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CIES 2009 Conference Preliminary Draft
(Draft Date: January 24, 2009)
1. Preliminary Program. Attached is the preliminary program of the 2009 CIES
Conference to be held in Charleston, South Carolina from March 22 - 26, 2009. This
searchable PDF version contains revisions through January 24, 2009. An on-line
version of the conference program, periodically updated, may be accessed by going to
the CIES 2009 All Academic submission site at
http://convention3.allacademic.com/one/cies/cies09. The on-line version of the program
allows you to browse or search the program by day, individual name, presentation title,
or session title. You do not need a password to search the on-line preliminary program.
2. Reviewing the Program. Please review the program to see whether your correct name
and institutional affiliation are provided. Also review whether your session and/or
presentation titles are correct. If any information needs to be corrected, please write to
[email protected] with "Change / Correction Requested" in the subject line. Please
submit your requests no later than Thursday, February 5.
3. Scheduling Requests. The Program Committee has made every effort to
accommodate any scheduling requests and preferences already communicated to us. If
you would like to request a change in your scheduled presentation date and/or time,
please send an e-mal to [email protected] no later than Thursday, February 5.
However, please note that the conference is very tightly scheduled, and we may not be
able to honor every request. Please note that all scheduling assignments should be
regarded as tentative until the final conference program is released.
4. Withdrawals. If you are unable to attend this year's conference for any reason, please
communicate this to us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to [email protected].
Your assistance in helping us to construct the final conference program is greatly
appreciated
5. Session Chairs and Discussants. We continue to work with CIES presenters and
conference attendees to assign chairs and discussants for each conference session. If
you are serving or have been designated as a session chair, please note that the
Program Conference Committee will distribute information for chairs once all
designations have been made and the conference program has been finalized.
6. CIES Membership and Conference Registration Requirements. Please note that if
you are presenting at CIES, you are required to have individual membership in CIES in
order to retain your spot on the conference program. Also, all conference attendees
must register for the conference.
a. Please register for the conference at the following website:
http://www.tc.edu/cies2009/registration.htm. Consider taking advantage of the
Early-Bird Registration rates, valid until January 31, 2009.
b. In case you are not a member yet, please register for CIES membership at
http://cies.us/membership.htm. Membership fees are low and include
subscriptions to the journal Comparative Education Review (4 issues per year)
and the CIES Newsletter, as well as reduced conference rates.
If you have any questions, please contact the CIES Program Committee at [email protected].
We look forward to seeing you this March in Charleston, South Carolina!
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Saturday, 21 March
8:00am - 9:30am
World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) Meeting - Sunday
(Session Organizer) Christine Fox, University of Wollongong; (Session Organizer) Crain A Soudien,
University of Cape Town
Sunday, 22 March
8:00am - 9:30am
Learning Initiatives for Rural Education (LIRE): Multi-Grade Education in Senegal and The Gambia
(Discussant) Karla Sarr, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; (Chair) Paul Frisoli, University of
Massachusetts Amherst; (Discussant) Emily Sarr, LIRE Project The Gambia
Multi-grade classrooms: Access and quality education standards
Alicia Fitzpatrick, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
A participatory approach to rural education in Senegal and Gambia
Jacqueline Mosselson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Multi-grade classrooms in the Senegalese and Gambian contexts
Mbarou Gassama-Mbaye, National Council of Negro Women
Developing and integrating training in multi-grade contexts: Trainer and teacher capacity building
Rebecca Paulson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Materials development for rural schools in Senegal and Gambia
Sarah W Kahando, University of Massachusetts
Transnational Subjects, Democratic Citizens in the U.S.: Rethinking Transnationalism through Case
Studies of Korea Immigrants
(Chair) Jung-ah Choi, Governors State University
Ethnic Fest and Korean immigrants: Exploring possibilities and limitations of a school's cultural celebration
Gilbert Park, Ball State University
Illusive ideologies: Model minority, transnationalism, and Korean-American working class students' broken
dreams
Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina -Charlotte
De-racialization of Korean immigrant students in the new millennium
Jung-ah Choi, Governors State University
U.S.-Korean youths in the era of globalization and transnational migration
So Hyun Ahn, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Improving learning outcomes in Burundi, Malawi, Senegal and Uganda: Opportunities and challenges of
comparative research
(Session Organizer) Akanksha A. Marphatia, ActionAid; (Discussant) Elise Legault, ActionAid
Improving learning outcomes in Burundi, Malawi, Senegal and Uganda
Akanksha A. Marphatia, ActionAid
How civil society is improving the quality education in post-conflict Burundi
Charlotte Bazira, ActionAid Burundi
How local experience guided research on para teachers and quality of education in Senegal
El Hadji Ngom, INEADE Senegal
Joint civil society and government research uncover crisis in teacher training and volunteer teachers
Julie Juma, ActionAid Malawi
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Teachers unions and education coalitions research the quality of education using REFLECT (adult education)
methodology
Pedison Bbaale, UNATU - Uganda National Teachers Union
Historical Case Studies and Critical Discourses in Education
(Chair) Sandra J Schmidt, University of South Carolina; (Discussant) Esther E. Gottlieb, Ohio State
UInversity
Negotiating AIM Missionary Discourses: A Counter-Narrative of Mission-School History in northwestern Tanzania
Fabian F Maganda, University of South Carolina
Educational policy and its performance in the Alliance for Progress
Hiromi Ehara, Teikyo University
Transplanting the Oxbridge residential model into US institutions of higher education
James Ingerski, University of Georgia
What are the natives doing? A postcolonial performative analysis of Canadian elementary textbooks
Michael J. Zambon, Niagara University
Relocating Afro-pessimism
Sandra J Schmidt, University of South Carolina
Contextualizing the Educational Challenges of Immigrant, Minority and Urban Youth in the U.S.
(Chair) Liv Thorstensson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; (Discussant) Frank-Olaf Radtke,
Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
Inner-city school innovation for social justice: The Cristo Rey Network of Schools
Eriko Miyake, Doshisha University
Vietnamese Montagnard Refugee High School Students' Perspectives on Culture, Education, and Opportunity
Liv Thorstensson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Gender, development, and migration: The Philippines, Mexico, and North Carolina
Maria Sian Lew, The University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Local Teachers Tackling International Challenges: One North Carolina School District's Work with Equity and
Accountability
Robert Fridy Weldon, Stanford University
Tracking the effect of NCLB on the achievement gap
Sue Bin Jeon, Pennsylvania State University
Parents, Communities, and Schooling: Comparative Studies
(Chair) Daniel Michael Roberts, Michigan State University; (Discussant) Peter C. Sampa, American
Institutes for Research
Community schools in Tanzania: A viable option for increasing access and school quality or an unsound
investment?
Daniel Michael Roberts, Michigan State University
A study on parental involvement in schooling in Taiwan
Shih-Chang Hou, National Taichung University; Chih-cheng Chiang, Department of Education, National
Taichung University, Taiwan; Jing-Nan Hou, National Taichung University
Parental involvement in the development of literacy skills. What can Latin America learn from other countries?
Siury Pulgar, Harvard University
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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International Students: What Drives Attraction and Retention?
(Discussant) Gerald W Fry, University of Minnesota; (Chair) Xiaoyan Wang, OISE / University of Toronto
Learning to teach in American universities: Struggles of Chinese graduate assistants
Jing Fu, Michigan State University
Factors influencing international students' choice of universities: A country-specific analysis
Xiaoyan Wang, OISE / University of Toronto
The intent of international students: Stay in the United States or return to their country of origin?
Young Hyun Kim, Stanford University
Organizational and Professional Cultures as Sources of Change in Higher Education
(Chair) Scarlett Anna Benjamin, University of South Carolina; (Discussant) Barrel Gueye, East
Stroudsburg University
Fostering organizational change and individual learning through mutually beneficial inter-institutional collaboration
Ann E. Austin, Michigan State University; Cheryl Foxcroft, Nelson mandela Metropolitan University
General education reform in Chinese universities: The perspective of organizational culture
Donghui Zhang, Renmin University of China
Faculty members and the conflicting third mission for universities
Gus Gregorutti, University of Montemorelos
Developing and implementing international learning experiences for the professions
Scarlett Anna Benjamin, University of South Carolina
Transnational Mobility in the Educational Workforce: Causes and Consequences
(Chair) Kara Brown, University of South Carolina
International teachers for hire: The value of cultural exchange in the global circulation of teachers
Kara Brown, University of South Carolina
"Blue Card" visa: Poaching African talent
Kingsley Banya, Florida International University
Toward a global teaching system: Transnational mobility in the teacher workforce
Yu-Wei Wu, Penn State University
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Sunday, 22 March
10:00am - 11:30am
NGOs and Education: Case Studies from Bangladesh, Nicaragua, Pakistan, and Serbia
(Session Organizer) Leila Bradaschia, Pennsylvania State University; (Discussant) Brooke A Treadwell
Nicaragua
Leila Bradaschia, Pennsylvania State University
Pakistan
Mehnaz Jehan, Pennsylvania State University
Serbia
Natasha Djuricic, Pennsylvania State University
Bangladesh
Ruxana Parvin, Pennsylvania State University
Choice, Access and Trade-Offs: Higher Education with a Global Perspective
(Chair) Brian Heuser, Vanderbilt University
Kinship networks in immigrant communities: Increasing college access
Amanda Ochoa, Vanderbilt University
Constructing African engineering education for development
Jennifer DeBoer, Vanderbilt University
The impact of university rankings on student choice in Korea and Japan
Jungmin Lee, Vanderbilt University
Cost-sharing in Western Europe and Australia: A review of recent developments and access implications
Toby J Park, Vanderbilt University
Education as a Technical Science: Diffusing and Adapting Universalized Scripts
(Discussant) Alexander W Wiseman, Lehigh University; (Chair) S. Karin Amos, University of Tübingen
Privatization of the Turkish Higher Education System in the Post-1980s Era
Fatma Gök, Bogazici University, Turkey
Reshaping Education: The Substitution of the teacher as a 'reflexive practitioner' by the 'classroom manager'
Frank-Olaf Radtke, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
Evaluation in Brazilian higher education: Rationale and objectives
Lucia Bruno, Universidade de Sao Paulo
The Politics of Comparison in Social Work
Rainer Treptow, University of Tübingen
German education: From academic discipline to intersecting field
S. Karin Amos, University of Tübingen
Language, Power and Resistance: Minority Language Revitalization, Education Policy and the State
(Chair) Rebecca A Clothey, Drexel University; (Discussant) Stephen Arnold Bahry, OISE / University of
Toronto
Multilingual education in the context of South Africa
Claire deBoer, Drexel University
Vying for voice: The mobilization dynamics of education-based language activism in France
Kai Heidemann, University of Pittsburgh
Impacts of federal legislation on Native American language education: The Native American Languages Act of
1990/1992
Larisa Warhol, Arizona State University
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Globalization and English language policy for linguistic minorities in China
Rebecca A Clothey, Drexel University
Scaling Up Early Childhood Development in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges
(Chair) Marito Garcia, The World Bank
The impact of community-based preschool in Mozambique
Barbara Bruns, The World Bank; Sebastian Martinez, The World Bank; Sophie Naudeau, The World
Bank; Vitor Pereira, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil
Scaling up early childhood development? A review and analysis of education sector plans in Africa
Michelle Neuman, World Bank; Aigly Zafeirakou, World Bank
Developing a comprehensive ECD program in Ethiopia: Lessons from three districts
Nawsheen Elaheebocus, World Bank
Language and Language Policy in Education: Comparative Studies
(Chair) R O Mabokela, Michigan State University; (Discussant) Jeremy Todd, University of Wisconsin,
Madison
Schooling and official language minorities in Canada: a comparative analysis
Diane Gerin-Lajoie, OISE / University of Toronto
Self-perception and heritage language: Korean women in Japan and Japanese American Women in the US
Kayoko Aoki, University of San Francisco
Literacy and Language Implementation Policies in New Zealand and Mexico
Patricia Mercedes Velasco, Teachers College, Columbia University; Ofelia Garcia, City University of New
York
Contested terrain: Language and culture in a South African school
R O Mabokela, Michigan State University
Teacher Training and Professional Development in Russia: Contemporary Challenges and Developments
(Discussant) Duishon Shamatov, University of Central Asia; (Chair) Donna Kay Pearson, University of
North Dakota
Reform and Resistance: United States Professional Development in Russian Classrooms
Donna Kay Pearson, University of North Dakota
What does Russia know about its teachers and what can it learn from TALIS?
Elena Lenskaya, Universitas. Ru
Teacher Salary Reform in the Russian Federation: 2003-2008
Erin M Weeks-Earp, Teachers College, Columbia University
"A Teacher with the Capital Letter 'T'" versus "A Marketable Teacher" in Post-Perestroika Russia
Raisa Ignatieva, Kent State University
Environment and Ecology in Education: Understanding Relationships between Education, Environment,
and Agriculture
(Chair) Jessica Marie Bagdonis, Pennsylvania State University; (Discussant) Fabian F Maganda,
University of South Carolina
Adult ecopedagogy in the Americas: A pilot study of programs in Argentina, California, and Appalachia
Greg W Misiaszek
The consideration of agriculture in comparative and international education: a content analysis
Jessica Marie Bagdonis, Pennsylvania State University
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Urban agriculture and schools in Cuba: state policies and local lmpacts
Katie Bucher, Indiana University
Environmental sciences literacy across the world: Differences and similarities
Maya E. Nehme, Pennsylvania State University; Juan Leon, Pennsylvania State University; David P
Baker, Pennsylvania State University
Nationalism, Religion, and Collective Action in the Formation of Student Identity
(Chair) Heidi Whitford, New York University; (Discussant) Margaret Sutton, Indiana University
The meaning of student collective action: the Israeli student strikes of 2007
Heidi Whitford, New York University
Creating theologies and pedagogies: Results of a four-country study of Latin American women, faith, and social
movements
Lauren I Jones, University of California, Los Angeles
Gender, class, and Hindu nationalism amongst college students in Bangalore, India
Rima Aranha, The University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Immigrant Identities: Considering Challenges of Identity, Assimilation, and Attainment
(Chair) Willow Sussex, University of California, Berkeley; (Discussant) Anna Hahn
Comparative politics between America and Korea: Power politics, shifting ideologies, and identity crises
Aiko Miyatake, Hofstra University
A comparative study of the lived experiences of Canadian-born and foreign-born Chinese-Canadian students in
northern Ontario
Fei Wang, OISE / University of Toronto
Becoming "Model Minority": Schooling and peer-relations on American identity formation of Korean immigrant
students
Gilbert Park, Ball State University
Teachers and Second Generation Immigrants in Spain
Willow Sussex, University of California, Berkeley
Christianity and the Chinese Diaspora in the United States
Ya Liu, University of Minnesota
Methods and Practices of Citizenship Education
(Chair) Joan DeJaeghere, University of Minnesota
Civic and political learning in participatory school management: The Escola Cidadã in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Analia V. Jaimovich, Harvard University
Obstacles to understanding and implementing student-centered methods: The case of Madagascar.
Carrie Antal
Transnationalism and Mexican Immigrant Youth: Civic Identity and Engagement as Ruptura and Dislocation
Joan DeJaeghere, University of Minnesota
Citizenship education: Emerging understanding and practices of secondary school teachers in the Philippines
Sherlyne A Almonte-Acosta, De La Salle University, Manila
Global Citizenship: Challenges and Debates
(Chair) Mangala Nanda, Harvard University; (Discussant) Olena Fimyar, University of Cambridge
The construction of national and global citizens through secondary school curricula in India
Mangala Nanda, Harvard University; Huma Kidwai, Harvard University
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Global citizenship education in the 21st century
Priscilla Mary Anne Blinco, Stanford University
Foreign language learning as a social right and responsibility in a global democracy
Serhiy Kovalchuk, Eastern Michigan University
Regional and International Frameworks of Educational Integration and Institutional Collaboration:
Challenges, Prospects, and Developments
(Chair) Karen Mundy, OISE / University of Toronto; (Discussant) Bernhard T Streitwieser, Northwestern
University
The export of higher education, a key aspect of globalization
Casandra M Culcer, University of Toledo
Creating sustainable international linkages in higher education
Don Staub, Carteret Community College; David Anderson, Eastern Michigan University
UNESCO and higher education: Opportunity or impasse?
Karen Mundy, OISE / University of Toronto; Meggan Madden, OISE / University of Toronto
Cross-border higher education: A theoretical review of activities and rationales in the UAE and Qatar
Mary Catharine Lennon, OISE / University of Toronto
East Asian regional higher education cooperation and integration: The role of regional organizations
Nguyen T Anh, Vietnam National University
Culture, Identity, and the Educational Resources of African American and Multiracial Communities
(Chair) Monica Wells Kisura, American University; (Discussant) Sheena Choi, Indiana University-Purdue
University
Parental Preparedness in Observing Young Children: Cultural Variations Between African American and Black
Canadian Parents
Clancie Wilson
Beyond borders: Multiracial identities in the shadow of blackness
Fileve Tlaloc Palmer, Indiana University
Black North American homeschoolers: Breaking the mold in Canada and the United States
Monica Wells Kisura, American University
Elderly African-American clergywomen as educational and community resources
Nancy Parker Seay, University of Toledo
Challenges and Lessons in Teacher Support and Training across Diverse Contexts
(Chair) Carolyn M. Thomas, Millersville University; (Discussant) Timothy E Jester, University of Alaska
Anchorage
We are facing a lack of adequate in-service support: Teacher training in Zambia
Carolyn M. Thomas, Millersville University
Pre-service training of primary teachers from Romania through "traveling reforms" since 1994 to 2008
Gianina Ana Masari, Al. I. Cuza Univeristy of Iasi, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences; Liliana
Stan, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania
Teachers' perceptions about effective teaching: The case of primary school teachers in Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Nao Haruyama, Nagoya University
Ghanaian primary school teachers' motivation towards "jugyou kenkyu" (lesson study)
Tomoko Matsumoto, Waseda University
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Gender and Education: International and National Contexts
(Chair) Sandra L Stacki, Hofstra University
Comparing Canadian and American community colleges' administration: Are we moving towards gendered
professionalization?
