental behavior focusing household waste recycling. To address endogeneity attainment, we exploit a set reforms that increased opportunities for university studies in Greece, affecting cohorts graduating from high school year 2000. leverage exogenous variation introduced by enrollment age cutoff and estimate local avera...