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Determinants of Instructors’ Educational ICT use in Higher Education in Developing Countries: Evidence from Ethiopian Higher Education KU Leuven
Higher Education (HE) in developing countries experiences problem with equity, access and quality. Although the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is not a panacea for all difficulties in HE, it may address some of the challenges in developing countries like Ethiopia. It may, among other things, facilitate the implementation of teaching approaches that promote students' engagement, collaboration and interaction, as well as ...
A right to education for all: the meaning of equal educational opportunities Ghent University
The debate on the social function of schooling is as old as the idea of schooling itself. In those discussions, the concept of equal opportunities is often referred to as a means or a strategy to pursue social equality. This article discusses four conceptions of equality, each referring to different notions of justice. In meritocratic, distributive and social equality of opportunities, the conceptualisation of equality is deduced from a ...
Education and the Love for the World: Articulating a post-critical educational philosophy KU Leuven
Sharing with critical pedagogy the belief that there is no necessity in the given order of things, and that we can always begin anew with the world, the post-critical educational philosophy articulated here seeks to overcome the internal contradictions of this paradigm by positing an affirmative, educational approach to educational philosophy. This understands education not as political action, as in critical pedagogy, working in the name of ...
Towards a history of e-ducation? Exploring the possibilities of digital humanities for the history of education KU Leuven
n the past few years, worries about decreasing jobs or even the possible disappearance of the history of education as a field of study have frequently surfaced. Hence, the question arises as to whether the history of education, as a field of study, has a future – or is it, as many authors have remarked, in danger? This article starts from the idea that our field of study is definitely not alone in its struggle: many branches of the humanities ...
One way or another : an optimal matching analysis of students’ educational trajectories throughout upper- and post-secondary education and the impact of tracking and engagement Ghent University
Understanding social disparities in educational attainment requires understanding students’ decision-making throughout their educational career. Therefore, we studied students' pathways throughout upper-secondary and higher education, used optimal matching analysis to identify common pathways, and studied the role of SES therein. Additionally, we researched the role of engagement for overcoming socioeconomic disadvantages in students’ ...
Exploring the educational beliefs of primary education student teachers in the Chinese context Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
Social class and educational decision-making in a choice-driven education system : a mixed-methods study Ghent University Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Social class differences in educational decision-making form an important explanation for persisting educational inequalities, particularly in choice-driven systems with early tracking. Nevertheless, little is known about the process preceding these choices, especially when school and track choice are interrelated. Building on school choice literature, this study aims to explore how parents from different social backgrounds shape their ...