Jennifer Olson, University of Georgia; Amy Metcalfe, University of British Columbia
International research on gender and education: U.S. trends and some research directions
Megan Che, Clemson University; Elaine M Wiegert, Clemson University
Teachers and students in India's government middle schools: Policy, practice, and gender
Sandra L Stacki, Hofstra University
Turkey's dilemma in gender parity compared to other countries in Central and Eastern Europe
Sedat Gumus, Michigan State University; Emine Gokus, Gazi University
Promoting Effective Teaching and Instruction: International Examples
(Chair) Anindita Sen, American Institutes for Research; (Discussant) Theo Wubbels, Utrecht University
Remedial Reading Instruction for Fourth-Grade Students: An International Perspective
Anindita Sen, American Institutes for Research
Implementing active learning in Ethiopia
Carolyn Frances Casale, Teachers College, Columbia University
Continuing professional teacher development in South Africa: A hybrid approach to classroom instruction
Mitalene Fletcher, Harvard University
Invited Session: Beyond the Corridor of Shame: Social Movements, Segregation & Social Justice in the
South and the World
(Chair) Doyle Stevick, University of South Carolina
(Discussant)
Kim Nesta Archung, Claflin University
Alan Wieder, University of South Carolina
Crain A Soudien, University of Cape Town
Zahra Rizvi, Aga Khan Foundation, Pakistan
Derrick Aldridge, University of Georgia
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Sunday, 22 March
11:30am - 12:30pm
Early Childhood Development SIG Business Meeting
Higher Education SIG Business Meeting
Peace Education SIG Business Meeting
Sunday, 22 March
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Expansion, Differentiation and Stratification in Higher Education: Tension between Policy and Practice
(Chair) Joseph M Stetar; (Discussant) Ismailov Baktybek Iskakovich, Ministry of Education, Kyrgyz
Republic
How nations, religious and linguistic groups use universities to project soft power
Colleen Coppola, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Role of government in privatization of higher education: comparative perspective on China and South Korea
Eunyoung Kim, Seton Hall University; Minmin Fan, Seton Hall University
Access to Chinese higher education: An analysis of educational policies
Jin Guizhen, Beijing Institute of Technology, Higher Education Institute; Minmin Fan, Seton Hall
University
Emerging stratification of Chinese private higher education
Li Guo, Seton Hall University
Research on and Strategies for Equality and Empowerment among Young Girls
(Session Organizer) Raya Hegeman, University of Minnesota; (Discussant) Joan DeJaeghere, University
of Minnesota; (Chair) Shirley J Miske, Miske Witt & Associates Inc
Opportunity knocking on the door of life: Consequences on meeting the goal of EFA in a remote Mpoti village
Diane Prouty Harris, Miske Witt and Associates
Measuring attainment, quality, equality and empowerment through CARE's PCTFI Common Indicator Framework
Margaret Meagher, CARE USA; Shirley J Miske, Miske Witt & Associates Inc
Defining and measuring empowerment in the Patsy Collins Trust Fund Initiative (PCTFI)
Raya Hegeman, University of Minnesota
"Relevance in Action: The experience of the USAID/ALEF Project in Morocco"
(Chair) Joshua A Muskin, USAID / ALEF; (Discussant) Peter Easton, Florida State University
An evaluation of the USAID/ALEF project's relevance model in Morocco
Elizabeth Buckner, Stanford University
Introducing local content into instruction in Morocco
Joshua A Muskin, USAID / ALEF
School-level planning and social mobilization in Morocco: Enhancing school relevance and quality through local
participation
Khadija Ramram, Academy for Educational Development
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Dominance, Transfer and Cultural Imposition: Cases of Immigration and Resettlement
(Chair) Maria Alejandra Leon Garcia, Ohio State University
Relevance of the Turner Thesis to Native American Education
Danielle N. Terrance, Ohio State University
Calderon's educational reforms in a globalized society
Maria Alejandra Leon Garcia, Ohio State University
The "Othering" of Turkish Immigrants in Germany
Mary Kate Sandford, Ohio State University
The Politics of Area Studies Programs
Miriam Shenkar, Ohio State University
Voyages: The Transatlantic Slave Trade Online Database
(Session Organizer) Nafees M Khan, Emory University
Reform and Turmoil in Mexican Basic Education
(Chair) Carlos Ornelas, Teachers College Columbia University
The curriculum reform proposed by the ACE
Carmina Makar, Teachers College, Columbia University
The virtues of the Alliance
Jorge Santíbañez Romellón, Department of Public Education, Mexico
The ACE and the States
Margarita Zorrilla, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes
The ACE is a pragmatic and bold initiative to a complex problem
Romualdo López Zárate, Metropolitan Autonomous University
New Policies on Teacher Education and Pedagogical Reforms in MENA countries: Any Promising School
Changes?
(Chair) Byron G Massialas, St. Thomas University
Tracking main ideas and orientations in pedagogical reforms in MENA countries: What is changing in the
classrooms?
Aigly Zafeirakou, World Bank
Tradition and change in teacher education: A new era in the BMENA world?
Byron G Massialas, St. Thomas University; Samir A. Jarrar, EDC International
Capturing pedagogical transformations in the classroom: A longitudinal study
Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Helen Boyle, Education Development
Center
Quality Education--the Challenge of Information for Multiple Countries
(Discussant) Sergio Ramirez, Academy for Educational Development; (Chair) Kurt D Moses, Academy for
Educational Development; (Discussant) Cory Heyman, Surya Associates International, Inc.; (Discussant)
Carmen Siri, Academy for Educational Development
Serving Adolescents with Non-formal Education for Skills and Equivalency: A Review of Asia/Pacific
Experience
(Chair) Cristine Smith, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; (Discussant) Kimberly K Parekh, University
of Massachusetts-Amherst
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Education Projection Workshop
(Session Organizer) HyeJin Kim, Education Policy and Data Center
Visual Anthropology and Comparative Education: Teaching With and Learning from Ethnographic Film
(Chair) Doyle Stevick, University of South Carolina
Learning from video enabled ethnography: Research and teaching
Audra Skukauskaite, University of Texas at Brownsville
Preschool in three cultures revisited
Joseph J Tobin, Arizona State University
Visual anthropology and education research
Karl Heider, University of South Carolina
The Unfolding Field of Lifelong Learning
(Discussant) Andy Green, Institute of Education, University of London; (Chair) Kristi P Johnson,
Marymount University
Realization of Lifelong Learning? Yes, but… A comparative Perspective on a global Education Policy Discourse
Anja P. Jakobi, University of Bremen
Where do cultural identity and lifelong learning meet: Australian Aborigines and Danish Immigrants?
Kristi P Johnson, Marymount University; Cameron Kiosoglous, Virginia Polytec and State University
Lifelong learning and Thailand's higher education: Challenges and options
Rattana Lao, Teachers College, Columbia University
Financing labor force training in lifelong learning context in China
Ruirui Sun, Graduate School of Education, Peking University; Po Yang, Peking University
Dilemmas of Educational Access, Quality, and Attainment in Africa
(Chair) Peter Moyi, Amherst College; (Discussant) Aleesha Taylor, Open Society Institute
The Educational Quality Imperative: A Closer Look at Educational Reform in Tanzania
Bethany Hinsch, Teachers College, Columbia University
Can free primary education achieve universal primary education? Evidence from Kenya
Judith Akinyi Obiero, University of Massachusetts
Household characteristics and delayed school enrollment in Malawi
Peter Moyi, Amherst College
School Resources, Home Background, and Mathematics Achievement in Southern and Eastern Africa
Thomas M. Smith, Vanderbilt University; Jennifer DeBoer, Vanderbilt University
Comparative Research into International Influences on Education Policy and Reform
(Chair) Daniel J Kirk, American University of Sharjah; (Discussant) S. Karin Amos, University of Tübingen
If they build it, we will come: Educational borrowing in the United Arab Emirates
Daniel J Kirk, American University of Sharjah
Hybridity and compromise: Defining Jamaica's emerging educational policy approach
Nigel Brissett, University of Massachusettes
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The American influence in Brazilian educational development (1960-1975): from voluntary borrowing to silent
imposition
Vera Centeno, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
International influence on national policy-making: Reflection on research reports conducted for education reform
in Taiwan
Wen-Jou Hung, National Chi Nan University
Images of the Islamic World: Perceptions and Realities of Muslim Contexts of Education and Action
(Chair) M. Najeeb Shafiq, Indiana University; (Discussant) Holger Daun, Stockholm University
Imagining Islam: Positioning, funding, and governance of Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia
Anthony Welch, University of Sydney
Madrasas and Pakistan's Education Objectives: Western Media Misrepresentations and Recommendations for
Reform
Kevin Richard McClure, University of Maryland
Education, income, and political attitudes in Muslim countries: Evidence from the Pew Global Attitudes Survey
M. Najeeb Shafiq, Indiana University
Educational discourse and the construction of democratic citizenship in Pakistan
Muhammad Ayaz Naseem, Concordia University
Non-Governrmental Organizations in Educational and Community Development
(Discussant) Sandra L Stacki, Hofstra University; (Chair) Jeremy Rappleye, University of Oxford
Consumer culture and NGO goals: A contrast of salable projects and community needs
Ammon Franklin, Brigham Young University
Catalyzing educational development or institutionalizing external influence? Donors, civil society, and policy
formation in Nepal
Jeremy Rappleye, University of Oxford
Pedagogical Approach towards Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Children: An Analysis of Educationbased Non-governmental Organizations
Ke Wu, Arizona State University
Invited Session: The Impact of International Achievement Studies on National Education Policymaking
(Chair) Alexander W Wiseman, Lehigh University
(Presenters)
David P Baker, Pennsylvania State University
Maria Teresa Tatto, Michigan State University
Henry M Levin, Teachers College, Columbia University
Andreas Schleicher, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Hans Wagemaker, International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
Clementina Acedo, International Bureau of Education, UNESCO
Global Rhetorics and National Reforms in South American Contexts
(Discussant) Regina Cortina, Teachers College, Columbia University
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Policy and Practice in Chilean teacher education
Beatrice A Avalos-Bevan
The recontextualization of global educational discourse: international agencies, the state and educational practice
Jason Beech, Universidad de San Andrés
When Global 'Best Practices' Meet Local Constructions of Knowledge: Lessons from the Bolivian Chaco
Lisa Heaton
EFA Rhetoric in Action: An Explanatory Study
Robin L Clausen, Pennsylvania State University
Sunday, 22 March
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Africa SIG Business Meeting
South Asia SIG Business Meeting
Middle East SIG Business Meeting
Sunday, 22 March
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Teacher Training via the Creation of Communities of Practice - a multi-country perspective
(Chair) Joshua A Muskin, USAID / ALEF
A strategy for collaborative professional development for teachers to improve learning in Vietnam
C Wheeler, Michigan State University
The impact on instruction and learning of structured peer consultation around pedagogy in Morocco
Mohammed Elmeski, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
The use of professional development conferences to improve instruction and learning in Malawi
Shirley J Miske, Miske Witt & Associates Inc
Impact of Education Programs in Africa and Latin America: Lessons Learnt
(Discussant) Kumkum Kashiparekh, CARE USA
Conceptualizing the SII
Pamela Young, CARE USA
Impact of community participation on intercultural and gender-oriented curriculum
Rouzena Zuazo, CARE Bolivia
Impact of school governance on education outcomes and girls' empowerment
Sophia Yiega, CARE Kenya; Jane Stockman, CARE Kenya
Citizenship and Democratic Education SIG I : Social Cohesion: The Role of Education in Bringing
Societies Together
(Chair) Doyle Stevick, University of South Carolina; (Discussant) Kara Brown, University of South
Carolina
Development through daughters: Assessing the impact of women's education in Latin America
Emily Prouty, Vanderbilt University
Education and social cohesion: Civic engagement trends in post-Communist Poland and Romania
Kerri Tobin, Vanderbilt University
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Social cohesion: The role of education in bringing societies together
Maida Finch, Vanderbilt University
Balancing the pernicious tendencies of nationalism with aspirations of minority integration: Social cohesion in
Germany
Peter Trabert Goff, Vanderbilt University
Educating for One World, One Dream: East Meets West in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games
(Chair) Jing Lin, University of Maryland; (Discussant) Yali Pan, University of Maryland
The Merging of Eastern and Western Sport Philosophy and Culture
Chunlei Lu, Brock University; Mucun Zhou, Beijing University
Constructing a new national identity as well as cultivating global citizenship: The role of the Chinese media during
the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Chunying Cai, University of Maryland
One World, One Dream: Olympic Education in China
Jie Xiao, Capital Institute of Physical Education, Beijing
Contours of Educational Inequality in South Korea
(Chair) Hyunjoon Park, University of Pennsylvania; (Discussant) Emily Hannum, University of
Pennsylvania
Educational expansion and gender inequality in South Korea
Jung-Sook Kim, Korea University; Hyunjoon Park, University of Pennsylvania
Achievement gaps in secondary education: The case of South Korea
Kyung-keun Kim, Korea University; Soo-yong Byun, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Effect of ability grouping on academic achievement: With special reference to regional effect
Yeo Jung Hwang, Korea University; Sue-hye Kim, Korea University; Su-young Shin, Korea University
Educational expansion, social background, and educational attainment in South Korea
You-Geon Lee, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Systemic Education Reform under the Egypt Education Reform Project (ERP)
(Chair) Shahram Paksima, Harvard University
Sustainability of donor interventions: The case of the Egypt Education Reform Program
Douglas Baker, Academy for Educational Development, Egypt
An integrated system approach to data-driven decision making
Haiyan Hua, World Education, Inc; Shahram Paksima, Harvard University
Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Education
(Chair) Michelle Morais de Sa e Silva, Teachers College, Columbia University; (Discussant) Carlos
Ornelas, Teachers College Columbia University
Conditional cash transfer programs in Latin America: Does school quality matter?
Katia Herrera, Teachers College, Columbia University
Support and resistance to a conditional cash transfer in the north: Opportunity NYC
Michelle Morais de Sa e Silva, Teachers College, Columbia University
Education for the alleviation of poverty: Anti-poverty programs and politics in Nicaragua and Colombia
Shannon Stackhouse, University of Texas, Austin
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Working Conditions, Salary, and Career Ladders in Teaching and Administration: Comparative Analyses
(Chair) Motoko Akiba, University of Missouri
Merit Pay for Teachers: A Comparative Study between Mainland China and the United States
Guodong Liang, University of Missouri
Elementary School Administrators' Needs for Professional Development and Factors Affecting their Professional
Development
June S Chen, Tamkang University; Ming-Kuei Tsai, Tamkang University
A comparative analysis of elementary principals' career development in Taiwan and the United States
Kuo-Hua Sun, Chang Jung Christian University; Nai-Hui Lin, Chang Jung Christian University
Teachers' Working Conditions in the U.S., Australia, and Japan
Motoko Akiba, University of Missouri; Gerald LeTendre, Pennsylvania State University; Kazuhiko Shimizu,
University of Tsukuba
An analysis of incentive pay system: Case study of career ladder system in Nepal
Shota Hatakeyama, Kobe University
Issues in Indian Education: Efforts at Increasing Quality and Access
(Chair) Amita Chudgar, Michigan State Univeristy; (Discussant) Paul Stansbery, Save the Children
Affirmative action in higher education in India and the USA: A study in contrast
Asha Gupta, University of Delhi
Relationship between parental literacy and parental engagement in children's educational experiences
Karyn Miller, Michigan State University; Amita Chudgar, Michigan State Univeristy; Brij Kothari, Indian
Institute of Management
Girls' education as the key to achieving the Millennium Development Goals: The case of India
Klara Lucia Losonczy, Waseda University
Computer-aided instruction for out-of-school children in India: An impact study in Andhra Pradesh
Romilla Karnati, University of Pennsylvania
The Case for Math and Science Education in India
Seher Ahmad, Michigan State University
Education, Social Cohesion, and Social Disruption in the Middle East
(Chair) Shiva Sadeghi, Sam Houston State University; (Discussant) Natasha Y Ridge, Teachers College
Columbia University
No peace without equity in Palestine/Israel: The role of education
Christa Bruhn, University of Wisconsin
The representation of national history in Iranian textbooks
Maryam Soltan Zadeh, Florida International University; Mohammed Farouk, Florida International Univ
Moving Forward to the Past: The State and the Ideology of Education in Iran
Shiva Sadeghi, Sam Houston State University
Preservation and Promotion of Indigenous Communities in Latin America: Politics, Language, and Policy
(Chair) Jennifer Elliott, University of South Carolina; (Discussant) Patricia Mercedes Velasco, Teachers
College, Columbia University
Effective models of public awareness-raising and education programs to reduce economic exploitation of
indigenous children in Latin America
Azra Kacapor, World Learning
Indigenous education in Mexico: Past, present and future
Jennifer Elliott, University of South Carolina
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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The rise of Intercultural Bilingual Education Programs in Latin America
Jonathan Stern, Vanderbilt University
New policy approaches toward forming indigenous education teachers in Latin America
Paul Tanner, Michigan State University
Early Childhood Development SIG I: Creating Culturally Appropriate Early Childhood Programs
(Chair) NazarKhudo Shaidoevich Dastambuev, Open Society Institute, Tajikistan; (Discussant) Kathy
Bartlett, Aga Khan Foundation
Best of the West: Exporting the science of fathers' involvement in early childhood education
Jessica Ball, University of Victoria
Where there are no preschools
NazarKhudo Shaidoevich Dastambuev, Open Society Institute, Tajikistan
Are we promoting or sequestering innovation in ECCD majority world systems?
Rhiannon Delyth Williams, University of Minnesota
Read Alouds in Calca Peru: Culturally Congruent Literacy Practices
Sabina Rak Neugebauer, Harvard University
Higher Education and the Labor Market for Graduates
(Discussant) Xiaoyan Wang, OISE / University of Toronto; (Chair) Jing Xu, East China Normal University
Study on Graduates' Learning Experiences and Occupational Stratification: One Year after Graduation.
Amy Shumin Chen, National Taiwan Normal University
Gender gap of Chinese college graduates' choices and employment
Cao Xing, Indiana University
Innovation in higher education: The merits of the comparative perspective
Hilda Logan, University of Leicester
Education, class stratification and labor market: Literature review and China's higher education system
Jing Xu, East China Normal University
Collaborative Encounters in Higher Education: Middle East
(Chair) Janet Y. Thomas, Zayed University; (Discussant) Sina Mossayeb, Teachers College, Columbia
University
Western Academia and Eastern Learners: The influence of culture on learning styles of university students in a
Middle Eastern university
Janet Y. Thomas, Zayed University
Expanding the encounter and mutual learning between students from different cultures in higher education in
Israel
Khansaa Diab, Pennsylvania State University, Humphrey Fellow
University College Dialogue: from Confrontation to Cooperation - the Case of Israel
Yaacov Iram, Bar Ilan University
Risk and Resilience in Identities and Behaviors: Theoretical Perspectives and Comparative Research
(Discussant) Isabel Menezes, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences - University of Porto;
(Chair) Christine Finnan, College of Charleston
Identity re-development: Impact of acceleration programs on students' sense of accomplishment, belonging and
engagement
Christine Finnan, College of Charleston; Dennis Kombe, College of Charleston
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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The Education Effect on Cognition and Risk Assessment: Comparing Unschooled and Schooled Populations
David P Baker, Pennsylvania State University; John Collins, Pennsylvania State University; Juan Leon,
Pennsylvania State University; Ellen Peters, Decision Research; Nathan Dieckmann, Decision Research;
Samira Halabi, Pennsylvania State University
Multicultural Mosaics: Newcomer Youth In Western Educational Systems
Farah Jindani, University of Toronto
National Policies and World Constructions of the Child in Education
(Discussant) Diane Marie Hoffman, University of Virginia
Kindergarten teachers' perceptions of the child-centred education in Mongolia
Ariuntuya Myagmar
The Effect of Women's Education on Fertility:New Evidence from China
Jiao Guo, Harvard University
The world cultural construction of early childhood and the young child
Miriam Tag, Bielefeld University
The one-child policy and Chinese education reform for quality education
Qingling Yang, Cleveland State University; Guofang Yuan, Northwestern University
Invited Session: Institutionalizing Comparative and International Education: Debates and Challenges
(Chair) Iveta Silova, Lehigh University
(Presenters)
Martin Carnoy, Stanford University
Stephen P. Heyneman, Vanderbilt University
Andy Green, Institute of Education, University of London
Patricia K Kubow, Bowling Green State University
Karen Mundy, OISE / University of Toronto
Alexander W Wiseman, Lehigh University
Africa SIG II: Perspectives on Learning, Teacher Education, and Teaching in Africa
(Chair) joan.O'sa Oviawe, Washington State University; (Discussant) Steven J Klees, University of
Maryland
Beyond student-centered: Improving student achievement in Ethiopia through unintended mechanisms
Benjamin Piper, Harvard University
The Violent Daily Movement of Learners in Johannesburg
Illana M. Lancaster, George Washington University
Zambian Teachers' Perceptions of Expert Teaching: Resourcefulness, Punctuality, and Sobriety
Matthew AM Thomas, Teachers College, Columbia University
Early risers and transnighters: High school students preparing for university entrance examination in Kenya
Truphena M Choti, University of Maryland, College Park
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Sunday, 22 March
4:00pm - 5:30pm
An Emerging Chinese Model of the University?
(Chair) Ruth Hayhoe, OISE / University of Toronto; (Chair) Jun Li, The Hong Kong Institute of Education;
(Discussant) Hans G Schuetze, University of British Columbia
Chinese patterns of equality in access to higher education
Jian Liu, OISE / University of Toronto
"World class" university: Issues and challenges in Chinese and international higher education
Jing Lin, University of Maryland
Is there an emerging Chinese model of the university?
Ruth Hayhoe, OISE / University of Toronto; Qiang Zha, York University
Chinese patterns of university students' civic perceptions and participation
Yuxin Tu, University of Toronto
Teachers and Teaching: International Comparisons of the Teaching Profession
(Discussant) Stephen P. Heyneman, Vanderbilt University; (Chair) Peter Trabert Goff, Vanderbilt
University
Teacher-Teacher Interaction and Math Achievement of 8th Graders: A Study of TIMSS 2003 Data
Art Peng, Vanderbilt University
Teacher Pensions: A Cross-National Comparison
Elizabeth Smith, Vanderbilt University
Learning from Others: Pre-Service Teacher Education Programs in Singapore and Finland
Kurt Scheib, Vanderbilt University
Context and Measurement in International Systems of Performance Based Pay in Education
Ryan Balch, Vanderbilt University
Globalizing Minds: Rhetoric and Realities in International Schools
(Chair) Iveta Silova, Lehigh University; (Discussant) Fred Brown, South Carolina University; (Chair)
Daphne Hobson, Lehigh University; (Discussant) Doyle Stevick, University of South Carolina
Discursive practices as best practices? Examining the discourse of the international baccalaureate organization
Anna Hahn
Fostering Global Mindedness in International Schools in the United States
Diane Gal; Judith E King-Calnek
Growing globally minded citizens in the desert: A comparative curricula analysis of two schools in Kuwait
Kelly Card, Lehigh University
IB IS: International baccalaureate or international business in China's international schools
Zejun Zhou, Indiana University
Challenges and Developments in Higher Education: Post-Socialist Contexts
(Chair) David Anderson, Eastern Michigan University; (Discussant) Burulai Aitikulova, Aga Khan
Foundation, Kyrgyzstan
Examining the impact of globalization on the entrepreneurial transformations in a Russian university
Inna Gorlova, Eastern Michigan University; David Anderson, Eastern Michigan University
Educational transfer in post-Soviet countries: Contextual factors
Maira Mukambayeva, Oxford University
Transitory shock effects of new policies in the fight against corruption in higher education in post-soviet countries
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Mariam Orkodashvili, Vanderbilt University
Middle East SIG Highlighted Panel: Education in the Arab World - All Western?
(Chair) Sina Mossayeb, Teachers College, Columbia University; (Discussant) Nagwa M Megahed, Ain
Shams University
Politics of educational borrowing in the Arab World: The cases of Egypt and the UAE
Ali Ibrahim, United Arab Emirates University; Ali Al-Kaabi, United Arab Emirates University
Western education in the Arabian Gulf: The benefits and cost of reform
Juliana Gaipo-Mrabet, Dar Al Hekma College
Privileged or Penalized: The Education of Boys in the United Arab Emirates
Natasha Y Ridge, Teachers College Columbia University
Education for Vulnerable Populations in Africa: Ongoing Challenges and Innovative Programs
(Chair) Kevin J Brennan; (Discussant) Diane Brook Napier, University of Georgia
Min(d)ing the Orphans: African Crises, Rescue Institutions, and the Economy of Orphanhood.
Anila Rehman, Cornell University
Schooling for Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Evaluating the Implementation of Lesotho's Secondary Education
Bursary Scheme
Anne C Smiley, Teachers College, Columbia University
Educating vulnerable women with integrated HIV prevention and microcredit/livelihoods approaches: Lessons
learned from pilot programs in Senegal and Ghana
Leah Jones, World Education, Inc.; Lauren Dahlman, World Education, Inc.
Straight Talk: how one NGO uses integrated mass media to reproduce a new, sexually-aware culture
Suzanne Kratzig, George Washington University
Educating orphans in Zambia: A socio-political comparison of alternative institutional arrangements
Vongai Kandiwa, Cornell University
Methods and Practices of Democratic Education
(Chair) Dierdre A Williams, University of Maryland; (Discussant) Elmina Kazimzade, Center for
Innovations in Education
"Doing" democracy: Deliberative democratic approaches in education policymaking
Dierdre A Williams, University of Maryland
Reconsidering the Democratic Conception in Education for a Globalizing world: John Dewey's Legacy
Jessica Ching-Sze Wang, National Chiayi University
International Student Exchange: Evaluation of Student Experience
(Chair) Bernhard T Streitwieser, Northwestern University; (Discussant) Alison Price-Rom, Institute for
International Education
Student Conceptions of the International Experience
Bernhard T Streitwieser, Northwestern University
University admission versus governmental policy: reviewing the human rights of international students abroad
Brad Washington, University of San Francisco
Resistance to and overidentification with culture: Case studies of students studying abroad
Michael Hillis, Pacific Lutheran University; Ronald Byrnes, Pacific Lutheran University
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Early Childhood Development SIG II: Preparing Children for School and Supporting Transitions
(Chair) Robert G Myers, Edifico 45, Departamento 304; (Discussant) Judith L Evans, Shaw
Communications Inc.
An Educational Intervention for Children and Mothers from Disadvantaged Environments in Turkey
Deniz Şenocak, Mother and Child Education Foundation; Derya Akalın, Mother and Child
Education Foundation
Expanding the ECD menu of services beyond classroom-based interventions
Paul Stansbery, Save the Children
Home-school transition: Translating theory into applied practice
Paul Stansbery, Save the Children; Donald Edwards
Transition from Preschool to Primary School in Mexico: An Exploratory Study
Robert G Myers, Edifico 45, Departamento 304
Human Capital Theory: Returns to Education and Problems of Employment and Equity
(Chair) Heesook Lee, Florida State University; (Discussant) Keiichi Ogawa, Kobe University
Human capital theory and its implications to gender equity in higher education in Mongolia
Enkhjargal Adiya, University of Pittsburgh
A structural approach to reality of the returns to Korean higher education
Heesook Lee, Florida State University; Jae Young Chung, Florida State University
Estimating returns to human capital in Malaysia
Pei Yee Ooi, Teachers College, Columbia University
Educated unemployed: Story of mismatched resources, agendas and aspirations
Saida Mamedova, Columbia University
Mapping human capitals in firm creation process: job creation—an alternative approach to youth unemployment
Yukiko Yamamoto, University of Pittsburgh
Case Studies: Reports on Projects and Programs in International Educational Development
(Chair) Trokon B Wayne, Creative Associates International, Inc.; (Discussant) Christine Finnan, College
of Charleston
Critical Thinking: RWCT's 10 years in Latvia, Challenges and Benchmarks
Liesma Ose, Soros Foundation - Latvia
Improving quality in Zambia's community schools: Sustainable strategies or quick fixes?
Peter C. Sampa, American Institutes for Research; Edward Graybill, American Institutes for Research;
Joy du Plessis, American Institutes for Research
Achieving quality in accelerated learning: Student assessment in Liberia
Trokon B Wayne, Creative Associates International, Inc.; Gail vonHahmann, Creative Associates
International, Inc.
Cross-National Comparisons of Educational Progress and Challenges across East / Southeast Asia
(Chair) Alexander Jun, Azusa Pacific University; (Discussant) Kazuo Kuroda, Waseda University
The changing landscape of Cambodian higher education in an era of globalization
Alexander Jun, Azusa Pacific University
Is it culture or the state? Explaining compulsory education MDG success and failure in Asia.
Devin Joshi, University of Denver
Education reforms in East Asian economies: Comparisons and contrasts
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Hee Kyung Hong, Peking University
School Dropout in Basic Education in the Philippines: Accountability and Partnership
Julian Elloso Abuso, University of the Philippines
Sunday, 22 March
6:00pm - 7:30pm
CIES Conference Welcome and Awards Ceremony
(Session Organizer) CIES Conference Planner Teachers College, Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College and Open Society Institute Reception
(Session Organizer) CIES Conference Planner Teachers College, Teachers College, Columbia University
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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Monday, 23 March
8:00am – 9:30am
Comparison for Quality Improvement: The Namibian Experience
(Presenter) Lillian Shaningwa, Ministry of Education, Namibia; (Presenter) Gerhard Ensslle, Ministry of
Education, Namibia
Is Internationalization Westernization? The Cases of Turkey, China, Brazil, and South Korea
(Chair) W. James Jacob, University of Pittsburgh; (Discussant) Gerard Postiglione, University of Hong
Kong
The internationalization of higher education: Is Korea an insider or an outsider?

Heejin Park, University of Pittsburgh
Access to higher education in Brazilian universities
Kimberlee Eberle, University of Pittsburgh
Turkish higher education: History, access, and European Union influence
Lou L. Sabina, University of Pittsburgh
The internationalization of the undergraduate curriculum: Rationales and recommendations for an integrated
approach
Marzia Cozzolino, University of Pittsburgh
Chinese female scholar/professor in higher education: History, development, and crisis
Shang Gao, University of Pittsburgh
Role of NGOs in Promoting a Rights-Based Approach to Quality Education
(Chair) Batuhan Aydagul, Education Reform Initiative
ActionAid's right-based approach to education
Akanksha A. Marphatia, ActionAid
Human rights in primary and secondary school textbooks in Turkey
Gamze Sarısen, History Foundation of Turkey
Advocacy for fulfillment of rights in education through research and civil society mobilization
Isik Tüzün, Education Reform Initiative Turkey
Crossing Borders: Migrants and Diplomats, Exclusion and Inclusion
(Discussant) Cynthia Miller-Idriss, New York University; (Chair) Carolyn Sattin, New York University
Home-school conflicts and barriers to the academic achievement of children of Latin American immigrants
Carolyn Sattin, New York University
Incorporation of Immigration History: Addressing Diversity in the French Classroom
Elizabeth A Hanauer, New York University
Peace Corps Volunteers: Educators and Public Diplomats in Latin America
Martha McGivern, New York University
An Analytic Framework for Education and Fragility: Expanding Evidence and Improving Practice
(Discussant) Cornelia Janke, Education Development Center (EDC); (Discussant) Eluned Schweitzer,
Save the Children; (Chair) Kerstin Tebbe, INEE
Monday, March 23, 2009
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Practices and Partnerships in Study Abroad and International Exchange
(Chair) Peter W. Cardon, University of South Carolina; (Discussant) Bernhard T Streitwieser,
Northwestern University
Future leaders exchange: The effects of international exchange on Moldovan youths
Amy A. Simms, American University
Study Abroad for Global Engagement: A Study of Long-Term Impact
Gerald W Fry, University of Minnesota; Jae-Eun Jon, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Experiencing the global, engaging in the "local": Contrasting experiences of study abroad participants in West
Africa
Marcy Hessling, Michigan State University; Emily Whitmer, Michigan State University
Tourist Role Typologies and Study Abroad Preferences among Management Students
Peter W. Cardon, University of South Carolina
Disciplinary Practices: School-Based Strategies in Student Control
(Chair) Eleni Natsiopoulou, Teachers College, Columbia University; (Discussant) Thomas S Popkewitz,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Behavioral problems and discipline across countries
Corey B Bower, Vanderbilt University
Education and teacher power: A comparative analysis of student discipline
Eleni Natsiopoulou, Teachers College, Columbia University
The Influence of Disciplinary Practices: A Look at a Nicaraguan Community
Kate S. McCleary, University of Minnesota
Disciplinary policy in Japan: Adopting zero tolerance principles
Katsura Saito, Kyoto University
Training Teachers for Educational Quality and Development in China
(Session Organizer) CIES Conference Planner Teachers College, Teachers College, Columbia University
An East Asian model of policy implementation: A case study of China's teacher education reform since the 1990s
Jun Li, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
Determinants of teacher expectations in rural China
Lisa Yiu
Education for rural transformation in China and India
Vinayagum Chinapah, Stockholm University
High Stake Language Examinations in China: Issues and Implications for Teachers
Xianhan Huang, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Chi-Kin Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong; YukChun Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Substitute Teachers: An Examination of the Teacher Qualification System in China
Xinyi Wu, Brigham Young University; Yirong Li; MacLeans Geo-JaJa, Brigham Young University
Comparative and Historical Perspectives on Chinese Higher Education
(Chair) Yi Cao, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
A Review of Research Related to Equality of Educational Opportunity in Chinese Higher Education
Jingxun Zhong, Chinese University of Hong Kong
American for-profit institutions and China's Minban higher education since late 1970s: A comparative perspective
Shanxiang Xiao, University of Kansas
The Preparation of Skills from Higher Education to Workforce: A Preliminary Case Study Analysis in China
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Yi Cao, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Dynamics of Violence and Childhood Vulnerability: Educational Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Chair) Illana M. Lancaster, George Washington University
Exploring school-community interactions in school-related violence in Johannesburg
Illana M. Lancaster, George Washington University
The Politics of Comparision: Inter-Agency and Government Initiatives Regarding Child Labour and Migration in
West Africa
Michelle Reddy, Teachers College, Columbia University
Youth livelihoods as a response to child labor: the importance of broadening how we measure success in conflict
affected settings.
Nina A. Papadopoulos, University of Massachusetts
From "theory" to "practice": Using local context to conceptualize child labor vulnerability analysis model in Uganda
Tatiana Garakani, Teachers College, Columbia University
Language Policy and Politics in Chinese-Language Contexts
(Chair) Amber YaYin Wang; (Discussant) Patricia Mercedes Velasco, Teachers College, Columbia
University
Multiculturalism in the College English Curriculum in Taiwan and the United States
Amber YaYin Wang
A comparative study of standards-based language instruction in the United States and China
Belinda Zhou, [email protected]
Collaborative teaching of English writing in a Chinese university
Qiguang He, North University of China
Government-created minority written language and school education: A case of Wa minority schools in China
Su Gao, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Jian Wang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Emily Lin,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Qingmin Shi, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Siping Liu, University of
Nevada, Las Vegas; Qiang Cheng, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
School Choice Policies and Voucher Programs across Different National Contexts
(Chair) Gregory Elacqua, Universidad Diego Portales; (Discussant) Henry M Levin, Teachers College,
Columbia University
School behavior and yardstick competition: Evidence from Chile´s national voucher program
Gregory Elacqua, Universidad Diego Portales
Assessing the evidence of school choice: A case study of Japan using a statistical model
Jun Yamashita, University of Tokyo; Ai Ohmori, International Christian University
Why did the Swedish teacher unions not oppose school vouchers?
Parita Suaphan, Brown University
School Choice Policies in Korea
Wang Jun Kim, Michigan State University
Gender Symposium (1): Gender Mainstreaming: Current Issues and Practices
(Chair) Kristy Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; (Chair) Sarah A Robert, The University at Buffalo,
State University of New York
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Constructing Citizenship in Curricula: Case Studies and Cross-National Comparisons
(Chair) Luke Terra, Center for Civic Education
Schooling and political transitions: Influences of a world society on Soviet and Russian textbooks
Katherine Kuhns, Stanford University
Conflict and the adoption of civic norms: A textbook analysis of civic identity in Northern Ireland
Luke Terra, Center for Civic Education
Towards a new civic consciousness: Human rights education in the Republic of Korea
Rennie Moon, Stanford Universitty
The evolution of human rights and group rights in post-conflict nations
Susan Garnett Russell, Stanford University
Monday, 23 March
8:00am – 3:45pm
New Scholars Committee Dissertation Workshop (Monday)
(Chair) Linda Furuto, University of Hawaii; (Chair) Rhiannon Delyth Williams, University of Minnesota;
(Discussant) Ruth Hayhoe, OISE / University of Toronto; (Discussant) Diane Brook Napier, University of
Georgia; (Discussant) David Phillips, Oxford University; (Discussant) Val D Rust, University of California,
Los Angeles; (Discussant) Frances Vavrus, University of Minnesota
National and Global: The history of research and international collaboration at University of Dar es Salaam
Amy Jamison, Michigan State University
Education decentralization and universal primary education in Ghana
Athena Maikish, New York University
Global and national framing of education sector problems: The case of Tanzania
Bernard Gwekwerere, Michigan State University
Education for all: School effectiveness and reading achievement in Brazil
Carol DeShano da Silva, Harvard University
Social Justice, Stratification, and College Access: Examining Higher Education Expansion in Taiwan
Cheng-Cheng Yang, University of California, Los Angeles
State-formation by travelling reforms and experts: Reception of German teacher and military training-models
during 19th century Chile
Cristina López Alarcón, Humboldt University, Berlin
Internationalization of higher education in Korea and Vietnam
Eun Kyung Lee, University of Pittsburgh
Educational disequilibrium: School structure and youth violence in Trinidad and Tobago's secondary schools
Hakim A Williams, Teachers College, Columbia University
Lesson study in preschools: The Chinese experiences
Jingchen Lu, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Chi-Kin Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong
University policies/strategies to promote the publication of scientific/academic journals in Colombia and
Venezuela
Jorge Enrique Delgado, University of Pittsburgh
Comparative case studies of Jesuit universities' internationalization policies: Shared values but divergent
paradigms
Kang-Yup Jung, University of Maryland, College Park
A cross-national analysis of school-business partnerships in Japan and the United States
Kaori Takano, University of Dayton
International graduate students, the F-1 visa process, and the dark side of globalization
Ligia E. Toutant, University of California, Los Angeles
Monday, March 23, 2009
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Early childhood in Solomon Islands: An ethnographic exploration in Kahua
Lindsay Julia Burton, Oxford University
Local attitudes and responses towards the Free Primary Education program in Lesotho government schools
Stephen Backman, Michigan State University
Education in northern Uganda: Does the current system meet stakeholder needs and promote recovery?
Xanthe Scharff, AGE Scholarship Fund, Fletcher School
Cross-border higher education program: An international inter-organizational collaboration
Yiyun Jie, University of Minnesota
Monday, 23 March
10:00am - 11:30am
Meeting with the Current Editors of International Education Research Journals (Global Perspective)
(Session Organizer) Joseph Zajda, Australian Catholic University; (Chair) MacLeans Geo-JaJa, Brigham
Young University
Comparative Education Review
David Post, Pennsylvania State University
Compare: A journal of Comparative Education
David Turner, University of Glamorgan
Harvard Educational Review
Elisabeth Blair, Harvard University
Oxford Review of Education
Geoffrey Walford, University of Oxford
European Education
Iveta Silova, Lehigh University; Alexander W Wiseman, Lehigh University
International Journal of Educational Development
Joel Samoff, Stanford University
Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research
Joseph Zajda, Australian Catholic University; MacLeans Geo-JaJa, Brigham Young University
Comparative Education
Michael Crossley, University of Bristol
Globalisation, Societies, and Education
Roger Dale, University of Bristol; Susan Robertson, University of Bristol
Prospects
Simona M Popa, UNESCO IBE; Clementina Acedo, International Bureau of Education, UNESCO
Current Issues in Comparative Education
Stephanie E Bengtsson, Teachers College, Columbia University
Canadian and International Education Review
Suzanne Majhanovich, University of Western Ontario
International Review of Education
Virman Man, UNESCO Institute for Education
Chinese education policy discourse and reform implementation in the era of the "Harmonious Society"
(Chair) Tanja Sargent, Rutgers University
Teaching about National Development in Chinese Political Education
Greg Fairbrother
Growing up at school: A description of lives of primary boarding school students in Shaanxi province, China
Jennifer Adams, Stanford University
Streams of modernization and citizenship in rural student views on education
Peggy Kong, Harvard University
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Examinations as the barrier to the transformation of teaching and learning in Chinese secondary education
Tanja Sargent, Rutgers University; Mingyu Chen, Rutgers University; Yi-Jung Wu, Rutgers University
The Politics and Ethics of Field Research in and after Conflict: Comparative Approaches and Methods
(Chair) Andria Wisler, Georgetown University
Implications of associations between INGOs and academic researchers: Reflections from southern Sudan
Christine Pagen, Teachers College, Columbia University
Searching for "Best Practice": The use and misuse of research in education programs during and after conflict
Sarah K. Smith, International Rescue Committee
Critical moments, critical concerns for comparative field research, during and after war
Zeena Zakharia, Teachers College, Columbia University
The Home-School Connection in the Age of Globalization: What Children Bring to the Classroom
(Chair) Matthew Jukes, Harvard University; (Chair) Daniel A Wagner, University of Pennsylvania;
(Discussant) Michelle Neuman, World Bank; (Discussant) Emily Hannum, University of Pennsylvania
Mother tongue and other tongue: Taking stock of the fundamental problem in the home-school connection
Daniel A Wagner, University of Pennsylvania
Literacy at home and at school in rural El Salvador
Jennifer Kobrin, University of Pennsylvania
The role of the home-school connection in ensuring primary school completion in East Africa
Karen Wiener; Benjamin Piper, Harvard University; Matthew Jukes, Harvard University
Effect of education and urban migration on the achievement of indigenous child development goals in the Gambia
Matthew Jukes, Harvard University
The Politics of International Comparisons in Teacher Education Research: The Six Country Study, MT21
(Chair) William H. Schmidt, Michigan State University; (Chair) Maria Teresa Tatto, Michigan State
University
How to model the effectiveness of teacher education across countries: Theoretical framework and study design
Maria Teresa Tatto, Michigan State University; John R Schwille, Michigan State University; Tenoch
Cedillo, Instituto Nacional para la Evaluacion de la Educacion (INEE), Mexico-City, Mexico; Shin Il Han,
SungKyunKwan University, Seoul, South Korea
Costs of teacher education
Martin Carnoy, Stanford University
How to measure beliefs and what relationship exists to future teachers' professional competencies?
Sigrid Bloemeke, Humboldt University of Berlin; Lynn W Paine, Michigan State University; Leland S.
Cogan, Michigan State University; Feng-Jui Hsieh, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
How to measure opportunities to learn and what relationship exists to teachers' competencies?
William H. Schmidt, Michigan State University; Richard T Houang, Michigan State University; Kiril
Bankov, University of Sofia, Bulgaria; Marcella Santillan, Instituto Nacional para la Evaluacion de la
Educacion (INEE), Mexico-City, Mexico
Decentralizing School Governance and Management: Current Research and New Developments
(Chair) Helen Abadzi, World Bank; (Discussant) Thomas Luschei, Florida State University
The politics of school-based management reforms in Central America: The case of Honduras
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Alejandro Jorge Ganimian, Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas (PREAL)
Decentralized education finance in Egypt: Initial steps
Frank Healey, RTI International
School management committees benefits and costs: Results of studies and psychological research
Helen Abadzi, World Bank
Decentralization policies: Differences and consequences for meso-level governance in Argentina, Colombia, Chile
and Peru
Silvina Gvirtz, Universidad de San Andres
Education in Conditions of Emergency and Natural Disaster: Cases, Standards, and Best Practices
(Chair) Kaina Chen, Waseda University; (Discussant) Dana Burde, New York University
Evaluation of education programs implemented in complex emergencies
Georg Mevold, OISE / University of Toronto
International guidelines and global practices in educational reconstruction after disasters: The implications for
China
Kaina Chen, Waseda University
Ethical dilemmas in programming education in disaster relief situations
Pragati Godbole, University of Maryland, College Park
Winning hearts and minds: Military and humanitarian intervention in education during emergencies
Rachel McKinney, University of Maryland
Africa SIG I: Power, the Global System, Local Forces and the Politics of Comparison
(Chair) Martial Dembele, University of Montreal; (Discussant) Kingsley Banya, Florida International
University
Linking international school clustering knowledge with action for sustainable school improvement in East Africa:
what works?
Akim Okuni, Aga Khan Foundation
There are no inferior countries, only backward ones: Lessons on the politics of comparison from colonial Portugal
and Mozambique
Antoinette Errante, Ohio State University
Educational inequalities in the midst of persistent poverty: Diversity across Africa in educational outcomes
Cynthia B Lloyd, Population Council
Limitations of 'best practices'-The case of teacher motivation in Zimbabwe
Manager Mhangami, Plan International
Poverty and Inequity as Educational Challenges in South Asia: Programs and Policy Responses
(Chair) Mary Chandy Vayaliparampil; (Discussant) Sangeeta Kamat, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst
Quality education in emergencies: Lessons from Afghanistan
Holly Howell, Stanford University
Project Pyramid: Entrepreneurial service learning program to learn from three Bangladeshi education reforms
James W Nardella, Vanderbilt University
A social inclusion perspective of SWASTHH Plus, a UNICEF health and sanitation intervention in Jharkhand,
India
Mary Chandy Vayaliparampil
The Role of Education as a Micro-Determinant of Poverty and Inequality in Bangladesh: An Analysis from
Household Survey Data
Md. Shanawez Hossain, Waseda University
Monday, March 23, 2009
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Public by Morning, Private by Noon
Shagun Mehrotra, Columbia University
English Language Learning Policies: Case Studies from Asia
(Chair) David A Hayes, Brock University; (Discussant) Rebecca A Clothey, Drexel University
'So many children left behind': English as a foreign language in elementary schools in Asia
David A Hayes, Brock University
Language attitudes and instruction
Harison H Mohd Sidek, University of Pittsburgh
English language phenomena in Korea and Malaysia
Sang Duk Joh, University of Pittsburgh; Harison H Mohd Sidek, University of Pittsburgh
China's rural educational disadvantage: English as a barrier to higher education
Sarah Shannon Davis, Stanford University
Pressures for Change in Taiwanese Higher Education: National and Cross-National Studies
(Chair) Ching-Hsiao Chiang, University of Toronto; (Discussant) Benjamin Baez, Florida International
University
A comparative study of Taiwan and Australiaʼs financing and access and equity in mass higher education
Ching-Hsiao Chiang, University of Toronto
The impact of the Policy about Corporationalization of National Universities in Taiwan
Flora Yu-Ling Hsu, Ministry of Education ,Taiwan
Gender Symposium (2): Gender, Globalization and Education: Current Research. Themes Inspired by the
Work of Jackie Kirk
(Chair) Karen Monkman, DePaul University; (Discussant) Cathryn Magno, Southern Connecticut State
University; (Discussant) Marni Sommer, Columbia University
What can a girl (in Rwanda or South Africa) do with a camera? Girl-method within girlhood studies
Claudia Mitchell, McGill University
Education in a fragile world, UNICEF and UNESCO: Some critical perspectives
Frank P Dall, Goerge Washington University, GSEHD; Leslie J Limage, Independent Consultant
Gender dynamics and education in emergencies: Considering the experiences of women teachers and girls
Rebecca Winthrop-Gonzalez, Teachers College, Columbia University
The Challenges of Implementing Universal Primary Education in Urban Africa: A Case Study of Nairobi,
Kenya.
(Chair) Moses Oketch, University of London; (Discussant) Martin Carnoy, Stanford University
Factors associated with low achievement among pupils from Nairobi's urban informal neighbourhoods
Charles Epari, African Population and Health Research Center; Maurice Mutisya, African Population and
Health Research Center; Alex Chika Ezeh, African Population and Health Research Center; Moses
Oketch, University of London; Moses Waithanji Ngware, African Population and Health Research Center
Progression, attendance and attitude towards schooling: Does orphan type matter more than orphanhood?
Evangeline Nyawira Nderu, African Population and Health Research Center; Penny Holding, African
Population and Health Research Center; Michael Mutua, African Population and Health Research Center;
Alex Chika Ezeh, African Population and Health Research Center
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Why are there proportionately more poor pupils in non-state schools spite of free primary education?
Moses Oketch, University of London; Maurice Mutisya, African Population and Health Research Center;
Moses Waithanji Ngware, African Population and Health Research Center; Alex Chika Ezeh, African
Population and Health Research Center
Household characteristics and schooling decisions in urban Kenya
Moses Waithanji Ngware, African Population and Health Research Center; Moses Oketch, University of
London; Alex Chika Ezeh, African Population and Health Research Center
Transfer Paradigms and Emerging Methods in Comparative Education
(Session Organizer) Dana Burde, New York University
Walking the Talk: The Multi-year, Mixed Methods Design
Cynthia Miller-Idriss, New York University
Panacea or Straitjacket: A Qualitative Researcher Reflects on a Randomized Trial in Afghanistan
Dana Burde, New York University
The Limitations of Transfer Paradigms: Researching Intersections and Entanglements in Comparative Education
Noah Sobe, Loyola University Chicago
Monday, 23 March
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Analysis of World Bank's 2006 Education Sector Strategy Update
((Chair) Steven J Klees, University of Maryland
(Panelists)
Nelly Stromquist, University of Maryland
Joel Samoff, Stanford University
Managing the Politics of Comparisons for Educational Improvement
(Discussant) Mark Bray, IIEP-UNESCO; (Chair) Yanhong Zhang, UNESCO Institute for Statistics
The politics of 'evidence' in international education discourse
Aaron Benavot, The University at Albany, State University of New York
Addressing challenges of international statisticians
Albert Motivans, UNESCO Institute for Statistics
The politics of comparison
David W Chapman, University of Minnesota
The politics of international studies of student academic achievement
Ina V.S. Mullis, TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center; Michael O. Martin, TIMSS and PIRLS
International Study Center
On this ground: Holocaust Education in Central and Eastern Europe
(Discussant) Debora Hinderliter Ortloff, Indiana University; (Session Organizer) Doyle Stevick, University
of South Carolina
Holocaust lost: World War II historiography in Slovak textbooks pre- and post-1989
Deborah L Michaels, Hopedale Unitarian Universalis
The cultural appropriation of Holocaust education policy in Estonia: Challenging Western notions of responsibility
and evil
Doyle Stevick, University of South Carolina
Monday, March 23, 2009
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The social and political embeddedness of classroom discourses: A case study of the adoption and adaptation of
Holocaust education in Germany
Matthias Proske, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt Am Main
Including the Roma in Holocaust education in Romania
Michelle Kelso, University of Michigan
Education after Auschwitz in a United Germany: A comparative analysis of the teaching of the history of national
socialism in East and West Germany
Wolfgang Meseth, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt Am Main
El Impacto de las Competencias en el Programa de Educación Inicial del CONAFE, en México
(Chair) Luz Elena Galván, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social
From the invention of infancy to its care and protection
Luz Elena Galván, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social
Generational changes in children's education based on the impact of the Initial Education Program in indigenous
and rural communities in the states of Veracruz and Queretaro
Maria Cecilia Garcia, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS).
A Latin American look at the right to development in infancy
Norma del Rio, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Reflections on the impact that CONAFE's Home Schooling Initial Education Program in two northeastern states in
Mexico
Oresta Lopez, El Colegio de San Luis AC
Impact of the Initial Education Program in the communities: Mother's importance
Rosa Maria Gálvez, Instituto Jefferson de Morelia
Citizenship and Civic Education: Historical Development and Contemporary Challenges
(Chair) John Napier, University of Georgia; (Discussant) John R Schwille, Michigan State University
The role of education in successive nation-building attempts in Cambodia and Afghanistan
Jaime Michelle Oberlander, George Washington University
Cross-national comparisons of civic education: A historical perspective
John Napier, University of Georgia
Educational reform in the United States, the Soviet Union, and France: 1918-1940
Joseph Watras, University of Dayton
The primary social education curricula in Hong Kong and Singapore: A comparative study
Tin-yau Lo, The Hong Kong Institute of Education; Jasmine Boon-yee Sim, National Institute of
Education, Nanyang Technological University
Problems of Fragility in Educational Contexts: Concepts, Standards, and Strategies
(Chair) James Williams, George Washington University; (Discussant) Jacqueline Mosselson, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst
Fragility, education, and the state
James Williams, George Washington University
School-Based-Management as a pacification strategy in post-conflict Central America. Analysis of the
consequences in Guatemala
Margriet F. Poppema, University of Amsterdam
Applying minimum standards for education within non-education settings: Lessons learned from Pakistan and
Georgia
Maury Mendenhall, World Learning
Education and fragile states in the dominant aid discourse: Investigating the discourse construction process
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Stephanie E Bengtsson, Teachers College, Columbia University
Confronting Child Labor: Comparative Studies of Best Practices and Educational Initiatives
(Chair) Vachel Miller, Appalachian State University; (Discussant) Jennifer Swift-Morgan, Earth Institute,
Columbia University
Role of International Comparison: Child Labor in Bhutan
Hannah Page, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Comparing the impact of schooling on child labor in FTI countries
Mamadou Thiam, EFA-FTI Secretariat
Accelerated basic education: Educating Ecuador's child laborers
Maria Gloria Barreiro, World Learning
What's so promising? The challenges of learning from "best practices" in child labor projects
Vachel Miller, Appalachian State University
South Asia SIG: Current Research in South Asian Educational Contexts
(Chair) Amita Chudgar, Michigan State Univeristy; (Discussant) Irfan Muzaffar, Michigan State University;
(Discussant) M. Najeeb Shafiq, Indiana University
SMCs: a proxy for mobilizing communities for education?
Abbas Rashid, Society for the Advancement of Education; Fareeha Zafar, Society for Advancement of
Education; Irfan Muzaffar, Michigan State University
Gender parity above and beyond in Bangladesh : A case study
Farzana Sultana, University of South Carolina
Technology, Education, and Information Access in Nepal: A Regional Comparative Perspective
Robin A Shields, University of California, Los Angeles
Do private schools benefit the poor? The case study of unrecognized schools in India
Yuki Ohara, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science/ Kyoto University
Bilingual and Multilingual Language Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Chair) Necia Stanford, Winrock International; (Discussant) Eva Yerende, University of Kankan - Guinea
Ideologies and technologies of literacy among youth in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Andrew Babson, University of Michigan
Bridging literacies in Burkina Faso
Gail Lori Prasad, OISE / University of Toronto
Whose mother tongue and at what cost? The politics of determining language of instruction
Necia Stanford, Winrock International
Grounding policy in local context: Understanding school responses to South Africa's Language in Education
Policy
Saskia Stille, OISE / University of Toronto
Developing digital literacy in higher education in Tanzania: In whose language?
Torill Aagot Halvorsen, member
Legal Frameworks and Pilot Projects
(Chair) Laura Stuck, Stanford University; (Discussant) Isabel Menezes, Faculty of Psychology and
Educational Sciences - University of Porto
Affirmative action in Brazil: Comparing policies and experiences
Francis M Boakari, UIW School of Education
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Education for migrant children in Beijing: From access to quality
JING LIU, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University
Effective instructional practices in continuation high schools
Laura Stuck, Stanford University
Salamanca Statement, IDEA 2004, and Social Justice - A critical comparison
Paula Hunt, Michigan State Univeristy
Inclusive education in Kyrgyzstan: Addressing the needs of drop-outs
Yvonne Cao, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Branching Out: How Do Universities Extend Their Reach?
(Chair) Jason Lane, The University at Albany, State University of New York; (Discussant) Daniel J Kirk,
American University of Sharjah
How to globalize your university: A case study of the University of Central Florida
Anna B Kochan, Celestial Cottages
Higher education by distance: Opportunities and challenges at national and international levels
Brian D Denman, University of New England
How are US-based universities marketing their international and comparative education programs via their
websites?
Flavia Sales Ramos, Juarez and Associates, Inc.
Importing private higher education: Toward an understanding of the role of international branch campuses
Jason Lane, The University at Albany, State University of New York
Comparative and International Education as Political Field? Critical Perspectives on Comparison,
Knowledge, and Power
(Chair) Christine Fox, University of Wollongong; (Discussant) Marianne Larsen, University of Western
Ontario
The politics of doing comparative research: Unequal knowledges, power, and the practice
Christine Fox, University of Wollongong
Postcolonialism & the politics of comparative education research
Leon P Tikly, University of Bristol
International comparison and political mobilization
Paul R Fossum, University of Michigan, Dearborn
Re-thinking comparison: Situating Comparative and International Education (CIE) as a discursive field
Sarbani Chakraborty, University of Wisconsin
Monday, 23 March
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Gender Committee Business Meeting
(Session Organizer) CIES Conference Planner Teachers College, Teachers College, Columbia University
Monday, 23 March
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Education Reform and Development in China: From the International and Comparative Perspective
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(Chair) Jun Teng, Beijing Normal University & Teacher College, Columbia University
An analysis of adequacy in educational finance and its applicability in China
Fang Fang, Beijing Normal University & Teachers College, Columbia University
Measuring the research performance of Chinese higher education institutions: An application of data envelopment
analysis
Li Yu, Teachers College, Columbia University
An empirical analysis on the rate of return to education and migration for college graduates
Liping Ma, Peking University
Trandition and Development of Teacher Education in China
Weifen Dai, School of Education, Beijing Normal University & Teacher College, Cloumbia University
The Reform of Higher Education Evaluation in China in the Context of Value-Pluralism
Ying Du, East China Normal University & Teachers College, Columbia University
Higher Education SIG: The International Comparative Higher Education Finance Project: Ten Years of
Comparative Research, Dissemination and Networking
(Discussant) Jennifer Adams, Stanford University; (Chair) W. James Jacob, University of Pittsburgh
Cost-sharing and access to higher education in Morocco
Ali Ait Si Mhamed, Canisius College
The sociology and policy of student loans with a comparative perspective of developed and transition countries
Hong Shen, Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Language-based dual track tuition policy in Egypt: Equity and quality implications
Manar Sabry, The University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Student attitudes towward cost-sharing and accompanying financial aid policies
Pamela Marcucci, The University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Cost-sharing in Francophone West Africa: Student resistance and insitutional stability at the University of
Ouagadougou
Touorouzou Some, D'Youville College
The Politics of Girls' Empowerment through Education: Comparative Experiences Across Gender, Age
and Culture
(Session Organizer) Necia Stanford, Winrock International; (Chair) Amelia Peltz, Winrock International;
(Discussant) Martha Saldinger, Winrock International
Beyond primary school: Empowering adolescent girls and women as role models and future educators
Grace Legge, Winrock International; Necia Stanford, Winrock International
Integrating boys into programs for girls' education and empowerment: A "best practice?"
Julia Miller, Winrock International
Realizing the power within: The CARE girls' leadership model
Stephanie Baric, CARE
Globalisation, decentralisation and privatisation in education
(Chair) Joseph Zajda, Australian Catholic University; (Chair) MacLeans Geo-JaJa, Brigham Young
University
Globalization, Europeanization and the New Mode of Educational Governance in Europe
Holger Daun, Stockholm University
Globalization, Decentralization and Privatization in Education
Kingsley Banya, Florida International University
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English as a tool of neo-colonialism and globalization in Asian contexts
Suzanne Majhanovich, University of Western Ontario
A Contemporary Landscape of Chinese Higher Education: Viewed through the Eyes of Students
(Chair) Heidi A Ross, Indiana University; (Discussant) Zhiyong Zhu, Beijing Normal University
College student financial aid and its impact on tuition price and learning behavior
Po Yang, Peking University; Ran Zhang, Indiana University
Old wine in a new bottle? A study of students' rights to appeal in China
Ran Zhang, Indiana University
Low-income college students in China's elite universities: Challenges and expectations
Wanxia Zhao, Indiana University Bloomington
Teachers at my college: Who are they and how do we interact?
Yuhao Cen, Indiana University
Higher Education Expansion in a Marketization Economy
(Session Organizer) Joanna Demurat, The University at Albany, State University of New York;
(Discussant) Daniel C Levy, SUNY-Albany
The expansion of higher education and overeducation of graduates
Aiai Fan, Center on Chinese Education
The first-second choices: What methods do Polish private higher education institutions use to attract students?
Joanna Demurat, The University at Albany, State University of New York
Institutional management efforts and graduate employment in China's private higher education institutions: Best
practices and labor market outcomes
Yingxia Cao, University of La Verne
The role of risk attitude in the choice of occupation: Analysis based on undergraduates in China
Yuze Sun, Peking University
Dimensions of Vulnerability: Programs and Policies for At-Risk Children and Youth
(Chair) Shabnam Koirala-Azad, University of San Francisco; (Discussant) Moira Wilkinson, UNICEF
An integrated approach to livelihood and psychosocial support initiatives: A case study of out-of-school youth
experiences in Haiti
Karla Sarr, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Koni Denham, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Intergenerational transmission of trauma: PTSD in children in war zones and armed conflict regions
Kelly Fulkerson, World Education
The Role of Civil Society in Implementing Human Rights Education in Post-Conflict Nepal
Shabnam Koirala-Azad, University of San Francisco
Struggles to Achieve Effective Teaching and Educational Quality: Comparative Case Studies from Mexico
and Central America
(Chair) Medardo F Tapia, CRIM, UNAM; (Discussant) Volker R Wedekind, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Instructional quality in Nicaragua: How teachers construct their practice in a context of education reform
Anita Sanyal, University of Maryland
Teacher Commitment and Motivation in the Context of the Mexican Quality Schools initiative
Jose Baltazar Garcia-Horta, Facultad de Trabajo Social, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
Reform and professional identities in Mexico: The case of the Mexican public secondary school
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Lucila Parga, Universidad Pedag´gogica Nacional
Education quality and politics in Mexico
Medardo F Tapia, CRIM, UNAM
The Role of Teachers in Educational Reform: Teachers' Efforts to Achieve Effective Teaching and
Classroom Practice
(Chair) Audra Skukauskaite, University of Texas at Brownsville; (Discussant) Helen Boyle, Education
Development Center
Opportunities and constraints in civic actions: the tensions between reform ideals and teacher lived discourses
Audra Skukauskaite, University of Texas at Brownsville
The impact of school-based support network on curriculum reform in Hong Kong
Kwan Wing Mak, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Comparing reforms of the teaching profession: The cases of Georgia and Peru
Paul Neira, Teachers College, Columbia University; Nino Kopaleishvili, Teachers College, Columbia
University
Local Encounters with Global Forces
(Chair) Jayne Wood; (Discussant) Antoni Verger, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Global access to education through collaboration: Secure potential for attaining quality education in developing
countries
Allah Bakhsh Malik, Government of Pakistan Education
Education, globalization and the rise of distrust of 'others' and national political institutions
David Hunt Kamens, George Mason University
Locally Relevant or Globally Imposed? The Making of Rural Tanzanian Entrepreneurs through Participatory
Learning Practices
Elizabeth Boner, University of California, Berkeley
Globalization and education reform in Uganda: A glass half empty or half full?
Jayne Wood
ICT for Development SIG: Information and Communication Technology for Development: Policies and
Projects
(Chair) Jayson Richardson, University of North Carolina Wilmington; (Discussant) Greg Sales, Seward
Incorporated
The Evolution of the Role of ICT in Education: A comparative analysis of Russia and the US
David Anderson, Eastern Michigan University; Irina Zlotnikova, Makerere University, Uganda
E-learning for development: a Moodle story
Margaret E Richards, The IRIS Center at the University of MD, College Park
Zooming in - or out? The value of regional studies to inform national ICT for education policy
Sarah Lucas Pouezevara, RTI International; Carmen Strigel
Systemic challenges to constructionism in extreme poverty: Haiti and the One Laptop Per Child project.
Scott Kipp, Teachers College, Columbia University
Active Citizenship: Practice and Challenges
(Chair) Bryony L Hoskins, Institute of Education, University of London; (Discussant) Debora Hinderliter
Ortloff, Indiana University
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Active citizenship in Europe and the relationship with social and economic development
Bryony L Hoskins, Institute of Education, University of London; Massimiliano Mascherini, European
Commission
Images of women in development: Raising awareness of global issues
Graham Pike, Vancouver Island University; Maryam Wagner, OISE / University of Toronto
Recipes for Active Citizenship: A Comparison of Service Learning Programs and Community Service
Requirements
Kaylan Crystal Horner, University of Toronto
Make your move: The limits of critical consciousness development for American girls' gender activism
Susan McKibben, University of California, Los Angeles
Aid Effectiveness as Global Discourse: The Paris Declaration and Beyond
(Chair) Faryal Khan, UNESCO; (Discussant) John Hatch, USAID
Are the three national aids commissions' global strategies relevant in fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic locally?
Ellen Carm, Oslo University College
Assessing aid efficiency in education in Nigeria
Faryal Khan, UNESCO
The Paris Declaration in the Education Sector: A Survey of 10 FTI Endorsed Countries
Koli Banik, World Bank
Knowledge about HIV/AIDS and HIV Education in Developing World Contexts
(Chair) W. James Jacob, University of Pittsburgh; (Discussant) Suzanne Kratzig, George Washington
University
Implementing HIV/AIDS education programs in rural secondary schools in Kenya: Principals' perceptions,
practices, and challenges
Kennedy O Ongaga, University of North Carolina, Wilmington; Mary Ombonga, Pender County Schools
Attitudes and knowledge toward gender and AIDS
Kieu Tran, Stanford University
New curriculum towards effective HIV prevention for adolescents in Lesotho
Maika Watanuki, Teachers College Columbia University
HIV education in conflict, post-conflict and emergency contexts
W. James Jacob, University of Pittsburgh; Yafflo Ouattara, UNAIDS
Topics in Chinese Education: Conceptions of Self and Inquiry and Educational Aspirations for China
(Chair) Baoyan Cheng, University of Hawaii
Higher education in modern China: Storied experiences of students at the crossroads
Baaska Anderson, University of North Texas; Stoerm Anderson, Texas Woman's University
World-Class Universities for China?
Baoyan Cheng, University of Hawaii
Traveling Theory: The Dissemination and Transformation of Educational Narrative Inquiry in China
Caixia Peng, Teachers College, Columbia University
Education in China: Deng Xiaoping and modernization
David Paul Ericson, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Morality or social convention: Which is taught in the moral subject of Chinese primary school?
Ding Daoyong, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Language Issues SIG Business Meeting
Invited Session: The New Donors in Education and Development
(Chair) Daphne Hobson, Lehigh University
(Presenters)
Ward Heneveld, William & Flora Hewlett Fdn
Tom Alexander, Open Society Institute
Nicole Norfles, Oprah WInfrey Foundation
Martina Roth, Intel Corporate Affairs Group
Zahra Bhanji, OISE / University of Toronto
Stephen Carney, Roskilde Universitetscenter
Monday, March 23, 2009
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Monday, 23 March
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Education Reform and Representations of Citizenship and Belongingness in Jordan: Preliminary
Observations from a U.S.-based Research Team
(Chair) Mohammed Y Darabie, Bowling Green State University; (Discussant) Flavia Sales Ramos, Juarez
and Associates, Inc.
The Role of Religion in Education Reform Efforts in Jordan
Bruce Collet, Bowling Green State University
A Geography of Education Reform: Imports, Exports and the 'Jordan Model'
Christopher Frey, Bowling Green State University
Education, Religion and Politics: Combined and Complex
Mohammed Y Darabie, Bowling Green State University
Values Discourse in Jordan: Constructions of Citizenship in the Knowledge Economy Education Reform Era
Patricia K Kubow, Bowling Green State University
The Effects of Multicultural Student Populations on US K-12 Schools
(Session Organizer) Jennifer Phillips, Florida State University; (Discussant) Peter Easton, Florida State
University
Policy Interpretation and Implementation of "Closing Achievement Gap" - A Pilot Study in a School District in
Florida.
Aihua Wang, Florida State University
Top Down Policy Diffusion: How K-12 Educational Policy Implementers Influence Immigrant Education.
Jennifer Phillips, Florida State University
My Name is Karl in School and Kyounghoon at Home,
Young-Woo Park, Florida State University
Cost-sharing and student loan programs in China: A critical review
(Chair) Po Yang, Peking University; (Discussant) Rong Wang, China Institute for Educational Finance
Research, Peking University
Government-subsidized student loan repayment and recovery ratio
Hua Shen, Peking University
Design and implementation of Chinese student loan program
Jianguo Wei, Peking University
Coordination of Chinese student loan system
Jing Hu, Peking University
Financial aid subsidy and cost-sharing erosion in China
Po Yang, Peking University
China Migrant Schools in the Last Two Decades: Emergence, Legalization, Equality, Schooling Process &
Policy Recommendations
(Chair) Heidi A Ross, Indiana University; (Discussant) Jingjing Lou, Beloit College; Indiana University
Sources of Educational Inequality in the Schooling Process: A Comparative Perspective
Feng Deng, University of Michigan
Emergence of Chinese migrant schools and policy recommendations from a comparative view
Lijing Yang, University of Michigan
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Educational inequality for migrant children
Liying Rong, University of Michigan
Government commitment or market-driven arena: Two logics underlying the legalization of migrant schools
Xi Yang, University of Michigan
Assessing across languages: Curriculum reform and implementation issues in Uganda
(Chair) Albert Byamugisha, Ministry of Education, Uganda; (Discussant) Martin Opolot, UNITY Project /
Creative Associates International, Inc.
Managing curriculum reform across languages
Albert Byamugisha, Ministry of Education, Uganda; Martin Opolot, UNITY Project / Creative Associates
International, Inc.
Test development issues when assessing across languages
Mark Lynd, Creative Associates International, Inc.
Sampling and analysis issues when testing across languages: The case of the UNITY Project in Uganda
Richard Bertrand, GAUSS
Challenges of formal education: Examining citizenship education through multiple political lenses, in
Canada. Peru, and Afghanistan.
(Chair) Erin Sperling, OISE / University of Toronto; (Discussant) Nurbek Teleshaliyev, UNICEF
Kyrgyzstan
Engaging students in active citizenship through the Ontario science curriculum in Canada
Erin Sperling, OISE / University of Toronto
A peaceful partnership? The international baccalaureate and teachers' beliefs about peace in Peru
Margaret Bent, OISE / University of Toronto
How to challenge patriarchy? Afghan women's understanding of customary practices as barrier to formal
education.
Spogmai Akseer, OISE / University of Toronto
Dilemmas of Immigrant Identity and Education: Assimilation, Performance, and Attainment
(Chair) Daad Naserdeen, The University of Toledo; (Discussant) Isabell Diehm, Universität Bielefeld
Mutual stereotyping between Africans and African-Americans: Impact on African immigrant girls' ethnic identities
Chinwe Linda Okpalaoka, Ohio State University
Negotiating identity between multiple worlds: The stories of Iraqi immigrant adolescent girls
Daad Naserdeen, The University of Toledo; Nancy Parker Seay, University of Toledo
Culturally diverse students in Canadian, German and Swedish schools
Jessica M. Loeser, Leibniz University of Hanover
HIV/AIDS Education in Sub-Saharan Africa from a Comparative Perspective
(Chair) Mutindi Ndunda, College of Charleston
Education as a strategy for change: An OVC case study from World Learning Ethiopia
Desta Woldemariam, World Learning - Ethiopia
Teaching in the window of hope: the problems and possibilities of college HIV/AIDS education in Zambia
Joan Woods, American Institutes for Research; Evans Mumba, American Institutes for Research; Malinda
Malinda, Ministry of Education, Zambia
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Trends in knowledge, attitudes and behavior to HIV and their relationship with education among women in Ghana
John Collins, Pennsylvania State University; Juan Leon, Pennsylvania State University; David P Baker,
Pennsylvania State University; Samira Halabi, Pennsylvania State University
Comparative analysis of HIV/AIDS curriculum in South Carolina and Kenya
Mutindi Ndunda, College of Charleston
From schools to imams: The impact of cultural competency techniques on Ugandan HIV/AIDS education
programs
Suzanne Kratzig, George Washington University
Dynamics of Identity and Recognition in South Asian Communities
(Chair) Elizabeth Jacob, Teachers College, Columbia University; (Discussant) Fareeha Zafar, Society for
Advancement of Education
Terrorists or Hindus? : Perspectives of Malayalee Indian Immigrants in New York
Elizabeth Jacob, Teachers College, Columbia University
The Role of Technology in the Ethnic Identity Development of South Asian Young Women
Mathu Subramanian, Teachers College, Columbia University
The Politics of Recognition: Comparing the Affirmative Action Policy in the U.S. and India
Mousumi Mukherjee, Loyola University Chicago
Language Issues SIG: Highlighted Research in Language and Language Policy in Education
(Chair) Mary Elizabeth Galvin, UCLA; (Discussant) Zeena Zakharia, Teachers College, Columbia
University
Part 1 Policy and practice in mother tongue-based education: Comparing Ethiopia with Southeast Asia
Carolyn J. Benson, Stockholm University
Language Education for All? Probing into the public-private continuum of secondary schools in Guinea-Conakry
Eva Yerende, University of Kankan - Guinea
Policy and practice in mother tongue-based education: comparing Ethiopia with Southeast Asia
Kimmo Kosonen, SIL International / Payap University
Indigenous minorities and national language policy in Cambodia
Yoko Tanabe, Teachers College, Columbia University
Teacher Practice and Student Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Chair) R O Mabokela, Michigan State University; (Discussant) Ward Heneveld, William & Flora Hewlett
Fdn
School infrastructure and teaching and learning experiences in South Africa
Christina E Amsterdam, University of Pretoria
The Lion in the snowing street; the teacher's challenge in an African multi-lingual classroom.
David Billy Wandera, teacher
Assessing the impact of primary school quality on adolescent educational transitions in Malawi
Paul C Hewett, Population Council; Barbara Mensch, Population Council; Cynthia B Lloyd, Population
Council; Joseph Chimombo, Chancellor College, University of Malawi
Examining teachers' beliefs and practices: A Namibian case study
Wendi D.S. Ralaingita, RTI International
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Citizenship and Democratic Education SIG II : Citizenship Education Policies around the World
The policy of State Patriotism and citizenship education in Russia.
Anatoli Rapoport, Purdue University
Embedding citizenship education in England: A longitudinal and qualitative analysis of school policy and practice
Avril Keating, National Foundation for Educational Research
How teachers negotiate civic education in Burma: 1988-2008
Brooke A Treadwell
Citizenship education in policy and practice: Poland's experience
Ewa Kowalski
Citizenship education and the challenge of borrowing: A Singapore case study
Li-Ching Ho, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Globalization and Education SIG I: Enacting the Global: Discourses of Citizen, Subject, and the State
(Chair) Stephen Carney, Roskilde Universitetscenter; (Discussant) Noah Sobe, Loyola University Chicago
Politics in History Textbook Controversies & Constructing Global Citizenship
Makito Yurita, Shimane University
Borrowing and lending? Citizenship education in Chile and Colombia
Maria Carolina Casas Mendez
Global discourses, local bureaucracies: Imitating educational modernization in post-communist Ukraine, the case
of 12-point grading reform
Olena Fimyar, University of Cambridge
Functional cooperation and obligatory policy tools: Understanding globalization in the global south
Tavis D Jules, Teachers College, Columbia University
Internationalization in Korean Higher Education
(Chair) Moon Sook Jeong, University of Alberta; (Discussant) Brian D Denman, University of New
England
Brain Korea 21: "Selection & Concentration" as principles of financing Korean higher education
Byoungjoo Kim, Yeungnam University
Using internationalization of higher education as a tool to give higher education ODA in South Korea
Kyuwon Kang, Urban Forest Tsurumi
Internationalization of Korean Universities: Strategies and Practices
Minho Yeom, Chonnam National University
Supranational impacts to a recent restructuring of Korean higher education
Moon Sook Jeong, University of Alberta
Strategic and Growth Contexts of Higher Education in the Middle East
(Chair) David W Chapman, University of Minnesota; (Discussant) Yaacov Iram, Bar Ilan University
Private higher education in Oman: The dilemma of quality
David W Chapman, University of Minnesota; Thuwayba Al Barwani, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman;
Hana Ameen, Ministry of Higher Education, Oman
Exporting higher education: Offshore campuses in the Middle East
Elizabeth A Hanauer, New York University; Cynthia Miller-Idriss, New York University
The Influence of Context to a National Strategic Planning Effort: The Case of Lebanon
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Hana El-Ghali, University of Pittsburgh; John L Yeager, University of Pittsburgh
Invited Session: Local and Global Knowledge: Banking on Expertise?
(Chair) Cathryn Magno, Southern Connecticut State University;
Ruth Hayhoe, OISE / University of Toronto
Steven J Klees, University of Maryland
Susan Robertson, University of Bristol
Memorial for Jackie Kirk
Monday, 23 March
6:00pm - 7:15pm
Eggertsen Lecture and Roundtable: Tobin in Focus - The Method Debate in Contextual Comparison
(Chair) Chris Bjork, Vassar College
The Method Debate on Contextual Comparison
Joseph J Tobin, Arizona State University
Discussants
Susan Holloway, University of California-Berkeley
Hidetada Shimizu, Northern Illinois University
Monday, 23 March
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Reception: Hosted by the Academy for Educational Development
Reception: Hosted by the Washington Consortium (American University, George Mason U, George
Washington U & University of Maryland)
Reception: Hosted by IISE, University of Pittsburgh, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University
of Toronto, UNESCO
Monday, March 23, 2009
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Tuesday, 24 March
8:00am – 9:30am
Politics of Comparison: Community College Models in Reforming Higher Education, Part One
(Chair) Rosalind L Raby; (Discussant) Val D Rust, University of California, Los Angeles; (Discussant) W.
James Jacob, University of Pittsburgh; (Discussant) Amy Shumin Chen, National Taiwan Normal
University
Community colleges as learning centers for migrant workers in manufacturing areas in China
Minghua Li, East China Normal University
The paradoxes of Dutch utilitarian education in Curacao and the American global pathway to higher learning
Rosita Tormala-Nita
The Scandinavian Folk High School and educational transfer
Sylvia Bagley
Global Vision, National Agendas, and Educational Initiatives: Rethinking Comparative Research and
Practice in West Africa
Depoliticizing comparativism: From "Education for All" to "Universal Basic Education" in Nigeria
Desmond Ikenna Odugu, Loyola University Chicago
Democracies and civic educations in Liberia and Nigeria: Stable vision, shifting categories
Humphrey I Chinagu, University of Benin, Nigeria
Research, policy, and practice: Education and the achievement of the MDGs in Nigeria
Kevin Okechukwu Oodo, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Globalization of knowledge production: Rethinking and retooling education in Africa through collaborative
research networks
Kingsley I Onah, Federal College of Education, Ikwo
International networks in education language planning: Effectiveness through linkages in Sierra Leone, Senegal,
and Nigeria
Osmond Eya, AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Building national systems for standards and assessment in Egypt and Pakistan
(Chair) Jeff Davis, American Institutes for Research; (Discussant) Dana Kelly, American Institutes for
Research
Developing textbook selection criteria to improve standards and assessment in Egypt
Jeff Davis, American Institutes for Research
Implementing a new curriculum through standards and assessments in Pakistan
Michael Fast, American Institutes for Research
Measuring critical thinking and problem solving skills using standardized assessments in Egypt
Zarko Vukmirovic, American Institutes for Research
Peace Educators as Transformative Public Scholars: Multicultural and International Approaches
(Session Organizer) Jing Lin, University of Maryland
Teaching and living peace: Attempts by an international scholar/activist
Rebecca Oxford, University of Maryland
International multicultural approaches to peace and peacebuilding: A student's reflection
Yali Pan, University of Maryland
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A teacher's journey: Integrating peace education in language classes
Yingji Wang, University of Maryland
Practical Advice for Creating Successful International Field Experiences for Students
(Session Organizer) Marlaine Lockheed, Princeton University; (Discussant) Abigail Harris, Fordham
University; (Discussant) Amy Jo Dowd, Save the Children
Taking undergraduates to developing countries: Princeton University experience
Marlaine Lockheed, Princeton University
The Educational Evaluation Research Consortium in the Dominican Republic: Policy-oriented Research
and Evaluation for Primary Education
(Session Organizer) Gilbert A Valverde, The University at Albany, State University of New York;
(Discussant) Marina Taveras, USAID
Modeling and Analysis to Address the Primary School Quality Crisis in the Dominican Republic: A case of policy
analysis
Gilbert A Valverde, The University at Albany, State University of New York
Time to Learn Mathematics in Public and Private Schools: Understanding Differences in the implemented
curriculum
Renzo Roncagliolo, University at Albany
Linking Research with Pedagogical Action: EERC Evaluation Research and the Development of a New
Mathematics Program in the Primary Grades
Sarah Gonzalez, Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra
School Principals: Barriers or Promoters of Parental Engagement in School Life? Survey Evidence from
South East Europe
(Session Organizer) Daniel Pop, Education Support Program; (Chair) Tuende Kovacs-Cerovic, Faculty of
Philosophy; (Discussant) Gordana Miljevic, Open Society Institute/Education Support Program
School principals' perceptions on parental participation in school life
Daniel Pop, Education Support Program
Parental participation in school life - the case of Kosovo
Dukagjin Pupovci, Kosova Education Center (KEC)
Barriers to parental participation in school life: Parents' views
Tuende Kovacs-Cerovic, Faculty of Philosophy
The Mobile Student: Student Exchange and Educational Integration across Borders
(Discussant) Donatella Palomba, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata"; (Chair) Patricia Chow, Institute of
International Education
Maximizing the 1st year experiences for international undergraduate students in the U.S.
Ji-Yeung Jang, University of Minnesota
Searching for new Asian regional frameworks in higher education - issues and prospects
Kazuo Kuroda, Waseda University
The politics of collecting data on global student mobility: Project Atlas
Patricia Chow, Institute of International Education
Student mobility in Asia: Possibilities and challenges
Takao Kamibeppu, Tokyo Jogakkan College
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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Educational Challenges and Pressures Facing Migrant and Refugee Children
(Discussant) Bidemi Carroll, International Rescue Committee; (Chair) Bruce Collet, Bowling Green State
University
Refugee Policies and Iraqi Refugee Students in State Schools in Jordan and the United States
Bruce Collet, Bowling Green State University
Educational reforms: The effect on migrant children in Thailand
Elizabeth Kalnin, OISE / University of Toronto
From there to here: Refugee youth photography, its meaning, and its impact on the community
J Lynn McBrien, University of S. Florida
Migration for education: Case studies from Shaanxi, China and Ladakh, India
Payal Shah, Indiana University; Jingjing Lou, Beloit College; Indiana University
Ideology, Religion and Human Rights in Muslim Societies
(Chair) Sina Mossayeb, Teachers College, Columbia University; (Discussant) David Suarez, University of
Southern California
Turkey's Good Schools: Citizenship Education and Human Rights in a Global Context
Antonia Mandry, Teachers College, Columbia University
Disseminating values and ideologies through an adult education organization: ISMEK
OKAN KUMBARACI, Bogazici University; Pinar Atakli, Bogazici University
The Crisis of Intellectual Drain in Iran
Sina Mossayeb, Teachers College, Columbia University
Globalization and Education SIG II: Global Governance: Beyond the State
(Chair) Noah Sobe, Loyola University Chicago; (Discussant) Stephen Carney, Roskilde Universitetscenter
Civil society networks and the complex education multilateralism: Evidence from the WTO/GATS negotiations
Antoni Verger, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Discursive leadership in global governance: Articulation in the World Education Forum's Global Education
Initiative
Hanne Bondo Mawhinney, University of Maryland, College Park
Education in emergent India: Genealogies of "actually existing neoliberalism"
Sangeeta Kamat, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Educational Challenges of Minorities in Developing Countries and Post-Soviet Regions
(Chair) Kassie Freeman, Southern University System; (Discussant) Maria E Golubeva, Network of
Education Policy Centers
Removing the Barrier: Challenges and opportunities for advancing Roma education in Central and Eastern
Europe
Christin McConnell, Tufts University
Student and Teacher Negotiations of Racial Identity in an Afro-Ecuadorian Region
Ethan Johnson, Portland State University
Situating Russia in the Contemporary Globalized Context of African Americans and Black Populations Worldwide:
Challenges and Opportunities
Kassie Freeman, Southern University System
The unwelcome stranger: Immigrant education in developing countries
Steven Locke, University of Wyoming; Carlos Ovando
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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Educational Challenges and Developments in East African Countries
(Chair) Dainess M. Maganda, University of South Carolina; (Discussant) Joshua A Muskin, USAID / ALEF
An asset-based approach to teacher deployment policy: A Tanzanian case study
Benjmain C. Botwinski, Michigan State University
A melody of words in worlds: A literacy need of rural Tanzanian schools
Dainess M. Maganda, University of South Carolina
The Work College Model for International Higher Education Development
Marc Cutright, University of North Texas; Paula I Iaeger, University of North Texas
From aspiration to reality: Experiences of Kenyan high school students in the university-going process
Truphena M Choti, University of Maryland, College Park
From the Village to the Global City: Local and Urban Settings of Educational Reform
(Chair) Howard Menand, Educator (Discussant) Judith E King-Calnek
The Impact of Globalization on Public Education in Charlotte, NC
Howard Menand, Educator
The alumnae paths and a scientific vocational program of Oswald Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro
Isabela Cabral Cabral Félix de Sousa, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz- Escola Politécnica de Saúde Joaquim
Venâncio
A Brazilian perspective on the quality of education: The case of Joinville, SC
Marta S Castro
Village movement and township school policy change in Tibet
Paul Olson, OISE / University of Toronto; Jia Luo, OISE / University of Toronto
Projects and Initiatives toward Educational Improvement in Jordan, Egypt, and Ethiopia
(Discussant) Simona M Popa, UNESCO IBE; (Chair) Jeffrey Alan Coupe, Academy for Educational
Development
Education for some? Community-based primary education programs in Africa moving from access to quality:
World Learning programs in Ethiopia
Ezra Simon, World Learning
Lenses on learning: Challenges and promises for new school leadership in Jordan
Jeffrey Alan Coupe, Academy for Educational Development
Key practices that contribute to improved literacy outcomes in Egypt: Lessons for decentralizing adult literacy
John Yanulis, World Education, Inc.
Jordan Education Initiative: The arm of education innovations in Jordan
Osama Obeidat
Tuesday, 24 March
8:00am – 3:45pm
New Scholars Committee Dissertation Workshop (Tuesday)
(Chair) Linda Furuto, University of Hawaii; (Chair) Rhiannon Delyth Williams, University of Minnesota;
(Discussant) David W Chapman, University of Minnesota; (Discussant) Joan DeJaeghere, University of
Minnesota; (Discussant) Victor Kobayashi, University of Hawaii (Emeritus); (Discussant) Vandra Lea
Masemann, OISE / University of Toronto; (Discussant) James Williams, George Washington University
Does Out-Migration Improve Educational Opportunity for Those Left Behind?: Evidence from Mexico's Mixteca
Baja
Adam Sawyer, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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Educational reform and teachers' decision making: Relationship between the intended and the implemented
reading curriculum in Dominican schools
Ancell Scheker, The University at Albany, State University of New York
Why Don't They Graduate? A look at women's tertiary completion rates in Jordan
Carine E Allaf, University of California, Los Angeles
Endless navigation: Latin American immigrant parents and the New York City high school admissions process
Carolyn Sattin, New York University
Comparing active citizenship education in Polish and Canadian secondary schools: International implications
Celina Czech, CSSE
Critical life stories from a New Orleans-based African diasporic organization
Evelyn Hamilton, Indiana University
Critical understanding of U.S. youths' citizenship: Implications for citizenship education in the multicultural society
Jasmina Josic, University of Minnesota
Revisiting the Effect of School Resources on Student Achievement: --- Evidence from Panel Data Analysis
Jian Gao, Florida State University
Troubling Identities of Korean American Children in Their Schooling: Historical and Contextual Analyses of the
Construction of Korean American Children
Kyung Eun Jahng, University of Wisconsin, Madison
African-American families' perceptions of teacher expectations
Larissa Malone, Kent State University
(Re)constructing and (re)presenting heritage: Education and representation in a homeland preservation project
Lesley Graybeal, University of Georgia
International education regime: Comparative research on international educational governance
Marcelo Parreira do Amaral, University of Tuebingen
From global projects to classroom practice: The localization of democratic citizenship education in postcommunist Albania
Meg P Gardinier, Cornell University
Moving from the Margins: Indian and Canadian Perspectives on Diversity Education for Beginning Teachers
Mira Gambhir, OISE / University of Toronto
USEful Exams? A Qualitative Case Study of Implementation of the Unified State Examination in Russia.
Olga Shonia, Indiana University
Rates of return to investments in education at different educational levels in countries at different levels of
development
Ricardo V Lozano, Texas A&M University
Successful Black-American Students Perceptions of Social Transition
Xiaoqi Yu, Kent State University
Resurrecting the Past, Constructing the Future: A Historical Investigation on the Formation of a Greek National
Identity in Schools, 1830-1922
Zervas G Theodoros, North Park University
Tuesday, 24 March
10:00am – 11:30am
Politics of Comparison: Community College Models in Reforming Higher Education, Part Two
(Discussant) Val D Rust, University of California, Los Angeles; (Chair) Rosalind L Raby
Higher education in Uganda: The role of community colleges in educational deliver and reform
Christopher Mugimu, Makerere University
Globalization of higher education and community colleges in Vietnam
Diane E Oliver
Community colleges in China's two systems
Gerard Postiglione, University of Hong Konk
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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Post- Secondary Education in the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities
Laurence Wolff
Cross-National Studies of Higher Education
(Chair) Christine Min Wotipka, Stanford University
A cross-national analysis of female faculty: Trends and explanations
Christine Min Wotipka, Stanford University; Elise Paradis, Stanford University
The Worldwide Expansion of Human Rights Programs in Higher Education, 1975-2005
David Suarez, University of Southern California; Tricia Martin, Stanford University; Francisco O Ramirez,
Stanford University
Managing Organizational Change during Institutional Upheaval: Bosnia-Herzegovina's Higher Education in
Transition
Dijana Tiplic, Stanford University
Educational governance, diffusion and adaptation of universalized scripts in the construction of education as a
"technical" science in universities worldwide
S. Karin Amos, University of Tübingen; Alexander W Wiseman, Lehigh University
Media and Educational Politics and Policies: Brazil and the USA
(Chair) Gustavo E Fischman, Arizona State University; (Discussant) Joao Menelau Paraskeva, Miami
University/Universidade de Minho
Nostalgia, Entrepeneurs and Redemtion: Media Prototypes about Higher Education in the USA
Gustavo E Fischman, Arizona State University
Media, Brazilian Youth, and Cultural Memory
Rosa Maria Fischer, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
University and Media Discourse in Brazil
Sandra R Sales, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ
Youth and Visual Culture: approaches to understand the contemporary visual subject
Suzana Feldens, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
The Politics of Comparison: Comparing Educational Outcomes Globally
(Chair) Joseph Zajda, Australian Catholic University; (Chair) Suzanne Majhanovich, University of Western
Ontario
Comparisons are Odious? South Africa's struggles to compete globally, and to meet internal educational needs
Diane Brook Napier, University of Georgia
The Global Futures, Pedagogies and Global Social Stratification
Joseph Zajda, Australian Catholic University
Building nation state, joining global economy and international community (tensions and dilemmas of curriculum
reform in Tajikistan)
Sa Niyozov, OISE / University of Toronto
Why NGOs React: The Cases of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
(Session Organizer) Elmina Kazimzade, Center for Innovations in Education; (Chair) Ulviya Mikailova,
Center for Innovations in Education; (Discussant) Iveta Silova, Lehigh University; (Discussant) Eric
Lepisto, Independent Researcher
Kyrgyzstan: Out of reach, or education access for children in remote areas
Alexander Ivanov, Foundation for Education Initiatives Support (FEIS)
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Azerbaijan: What are we advocating for?
Elmina Kazimzade, Center for Innovations in Education; Ulviya Mikailova, Center for Innovations in
Education
Kazakhstan: What is the cost of free education?
Saule Kalikova, Bilim Kazakhstan
Indigenous Knowledge and the Academy SIG: Politics of Comparison and Knowledge Transfer - What is
the Future of Indigenous Knowledge and the Academy?
(Chair) Ladislaus Semali, Pennsylvania State University; (Discussant) Joshua A Muskin, USAID / ALEF
Indigenous education reform in southern Mexico: Successes and challenges of the Zapatista educational
movement in Chiapas
Daniel Michael Roberts, Michigan State University
Use of Participatory Action Research to Study Indigenous Social Networks
Ladislaus Semali, Pennsylvania State University
A Study of the Effectiveness of Teacher Training in Remote or Rural Areas in China
Ruiqing Zhao, East China Normal University
Post-Bureaucratic International Development: What Happens When We Regulate on the Basis of
"Knowledge"?
(Chair) Jennifer Swift-Morgan, Earth Institute, Columbia University; (Discussant) Susan Robertson,
University of Bristol
Hesitant Wolf and Scrupulous Fox: Who benefits from decentralized information?
Alastair G Rodd, RTI International
Post-bureaucracy and the Paris Declaration: Knowledge for all?
Andrew Shiotani, Teachers College, Columbia University
WKRT in Conakry: Leapfrogging democratic governance through post-bureaucratic education?
Jennifer Swift-Morgan, Earth Institute, Columbia University
Peace Education SIG I: Conceptualizing the Politics of Peace Education
(Chair) Andria Wisler, Georgetown University
Conceptualizing peace: Honoring differences in peace education
Bryan Wright, OISE / University of Toronto
Peace education and culturally responsive evaluation: Emerging theory and practice
Helga Stokes, Duquesne University
Student Resistance: the Role of Social Class, Race and Gender
Miao Li, The University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Evaluation and assessment in Democratic Peace Theory
Steven Napier, University of Cincinnati
Comparative Case Studies in Vocational and Technical Education
(Chair) Keiichi Ogawa, Kobe University; (Discussant) Lars Sondergaard, World Bank
Planned policy transfer: the impact of the German model on Chinese vocational education.
Antje Barabasch, Universität Magdeburg
Skills Development in Lao PDR: Focused on Garment Industry
Keiichi Ogawa, Kobe University
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Reconceptualizing Technical Education in Singapore
Malcolm Chung, National Institute of Education; Yang-Tien Chen, National Institute of Education,
Singapore
The silent reform: Technical and vocational education and FET colleges in South Africa
Volker R Wedekind, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Knowledge Economy and National Development: Trends and Comparative Case Studies
(Chair) E Mark Hanson, University of California, Riverside; (Discussant) Anthony Welch, University of
Sydney
Politics of Comparison: Neo-liberalism and the educational reforms in developing countries
Adeela Arshad-Ayaz, University of Regina
National Development, Higher Education and Knowledge Transfer:The Contrasting Cases of Argentina, Mexico
and South Korea
E Mark Hanson, University of California, Riverside
Chinese education with American characteristics
Guofang Yuan, Northwestern University
Inclusive Education SIG: Highlighted Research
(Chair) Paula Hunt, Michigan State Univeristy; (Discussant) Peter Evans, OECD
Challenges and prospects for inclusive education in Eurasia
Alison Price-Rom, Institute for International Education
Disability rights and construction of inclusion education in India
Siddhi R. Vyas, Teachers College, Columbia University
The balance of policy and practice in the daily experience of children and adolescents with chronic diseases
Sofia Castanheira Pais, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences - University of Porto; Isabel
Menezes, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences - University of Porto
Identity Negotiation in Citizenship Education
(Chair) Lin Lin, State University of New York, Cortland; (Discussant) John D Palmer, Colgate University
National Identity Represented in High School History Textbooks from Taiwan and Mainland China
Lin Lin, State University of New York, Cortland; Hsueh-chun Chang, Taichung University, Taiwan
Learning from a unique case: Cultural identity in post-democratic Taiwanese elementary schools
Ming-Chu Hsu, Indiana University
History education and nation-building in Malaysia: The politics and practices in secondary school
Wong Lee-Lan, National Cheng Chi University, Taiwan
Africa SIG III: Persistent Reproduction of Gender Inequality: Old and New Institutional and Societal Sites
and Mechanisms
(Chair) Nancy Kendall, University of Wisconsin, Madison; (Discussant) Antoinette Errante, Ohio State
University
Gender backlash in Kenya and South Africa: What do we know about its influence on girls' educational
participation?
Alexandra Barrie Hervish, George Washington University
Impact of investing on empowering adolescent girls: Evidence from the GEM Model of Pact Ethiopia
Bilen Tenna Kassa, Pact Ethiopia
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Living Feminism in the Academy: South African Women Tell Their Stories
Carol Corneilse, University of Maryland, College Park
Higher education, gender and disciplinary clusters: Patterns in African distance learning and classical institutions
N'Dri T Assie-Lumumba, Cornell University
Education for Skills, Vocational Training and Development: Rethinking Frameworks for Reform
(Discussant) Barbara Schulte, Humboldt University of Berlin; (Chair) Barrel Gueye, East Stroudsburg
University
A critical approach of the higher education reform in a global context
Barrel Gueye, East Stroudsburg University
The Reform of Higher Vocational Education Evaluation in China
Hua Huang, East China Normal University & University of Pennsylvania; Yeguo Qi, East China Normal
University
Changing national skill formation institutions in Europe: Convergence or sustained diversity?
Justin JW Powell, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)
Bridging education and training systems and qualifications frameworks
Sandra Bohlinger, Cedefop, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training; Jasper
Bastiaan van Loo, Cedefop, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
National Security and the Political Context of Education
(Chair) Esther E. Gottlieb, Ohio State UInversity; (Discussant) Stephen Carney, Roskilde
Universitetscenter
How globalization drives the internationalization of education: What Sputnik and 9/11 have in common
Esther E. Gottlieb, Ohio State UInversity
A comparative look at the misrepresentation of the Middle East in American school textbooks
Hani Morgan, University of Southern Mississippi
National security ideologies and language education policy: Developing a framework for comparative analysis
Jeffrey Bale, Michigan State University
The villainization or romanticization of the Taliban Regime: Inconsistency in Literature
Tabasum Akseer, Brock Unversity
The Political Context of Educational Change: Canada and Europe
(Chair) Stephen P. Heyneman, Vanderbilt University; (Discussant) Wolfgang Meseth, Johann Wolfgang
Goethe Universitat Frankfurt Am Main
The Federal Role in Education: Lessons from Australia, Germany, and Canada
Chad R Lykins, Vanderbilt University; Stephen P. Heyneman, Vanderbilt University
Political, demographic, religious-social and economic drivers of structural education reform: A Canadian case
study
Gerald James Galway, Memorial University; David Dibbon, Memorial University
Public opinion toward schooling and educational policy
Karel Černy, Charles University, Prague; David Greger, Charles University, Prague; Eli_ka
Walterová, Charles University, Prague
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Tuesday, 24 March
11:30am – 12:30pm
Citizenship and Democratic Education SIG Business Meeting
ICT for Development (ICT4D) SIG Business Meeting
Indigenous Knowledge and the Academy SIG Business Meeting
(Chair) Ladislaus Semali, Pennsylvania State University
Tuesday, 24 March
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Cross-Regional Panel I on Girls' / Women's Education: Empowerment at the Edge of Globalization?
(Chair) Vilma Seeberg, Kent State University; (Discussant) Karen Monkman, DePaul University
Nonformal girls' education in traditional Bangladeshi villages - field work
Jill Sperandio, Lehigh University
Care USA: Nurturing girls' leadership cross-culturally
John B. Trew, CARE USA; Joyce Adolwa, CARE USA
Village Voices, Modern Choices: Village Girls Go to School in Turkey, Tanzania, Turkmenistan
Rachel Anderson, Kent State University
Rural Han Chinese Girls' Schooling; Empowerment Between The Modern And Tradition
Vilma Seeberg, Kent State University
Using PISA to Understand the Determinants of Learning Outcomes
(Session Organizer) Emilio Porta, World Bank; (Chair) Harry A Patrinos, World Bank; (Discussant) Luis
Crouch, RTI International; (Discussant) M. Najeeb Shafiq, Indiana University
Pisa: Explaining The Test Score Increase In Math Over Time In Indonesia
Emilio Porta, World Bank
The Impact of the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
Harry A Patrinos, World Bank
Title: Within-School Tracking in South Korea: An Analysis Using PISA 2003
Kevin Macdonald, World Bank
The Transferability of Stakeholder-Driven Development Models
(Session Organizer) Esther Whang, World Education Inc.; (Discussant) John Hatch, USAID
Transferring Lessons Learned and Stakeholder-driven Development Models: The Experience of Egypt
Jane Benbow, American Institutes for Research
The Child Friendly School Movement and Its Role in Promoting Stakeholder-driven Development throughout the
Southeast Asia Region
Kurt Bredenberg, World Education Inc.
Transferring Lessons Learned and Stakeholder-driven Development Models: The Case of Cambodia
Sonthara Kong, World Education Inc.
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What Are Child Friendly Schools and Are They Effective? Findings from a Global Evaluation of UNICEF's
CFS Initiative
(Session Organizer) Nitika Tolani-Brown, American Institutes for Research; (Discussant) Jerome Mindes,
American Institutes for Research; (Chair) Dana Kelly, American Institutes for Research
The relationship between Child Friendly Schools programming elements and students' perceptions of school
climate and connectedness
Chen-Su Chen, American Institutes for Research
Inclusiveness in Child Friendly Schools
Dana Kelly, American Institutes for Research
Child Friendly Schools and supports for learning
Nitika Tolani-Brown, American Institutes for Research
Looking Comparatively at Selected Teacher Issues in Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa
(Chair) Martial Dembele, University of Montreal
No More Cutting Class? Reducing Teacher Absence and Improving Performance
F. Halsey Rogers, The World Bank; Emiliana Vegas, The World Bank
Political Violence against Teachers in Colombia: Understanding the Geographies and Politics of Violence and
Resistance
Mario Novelli, Department of Human Geography, Planning & International Development Studies
The drive towards UPE and the transformation of the teaching profession in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa
Martial Dembele, University of Montreal
Teachers in Contexts of Emergency and State Fragility
Rebecca Winthrop-Gonzalez, Teachers College, Columbia University
Academics at Risk: Academic Freedom Challenges in the 21st Century (UREAG Village Dialogue)
(Chair) joan.O'sa Oviawe, Washington State University;
(Discussants)
Benjamin Baez, Florida International University
Ruth Hayhoe, OISE / University of Toronto
Barbara Johnson, Northern Illinois University
Gary Rhoades, American Association of University Professors
Qiang Zha, York University
Politics and Policy Innovations in Curriculum and Textbooks
(Chair) Catherine Powell Miles, USAID; (Discussant) Yaacov Iram, Bar Ilan University
Innovative textbook development and teacher training: A combination for success in Ethiopia
Catherine Powell Miles, USAID; Mary W. Spor, Alabama A&M University; Tizazu Asare, Ministry of
Education, Ethiopia
What Polish School Textbooks Teach About the United States
Lorraine I. Jakubielski, Madonna University
Slavery by the book: Exploring the presentation of slavery in secondary U.S. and Brazilian history textbooks
Nafees M Khan, Emory University
Challenges and opportunities of integrating donated books into an existing educational development program in
the Philippines
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Yvette Tan, Education Development Center; Lorina Aquino, Education Development Center; Miriam
Pahm, Education Development Center
Data and other Drivers of Educational Reform: The Role of Evidence, Theory, and Standards in Improving
Educational Performance
(Chair) Mark B Ginsburg, Academy for Educational Development; (Discussant) Frank-Olaf Radtke,
Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
Comparative educational politics: Reflexivity in value-added measures of performance
Jeffrey Alan Coupe, Academy for Educational Development
Promoting Data-Informed Decision-Making to Improve Educational Quality in Egypt
Mark B Ginsburg, Academy for Educational Development; Nagwa M Megahed, Ain Shams University;
Audrey M Schuh Moore, Academy for Educational Development; Tarek Sheta, Ensure
The Contemporary Urgency of Human Rights in Education: Policies and New Perspectives
(Chair) Norma B Tarrow, California State University, Long Beach; (Discussant) Elizabeth Sherman Swing,
St. Joseph's University (Emerita)
Access, merit, and higher education: Chinese and U.S. practices in the context of human rights
Kyle Elliot Fees, Arizona State University
Human rights and education: The case of the Negev Bedouin
Norma B Tarrow, California State University, Long Beach
Women, education and human rights
Ratna Ghosh, McGill University
Toward a Theory of Educational Ethnocide
Sina Mossayeb, Teachers College, Columbia University
Technology Sector Programs, Foundations and Philanthropies in Educational Reform and Development
(Discussant) Scott Kipp, Teachers College, Columbia University; (Chair) Zahra Bhanji, OISE / University
of Toronto
The adoption and implementation of an XO laptop program: a rural Cambodian case study
Brenton C Faubert, OISE / University of Toronto; Maryann Bylander, PEPY
Corporate philanthropic giving and universal education: An analysis of the technology industry
Justin W. vanFleet, University of Maryland
Philanthropy and its impact on American public education reforms
Laura Julia Rosenbach, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Transnational policy networks and the sharing of best practices in education: The case of Microsoft Corporation
Zahra Bhanji, OISE / University of Toronto
Language Minorities and Educational Policy: Comparative Case Studies
(Chair) Elise Soyun Ahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; (Discussant) David A Hayes, Brock
University
The impact of the EU accession process on Turkey's language and education policies
Elise Soyun Ahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Language issues in educational policy relating to cultural and ethnic minority students in South Korea
Heejin Park, University of Pittsburgh
Travelling Policy in China. School-based Curriculum Reform and Endangered Minority Language
Maintenance/Revival: The Case of Yughur
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Stephen Arnold Bahry, OISE / University of Toronto
Globalization and linguistic migrations: Missed opportunities and the challenges of bilingual education in the
United States
Theresa Perez, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Greg Wiggan, Univ North Carolina,Charlotte
Comparative Studies in Citizenship Education
(Chair) Debora Hinderliter Ortloff, Indiana University; (Discussant) Maryam Soltan Zadeh, Florida
International University
Challenges for citizenship education policy in Singapore and Hong Kong
Elaine Teng, Harvard University; Shiming Kai, Harvard University
Communties of practice for the development of adolescent civic engagement: An empirical study Australia and
the United States
Gary Homana, University of Maryland
The Puzzle of History Textbook Reform in the State of California and Taiwan
Kuo-Min Chiu, The University at Buffalo, State University of New York
The Bounds of Diversity: Multiculturalism and Europeanization in Bavarian and Catalan Citizenship Education
Laura Engel, University of Nottingham; Debora Hinderliter Ortloff, Indiana University
Organizations and Advocacy Networks in the Context of Education for All
(Chair) Sameena Eidoo, OISE / University of Toronto; (Discussant) Christine Harris-Van Keuren,
Teachers College, Columbia University
Global advocacy, local concerns: The need for balance
Irfan Muzaffar, Michigan State University; Abbas Rashid, Society for the Advancement of Education;
Ayesha Awan, Society for the Advancement of Education
The Role of the Global Monitoring Report in Education for All
Nhung Truong, OISE / University of Toronto
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: Working Towards Education for All in the Muslim
World
Sameena Eidoo, OISE / University of Toronto
Education Developments in Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, and Armenia
(Chair) Mary Jane T. Pearson, Chartwell Education Group; (Discussant) Elena Lenskaya, Universitas. Ru
Challenges and opportunities for examination-led reform in Kyrgyzstan
Duishon Shamatov, University of Central Asia
Student Absenteeism - A National Policy Study in Armenia
Haiyan Hua, World Education, Inc
Transformation of higher education in Georgia: Lessons learned
Mary Jane T. Pearson, Chartwell Education Group; Tom Cassidy, Chartwell Education Group; Elene
Imnadze, Free University of Tbilisi
Special Session: EPDC Research Findings on Pupil Performance and Retention
Retention: Just getting children to school is not enough
Anna Chaluda, Education Policy and Data Center; Annababette Wils, Education Policy and Data Center;
Benjamin P. Sylla, Education Policy and Data Center; Sarah Oliver, Education Policy and Data Center
Pupil performance and age: A comparison of efficiency rates by relative age in sub-Saharan Africa
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Benjamin P. Sylla, Education Policy and Data Center; Annababette Wils, Education Policy and Data
Center; Sarah Oliver, Education Policy and Data Center
Tuesday, 24 March
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Comparative Study of Globalization and Education (CSGE) SIG Business Meeting
Cultural Contexts of Education and Human Potential (CCEHP) SIG Business Meeting
Inclusive Education SIG Business Meeting
Tuesday, 24 March
2:00pm – 3:30pm
A day in school: Are students getting an opportunity to learn?
(Chair) Audrey M Schuh Moore, Academy for Educational Development; (Discussant) John Gillies,
Academy for Educational Development
The School Effectiveness Framework: Measuring Opportunity to Learn
Audrey M Schuh Moore, Academy for Educational Development
Ensuring an opportunity to learn: Are children in Guatemala learning to read?
Elizabeth Adelman, Academy for Educational Development; Eva Grajeda, Academy for Educational
Development
Provision of Education: Are we reaching the hardest to Reach?
Elliott Friedlander, Save the Children
Are students learning to read? A day in school in Ethiopia
Joseph DeStefano, Center for Collaboration & the Future of Schooling; Nawsheen Elaheebocus, World
Bank
Cross-Regional Panel II on Girls' / Women's Education: Empowerment at the Edge of Globalization?
(Discussant) Vilma Seeberg, Kent State University; (Chair) Karen Monkman, DePaul University
Gender, empowerment, and Uganda's Universal Secondary Education reform
Kristen J Molyneaux
Self-Empowerment of Muslim Women: The Role of Schooling
Mayagul Satlykgylyjova
Nonformal Education through Self-Help Groups in Rural Southern India: Women's Transformation and the
Changed Community.
Supriya Baily
Cultural Recognition, Gender And Ethnicity: A Case Study of Three Chinese Universities
Zhenzhou Zhao, Hong Kong Institute of Education
Cultural Contexts of Education and Human Potential SIG: Conservative Islamic Communities Don't
Always Want a School. What To Do?
(Chair) Helen Stannard, International Rescue Committee; (Discussant) Rachel Christina, Education
Development Center
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Community participation in education in Islamic cultures
Helen Stannard, International Rescue Committee
Community mobilization approaches in Pakistan
Riaz Khan, International Rescue Committee
Local and Global Perspectives on Effective Practices for Early Primary Grades
(Chair) Kathy Bartlett, Aga Khan Foundation; (Chair) Caroline Arnold, Aga Khan Foundation; (Discussant)
Saima Gowani, Aga Khan Foundation; (Discussant) Sadaf Shallwani, Aga Khan Foundation
Mozambique: Innovative approaches to improving school system efficiency and promoting timely primary school
completion
Agostinho Mamade, Aga Khan Foundation, Mozambique
Kenya: Understanding the local context to develop locally appropriate strategies to promote strong family-school
relationships
Atrash Ali, Aga Khan Foundation, East Africa
Pakistan: A collaborative and localized model of early child development programme development and
implementation
Sadaf Shallwani, Aga Khan Foundation; Zahra Rizvi, Aga Khan Foundation, Pakistan; Arif Amin, Aga
Khan Foundation
Kyrgyzstan: Effective models of early childhood education
Saima Gowani, Aga Khan Foundation; Burulai Aitikulova, Aga Khan Foundation, Kyrgyzstan
Establishing Peace Studies and Integrating Peace Education into Universities
(Session Organizer) Jing Lin, University of Maryland
The growth of peace studies in universities and associations, and the challenge to influence policy
Barbara Wien, Private consultant
Initiative on education for peace, cooperation and development at the University of Maryland
John Grazel, University of Maryland; Jing Lin, University of Maryland; Rebecca Oxford, University of
Maryland; Jayne Wood; Yali Pan, University of Maryland
Combating stereotypes and prejudices in a higher education conflictual venue: A case study
Zehavit Gross, Bar Ilan University
Great Expectations or False Hopes? Problematising the Education For All framework
(Chair) Ian Macpherson, Open Society Institute
Education as a basic human right/ traded service
Andre Keet, South Africa Human Rights Commission
Putting the Q into Education For All
Richard Tabulawa, University of Botswana
Great expectations or false hopes?
Sherri Le Mottee, Open Society Initiative Southern Africa
Reforming Teaching and Learning: Comparative Perspectives in a Global Era
(Discussant) Maria Teresa Tatto, Michigan State University
Imagined globalisation in Italian education: International horizons in initial teacher training
Monica Mincu, Università degli Studi di Torino
Documentation for diffusion of education reform in Egypt: Rationale, approach, and initial experiences
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Nagwa M Megahed, Ain Shams University; Mark B Ginsburg, Academy for Educational Development
Global trends in the teaching profession: Challenges for teacher education and development policies
Paula Razquin, UNESCO
Knit together for a better service: Towards a culture of collegiality in teaching
Sunethra Karunaratne, Michigan State University
Japanese technical cooperation to enhance teacher quality in developing countries: A multiple case study
Yumiko Ono, Naruto University of Education
Peace Education SIG II: Case Studies in the Politics of Peace Education
(Chair) Andria Wisler, Georgetown University
One SNIPP at a Time: Learning Conflict Transformation from the "other" in Northern Ireland
Dominic Scott
Legitimizing peace education in Israel: Measuring success in institutional terms
Karen Ross, Indiana University
The Politics of Imposition: The transference of peace education models from the global north to the global south
Marielle Amrhein, Teachers College, Columbia University; Tiffany Joy Hunter, Teachers College,
Columbia University
Vulnerable children in Northern Thailand: Human rights and access to quality education
Vimonmas Vachatimanont, Harvard University
The Globalization of English: Politics, Policy, and Best Practices
(Chair) Cora Ann Jakubiak, University of Georgia; (Discussant) Leah M Mason, Teachers College,
Columbia University
English language voluntourism: Questions about globalization
Cora Ann Jakubiak, University of Georgia
Language as a tool in shaping the competitiveness of higher education: Cases from the Baltic States
Rita Kasa, Rigas Ekonomikas Augstskola
Teaching other people English: an analysis of teachers' pedagogical content knowledge and its influences
Siping Liu, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Qingmin Shi, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Qiang
Cheng, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Su Gao, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The Culture Connection: Parents and Schools United for Success
Susan Pavlin, Refugee Family Services; Lauren Henricksen, Emory University
English-only instruction in postsecondary education in Taiwan: Teachers' perspectives
Yi-Ping Huang, Tamkang University
Technology as a Tool for Improving Education: Challenges and Cases
(Chair) Greg Sales, Seward Incorporated; (Discussant) Lara Tilmanis, Teachers College, Columbia
University
ICT in development education: Opportunities and limitations
Greg Sales, Seward Incorporated
One size does not fit all: A case study of the spread of OpenCourseWare to India, China and Japan.
Stian Håklev, OISE / University of Toronto
Technology as a Public Good: An Analysis of the South Korean Government's Policy for Bridging the Digital
Divide
Sunnie L Watson, Ball State University
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Comparative Research in African Higher Education
(Chair) Barrel Gueye, East Stroudsburg University
Senegalese higher education: hope or disillusion?
El Hadji M Faye, University of Minnesota; Barrel Gueye, East Stroudsburg University
Ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic class and participation in higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa: The politics
of comparison in East African countries
Johnson M Ishengoma, University of Dar Es Salaam
Pushing a Stone Up a Hill: South African Academics' Working Environment
Laura Portnoi, California State University, Long Beach
Learning to Improve: Studies in School Governance, Professional, and Organizational Reform
(Chair) Cathryn Magno, Southern Connecticut State University; (Discussant) Bird Stasz, Elon University
Leaders converge: School principal preparation in the United States and Azerbaijan
Cathryn Magno, Southern Connecticut State University
An analysis of the levels and types of learning organization in schools of South Korea
Jae Young Chung, Florida State University
Teacher Professionalism and Education Reform in Romania
Simona M Popa, UNESCO IBE
The Challenge and Practice of Continuous Improvement in Schools
Stephen Anderson, OISE / University of Toronto; Roshni Kumari, Aga Khan University Institute for
Educational Development
Emotions, Psychological Well-Being and Educational Effectiveness: Comparative Studies and
Perspectives
(Chair) Jean Marie Gerard, Bowling Green State University
K-6 teachers' emotional geography in the Taiwanese teaching profession
Chih Cheng Hung, Chung-Cheng University
Academic achievement and self-image: A comparative study of adolescent students in the US and UK
Margaret Zoller Booth, Bowling Green State University; Jean Marie Gerard, Bowling Green State
University
Comparative study on students' life satisfaction in Finland and Bhutan
Riho Sakurai, Kyoto University
School leaders' perceptions of Emotional Intelligence and how it affects their professional practice
Yaffa Krugliak Lahat, Depaul University Chicago
The Health Sciences in Higher Education and Development
(Chair) Joseph Daniels, University of Washington; (Discussant) Scarlett Anna Benjamin, University of
South Carolina
Global health strategies: Resource dependence and the politics of north-south university collaboration
Anatoly Oleksiyenko, University of Toronto
Kenyan women medical professionals and education on the "other side": Program implementation for capacity
building
Joseph Daniels, University of Washington
Historical perspective on increasing educational requirements for nursing practice in the US and international
application
Sheilia Goodwin, Ivy Tech Community College
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What Promotes Quality, Innovation, and Efficient Performance in Higher Education? Empirical and
Theoretical Considerations
(Discussant) Sandra Bohlinger, Cedefop, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training;
(Chair) John C Weidman, University of Pittsburgh
Higher education under revision
Antonio Fuguet, Antonio Fuguet (UPEL)
Comparative case study of higher education financing reforms and their effects on education performance
Chunling Hu, Stanford University
A comparative study on the higher education accreditation of Japan, Korea, UK and USA
Eun Kyung Lee, University of Pittsburgh; John C Weidman, University of Pittsburgh
Comparing efficiency of public research universities in the United States: An application of data envelopment
analysis
Layheng Ting, University at Albany, SUNY
Comparative Studies and Current Research in Ugandan Education
(Discussant) Moses Oketch, University of London; (Chair) Meredith McCormac, American Institutes for
Research
What could we teach each other: comparing espoused values of schools in USA and Uganda
Frederick M Walugembe, University of Toledo, OH
Resource Network Centrality and School Performance: Examining a Secondary School Network in Mukono,
Uganda
Julie M. Hite, Brigham Young University; Steven J Hite, Brigham Young University; William Joshua Rew,
Florida State University; Christopher Mugimu, Makerere University; Yusuf Khalid Kibuuka Nsubuga,
Ministry of Education, Uganda; W. James Jacob, University of Pittsburgh
Questioning constructivist pedagogies in Uganda
Marie Hult Craig, Student
Education and fragility in northern Uganda
Meredith McCormac, American Institutes for Research; Judy A. Benjamin, American Institutes for
Research
Fighting stigma and discrimination in Ugandan schools
Muhammad Kasule, Ugandan
Social Justice, Equal Access, and Stratification of Higher Education in Taiwan
(Kent) Sheng Yao Cheng, National Chung Cheng University
Inequality, Social Cohesion, and Educational Attainment in Latin America: Theoretical, Methodological,
and Empirical Perspectives
The Educational Assessments that Latin America Needs
Laurence Wolff; Gilbert A Valverde, The University at Albany, State University of New York
Education and Social Cohesion in Latin America
Luis Crouch, RTI International
The Link between Community and Equality: Comparing Decentralization in Chile and in a Brazilian Social
Movement
Rebecca Tarlau, University of California--Berkeley
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Tuesday, 24 March
4:00pm – 5:30pm
Educational Perspectives of Ugandan Secondary Schools: Gender Equity, Political Socialization, ICT
Technology and Sleep Habits
(Chair) Julie M. Hite, Brigham Young University; (Discussant) Steven J Hite, Brigham Young University
Sleep Habits and Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Mukono, Uganda
Caleb Baldwin, Brigham Young University
Agents of political socialization of youth in Mukono, Uganda
Cortney Evans, Brigham Young University
ICT in Secondary Schools in Mukono, Uganda: A Case Study
Landon S. Newby, University of Oxford
Gender equality in Ugandan secondary schools
Martha Howard, Brigham Young University; Bethany Lowe, Brigham Young University
Japan SIG: Critical Issues in Japanese Education and Their Core Constituencies in International and
Cross Disciplinary Perspective
(Chair) James J Shields, City College of New York
(Discussants)
Gary Decoker, Earlham College
Victor Kobayashi, University of Hawaii (Emeritus)
Laurence MacDonald, Soka University
Chris Bjork, Vassar College
Globalizing Privatization? Investigating the global Diffusion of market-oriented Education Reforms in
Chile, India, and China
(Chair) Barbara Schulte, Humboldt University of Berlin; (Discussant) Ruth Hayhoe, OISE / University of
Toronto
Global ideas, local discourses: Private education in the People's Republic of China
Barbara Schulte, Humboldt University of Berlin
The Role of the World Bank in shaping higher Education Policies in Latin American Countries
Oscar Espinoza, Universidad Diego Portales; Luis Eduardo González, CINDA (Centro Interuniversitario
de Desarrollo)
Public-Private Partnerships in Education in India: Questioning the Role of the State
Prachi Srivastava, University of Ottawa
Erosion of public education? Investigating educational programs of deregulation from a transnational perspective
in Chile, India, and China
Simone Holzwarth, Stanford University/Humboldt University of Berlin; Cristina López Alarcón, Humboldt
University, Berlin
Lessons Learned from Country Practice in Decentralization and Inter-governmental Relations
(Chair) Alec I Gershberg, The New School
The Realpolitiks of Decentralization and Formula Funding in Romania: a confounding case study
Alec I Gershberg, The New School
Administrative reform, decentralization, and intergovernmental relations: The long-running case of Colombian
education
Ben Meade, New York University
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Peace Education SIG III: Student Achievement and Outcomes in Post-Conflict Situations
(Chair) Christine Min Wotipka, Stanford University
Violence and education: A look at Colombia's reintegration process
Catalina Guzman, Stanford University
International and NGO standards for peace education in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Nitara Dandapani, Stanford University
Rentier states and international exams: An analysis of TIMSS scores in oil-dependent Middle Eastern countries
Rudy Rubio, Stanford University
Educating recently resettled refugee students in the US: The role of student attitudes towards language
Winmar Way, Stanford University
Meeting Increasing Demand for Top Talent: Common Goals and Different Paths in Higher Education
(Discussant) David W Chapman, University of Minnesota; (Chair) Jennifer Adams, Stanford University
What fuels the rapid growth of internationally mobile students? A trend analysis of enrolment, field and level of
study
Chiao-ling Chien, University of Minnesota
The Global Science and Engineering Workforce: the Contribution of Higher Education
Joshua Hawley, Ohio State University
The U.S. as a destination and origin country of internationally mobile students: Findings from the Open Doors
Project
Patricia Chow, Institute of International Education
Global patterns of higher education development: A quantitative perspective
Yanhong Zhang, UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Undoing Gender: Examining Educational Policy, Programs and Experiences
(Chair) Erin Murphy-Graham, University of California, Berkeley; (Discussant) Gustavo E Fischman,
Arizona State University
Constructing a new vision: undoing gender through secondary education in Honduras
Erin Murphy-Graham, University of California, Berkeley
AB 537 and AB 394: A story of legislation, gender, and sexuality in California's schools
Gregg Knotts, California State University, Northridge
Mouths wide shut: gender-quiet teenage males on gender bending, gender passing, and masculinities
Samuel Davidson, TBA
Reflections on Shadow Education: The Complementary and Conflicting Perspectives on the Global
Growth of Private Tutoring
(Chair) Walter P Dawson, Hanyang University; (Discussant) David P Baker, Pennsylvania State
University
History of Korean government policy response to shadow education
Chong-Jae Lee, Seoul National University
Backgrounds of private tutoring in the United States
Izumi Mori, Pennsylvania State University
What government policies for what private tutoring? Learning from cross-national comparisons
Mark Bray, IIEP-UNESCO
Supplementary Shadow Education: An Investment in Human Capital or a Corruption of Education?
Stephen P. Heyneman, Vanderbilt University
The tricks of the teacher: The "petrified pyramid" of Cambodian corruption & issues of educational equity and EFA
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Walter P Dawson, Hanyang University
Addressing English Language Learner Issues in Teacher Education Programs
(Chair) George A Padavil, Illinois State University; (Discussant) Anna Hahn
Preservice teacher responses to infusion of ELL issues
Diana Weekes, Illinois State University
English language learners and the preservice teachers' beliefs and attitudes toward ELLs
George A Padavil, Illinois State University
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
Kathy Mountjoy, Illinois State University; Susan Krusemark, Illinois State University
Educational Challenges Facing Adolescents and At-Risk Youth: Cross-National Perspectives
(Discussant) Ezra Simon, World Learning; (Chair) David Virtue, University of South Carolina
Comparative and international education and middle level education research: A world of possibilities
David Virtue, University of South Carolina
Does parental supervision matter in protecting adolescents in relation to risky behaviours in Nairobi's slums?
Evangeline Nyawira Nderu, African Population and Health Research Center
Success Education: An Alternative Approach toward Helping At-Risk Students in China
Jinghai Liu, No. 8 Middle School of Zhabei, Shanghai, China
At-risk students education in China: Research and practice
Yanyu Zhou, University of Maryland
Developing Distance and On-Line Education through Instructional Technology: Innovative Programs and
Examples
(Chair) John R Whitman, Harvard University and Northeastern University; (Discussant) Steven
Ehrenberg, Academy for Educational Development & Teachers College, Columbia University
Implementing a cross-cultural classroom exchange program into public schools under centralized and
decentralized curriculum systems
Eunhee Jung O'Neill, University of Virginia
The Anatomy of a Comparative Education Course in a Time of Globalization and Online Learning
John R Whitman, Harvard University and Northeastern University
Online learning in the Open Universities of India and China: A Comparison of Responses to Globalization
Kirk Perris, OISE / University of Toronto
As the world spins, technology spins faster: A global long-distance education program
Violet Kulo, Lehigh University
Fostering Educative Possibilities in Settings of Post-Conflict and Reconstruction
(Chair) Marc D Shapiro, MDS Associates LLC; (Discussant) Rebecca Winthrop-Gonzalez, Teachers
College, Columbia University
Reform and Reconstruction: Post-Conflict Education in South Africa, Northern Ireland and Sierra Leone
Amanda Harter Fogle-Donmoyer, George Washington University
Education in Iraq: Possibilities for the post-conflict period
Marc D Shapiro, MDS Associates LLC
A new policy for a new era: Setting teacher training policy in East Timor
Raimundo Neto, Ministry of Education, Timor-Leste; Alfredo de Araujo, Ministry of Education, Timor-Leste
Conflict and educational development in Africa
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Yumiko Ono, Naruto University of Education; Kensuke Chikamori, Naruto University of Education; Carol
Merz Frankel, University of Puget Sound
Indigenous and Aboriginal Education: American Contexts
(Chair) Timothy E Jester, University of Alaska Anchorage; (Discussant) Ladislaus Semali, Pennsylvania
State University
Homogenization of identity groups in comparison research: Variables related with Canadian secondary students'
post-secondary aspirations
Natasha Hudson, OISE / University of Toronto
Intercultural field experiences in Alaska: A study of teacher education
Timothy E Jester, University of Alaska Anchorage
Educational Reform in Egypt
Egyptian Teacher Opportunities for Professional Growth Grants (TOP G-rants): A bottom-up approach to
professional development
Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Helen Boyle, Education Development
Center
Developing effective tools for program evaluation: Experience from the evaluation of the USAID National Book
Program in Egypt
James M. Wile, independent consultant; Flavia Sales Ramos, Juarez and Associates, Inc.
Educational reforms in the Arab states: Practices, promises, and challenges within the Egyptian scenario
Nagwa M Megahed, Ain Shams University
Analysis of the higher education system in Egypt: In the process of reform
Nobuyuki Tanaka, Kobe University
Technology Integration Policies and Public-Private Partnerships
(Chair) Jayson Richardson, University of North Carolina Wilmington; (Discussant) Sarah Lucas
Pouezevara, RTI International
Public-private partnership (PPP) in ICT in education
Bom-mi Lee, Stanford University
Finding best practices in technology adoption: Measuring factors impacting adoption in Cambodia
Jayson Richardson, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Global classoom: Integrated approaches to sustainable development
Katie Maeve Murphy, Earth Institute, Columbia University; Lucia Rodriguez, Earth Institute, Columbia
University
Global politics of education borrowing and lending: Networks of influence in ICT4E policy formation
Lara Tilmanis, Teachers College, Columbia University
Special Panel: Academic Life and Family Stress
Laura Portnoi, California State University, Long Beach
Noah Sobe, Loyola University Chicago
Melissa Murchison-Blake, Florida International University
Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher, Teachers College, Columbia University
Jennifer Vega La Serna, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Larissa Malone, Kent State University
Zahra Bhanji, OISE / University of Toronto
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Debora Hinderliter Ortloff, Indiana University
Brad Washington, University of San Francisco
Tuesday, 24 March
6:00pm – 7:15pm
Kneller Lecture and Roundtable: Schriewer in Focus - The Theory Debate in Globalization
(Chair) Iveta Silova, Lehigh University
The Theory Debate in Globalization
Juergen Schriewer, Humboldt University, Berlin
(Discussants)
Kathryn M Anderson-Levitt, University of Michigan, Dearborn
Francisco O Ramirez, Stanford University
Tuesday, 24 March
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Mexican Reception
United Arab Emirates Reception/Middle East SIG Reception
University of South Carolina, College of Charleston, Lehigh University Reception
Loyola University of Chicago, Bowling Green State University, Kent State, UCLA Reception
Indiana University, The Pennsylvania State University, The University of Pennsylvania, Stanford
University Reception
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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Wednesday, 25 March
8:00am - 9:30am
The Professionalization of Comparative Education
(Session Organizer) Erwin H Epstein, Loyola University Chicago
Elements of professionalization in comparative education
Alexander W Wiseman, Lehigh University; Erwin H Epstein, Loyola University Chicago
CIECAP: Prospect for analysis of programs
Jennifer Schmuhl, Loyola University Chicago
CIECAP: Comparing course content in comparative education
Kathleen Stone, Illinois School District 105
CEIMA: Resource for teaching materials
Patricia K Kubow, Bowling Green State University; Bruce Collet, Bowling Green State University; Meghan
Burley, Bowling Green State University
Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Teaching Practice: Analysis of Elementary Mathematics
Teachers from China, Germany, and Romania
(Chair) Jian Wang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Variations of Chinese Elementary Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Its Influence on Their Teaching
Jian Wang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Teacher Mathematics Knowledge and Its Representation: A Case Study of Four Romanian Elementary Teachers
and Their Instruction on Place Value
Madalina Tanase, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
An interview study on German elementary teachers' mathematics and pedagogical content knowledge
Teresa Leavitt, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Cultural Dimensions of Teaching and Learning Emotions and Social Development in Japan
(Discussant) Joseph J Tobin, Arizona State University
Japanese preschool teachers' perspectives on children's fighting
Akiko Hayashi, Arizona State University; Masatada Mitsumura, Arizona State University
Cultural models of self and culturally embedded teaching practices in Japan and the United States
Hidetada Shimizu, Northern Illinois University
Overseas Japanese middle school students' perspectives on dealing with bullying in the classroom
Masatada Mitsumura, Arizona State University
The Policies and Politics of International Education and the Impact of Global Realities on Two Midwestern
States
(Discussant) Christopher Frey, Bowling Green State University; (Chair) Dawn Whitehead, Indiana
University Purdue University Indianapolis
International education policies, politics, and global citizenship in Indiana and Ohio
Dawn Whitehead, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Christopher Frey, Bowling Green
State University
Differing definitions: International education, multicultural education and state-wide reform in one midwestern
state
Debora Hinderliter Ortloff, Indiana University
The meaning of international education reform in an urban high school
Samantha S. Bartholomew, Indiana University; Rob Helfenbein, Indiana University
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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Dynamics of Educational Borrowing in Quality Assessment Standards
(Chair) Richard Rodman
Private higher education in Kenya: affiliations affect accreditation
Kevin J Brennan
Educational borrowing in quality assessment standards: Positives and negatives
Martha Merrill, Kent State University
Improving Educational Quality through Literacy: Understanding the Beginning Literacy Program for
Malawi in Context
(Session Organizer) Shirley J Miske, Miske Witt & Associates Inc
Integrating songs, stories and pupils experiences in the development of the Beginning Literacy Program/Malawi
Nancy Clair, Miske Witt & Associates Inc.
Creating supportive environments for teaching and learning literacy: Lessons from USAID's PSSP:SFP
Odala Banda, American Institutes for Research; Cassandra Jessee, AIR/PSSP-SFP Project; Jennifer R
Anderson, American Institutes for Research
The Beginning Literacy Program of Malawi: Lessons, challenges and ownership in a TOT workshop series
Steve Sharra, Miske Witt & Associates Inc.
Private Foundation Engagement in the Reconstruction of an Education System: The Case of OSI in
Liberia
(Chair) Aleesha Taylor, Open Society Institute
Capacity development through long-term technical assistance
Batuhan Aydagul, Education Reform Initiative
Brick by brick: Rebuilding education through rebuilding the construction sector
Ben Matranga, Soros Economic Development Fund
The Intricacies of Textbook Procurement and Distribution in a Post-Conflict Society
Keith Burchell, Independent Consultant
Critical thinking for teacher training and development
Veronica Cretu, CMB Training Center
History, Politics, and Memory in Curricular Policy and Reform
(Chair) Aaron Cooley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; (Discussant) Marcelo A Caruso, Humboldt
University, Berlin
Pedagogies of comparison: Time for School and The Boys of Baraka as critical media texts
Aaron Cooley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Depoliticizing history curriculum in Moldova and challenges to reform transference
Elizabeth A Anderson, American University
Internationalization of high school history
Jennifer Daly, Stanford University
Rebuilding the memory of the Peruvian curriculum reform between 1997 and 2005: the case of secondary
education.
Paul Neira, Teachers College, Columbia University; Heidi Rodrich, Group for the Analysis of Development
Transnational paradigms, national parameters, municipal guidelines: Examining official curriculum knowledge in
Brazil
Steven Hales, OISE / University of Toronto
"Getting started" around the world: Localization and adaptation of a technology course for teachers
Torie Gorges, SRI International; Daniel Light, Center for Children and Technology
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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Developing Institutional Capacity and International Partnerships in Higher Education
(Chair) Michael Thornton, British Council London, UK; (Discussant) Marlaine Lockheed, Princeton
University
Building international institutional partnerships at Russian public universities
Diana Yefanova, University of Minnesota
Completing the global development circle: Higher education and American communities in partnership with
developing countries
Jason Heffner, Smith College
Entering Jordan's education reform landscape: The politics of gaining knowledge, forging relationships, and
building capacity
Marian A. Robinson, Teachers College, Columbia University; Thomas Corcoran, Teachers College,
Columbia University
Achieving international partnerships in education between the UK and India
Michael Thornton, British Council London, UK
A new paradigm for international education through partnership in development: Case study of the UGA-Tunisia
educational partnership
Takoi Hamrita, University of Georgia
Japan and the Internationalization of Higher Education: Trends, Challenges, and Initiatives
(Chair) Andrew Shiotani, Teachers College, Columbia University; (Discussant) Shinobu Yamaguchi,
Tokyo Institute of Technology
The role of female study-abroad returnees in the internationalization of Japanese higher education
Ai Takeuchi, Kumamoto University
International student advisers as a solution for the difficulties in accepting international students in Japan
Junko Eiki, Waseda University
Campus internationalization from abroad at home: A Japanese outreach program on a US campus
Kristen Nakamura Wallitsch, University of Kentucky; Beth Goldstein, University of Kentucky
Japanese language education policy toward increasing foreign students in Japan societies with historical
perspective
Sae Shimauchi, Waseda University
E-learning to overcome the Japanese language barrier
Sarah Jane Edwards, Waseda University
Studies in Aid Effectiveness: Programs, Strategies, and Assessments
(Chair) Richard Ashford, Whitman College; (Discussant) Jane Stockman, CARE Kenya
Program evaluation: A case of the teacher training program in Senegal
Aki Yonehara, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Aid effectiveness and transaction costs: Applied cost accounting exercise or comparative institutional analysis?
Richard Ashford, Whitman College
Lessons learned from medical school partnerships between Africa and Canada (Panel)
Salima Jaffer, OISE / University of Toronto
Aid effectiveness in basic education: A Yemeni case study
Toyohiko Yogo, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studi
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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International Students: Defining "Successful" Student Experiences
(Chair) Mary Churchill, Northeastern University
Internationalizing the college classroom: Collaborative learning between international and local students
Huijung Chu, Korea University
Identifying cross-cultural commonalities for exceptional teaching: Finding the center
Ileen L. Linden, Kent State University
More than words on a page: Moving beyond word recognition to reading comprehension in L2
LeAnn Lowrey, University of South Carolina
The intersection of power, knowledge, and authority: defining international student success in the university
classroom
Mary Churchill, Northeastern University
Non-Western or Post-Modern?: Alternative Cultural and Moral Visions in Education
(Chair) Jeffrey Lee; (Discussant) Jeremy Rappleye, University of Oxford
Reconceptualizing sport for development and peace
Christina Kwauk, University of Minnesota
East meets West: How teachers and students in Nepal develop cultural competency in seven schools
Jeffrey Lee
Recognizing the three poisonous minds of greed, ignorance and hatred for Peace Education: A Tibetan
Perspective
Jia Luo, OISE / University of Toronto
Promoting Culturally Responsive Schools In Malaysia: What It Takes?
Suseela Malakolunthu, University of Malaya
Wednesday, 25 March
10:00am – 11:30am
New Pedagogies of Expressive Culture: Integrating Technologies and Broadening Definitions
(Discussant) Lesley Bartlett, Teachers College, Columbia University; (Chair) E. Moore Quinn, College of
Charleston, SC
Pedagogies of Expressive Culture
E. Moore Quinn, College of Charleston, SC
Resource selection and evaluation in the multimedia classroom
Jerry Spiller, College of Charleston, SC
Lessons learned in teaching visual ethnography
Jolanda Van Arnhem, College of Charleston, SC
Teaching the sociology of music
William Danaher, College of Charleston, SC
Globalisation and Comparative Global Pedagogies
(Chair) Joseph Zajda, Australian Catholic University
A global imperative of teaching multiculturalism
Anna B Kochan, Celestial Cottages
How did we forget what we knew?
David Turner, University of Glamorgan
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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Education and development terrorism in Nigeria's delta: A critical analysis of contexts and conditions
MacLeans Geo-JaJa, Brigham Young University
Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking: The Last Ten Years and the Next Ten Years
(Session Organizer) Maria - Kovacs, Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking International Consortium
RWCT - Contributions to In-Service Teacher Training in over Thirty Countries
Maria - Kovacs, Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking International Consortium
Do Good Practices Transfer? Reflections on Education and Evaluation in Emergencies and Post Conflict
Situations
Education in emergencies: Documenting the experience, a comparison of practices and lessons learned
Brenda Haiplik, Save the Children
Research Rigor and Evaluation in Conflicted Affected Fragile States: The Many Compromises
Cynthia Koons, Save the Children
Revitalizing education after conflict or crisis - choosing between stasis and change.
Eluned Schweitzer, Save the Children
Assessing Literacy Acquisition:Application of EGRA and CaP in 3 Countries
(Chair) Joseph DeStefano, Center for Collaboration & the Future of Schooling; (Discussant) Abigail
Harris, Fordham University
Concepts about Print: A Methodology for Penetrating Below the Floor Effect in Assessing Reading
Amy Jo Dowd, Save the Children
Developing and implementing a program-focused EGRA in local and national language in Guatemala
Eva Grajeda, Academy for Educational Development; Elizabeth Adelman, Academy for Educational
Development
Developing and implementing a program-focused EGRA where you do not speak the language of instruction
Nawsheen Elaheebocus, World Bank; Elliott Friedlander, Save the Children
A Symposium: Comparing the historical development of comparative education at universities on four
continents
(Chair) Vandra Lea Masemann, OISE / University of Toronto;
An overview of the project of studying the teaching of comparative education at universities in 25 countries
Marianne Larsen, University of Western Ontario; CC Wolhuter, North West University; Suzanne
Majhanovich, University of Western Ontario; Vandra Lea Masemann, OISE / University of Toronto
(Discussants):
Erwin H Epstein, Loyola University Chicago
Ruth Hayhoe, OISE / University of Toronto
Mark Bray, IIEP-UNESCO
Crain A Soudien, University of Cape Town
Patricia K Kubow, Bowling Green State Universit
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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Education System and School Finance: A Tool for Accountability and Educational Quality?
(Discussant) Tom Alexander, Open Society Institute; (Chair) Deepika Chawla, Creative Associates
International, Inc.
Promoting Accountability and Enhancing Efficiency -- Using National Education Accounts to Track Expenditure
Flows
Deepika Chawla, Creative Associates International, Inc.; Phyllis Forbes, Creative Associates
International, Inc.
Is it really fair? A critical analysis of Israel school finance policy
Iris Hadar
Social contribution to school finance and educational quality in China's Gansu Province
Jing Li, Stanford University
Frameworks of Comparison and International Assessment in Education
(Chair) Mary J Pigozzi, Academy for Educational Development; (Discussant) Penelope Bender, The
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Are European education and training systems on track?
Christelle Garrouste, Stockholm University
Looking At U.S. Student Achievement through an International Lens: How In the World Do Our Kids Do?
David C Miller, American Institutes for Research; Lydia B Malley, Education Statistics Services Institute Child Trends; Lauren M Pisani, American Institutes for Research
Twenty Years of Educational Transformation in Central European Post-Communist Countries
Eli_ka Walterová, Charles University, Prague; David Greger, Charles University, Prague
A quality framework: Seeking universality without losing diversity in learning objectives, styles and approaches.
Mary J Pigozzi, Academy for Educational Development
Comparative Research in Science Education and Science Achievement
(Chair) Sibel Kaya, Florida State University; (Discussant) Motoko Akiba, University of Missouri
Science Literacy Movements in India
Deepa Srikantaiah
Closing the achievement gap in mathematics and natural sciences
Gheorghita Mihaela Faitar, D'Youville College
Student's engagement in science: a comparative study
Gillian Hampden-Thompson, University of York
The Effects of Student and Classroom Level Factors on Elementary Students' Science Achievement in Five
Countries
Sibel Kaya, Florida State University
Counter-Hegemonic Models?: Cuba and Venezuela in International Education
(Chair) Anne Hickling-Hudson, Queensland University of Technology; (Discussant) Martin Carnoy,
Stanford University
Cuba, Venezuela and South-South collaboration in health, education and economics: The solidarity principle
Anne Hickling-Hudson, Queensland University of Technology
Challenging the myth of rate of return analysis: Venezuela's "Higher Education for All" initiative
Lauren Clarke, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
The socialist educational Missions in Venezuela: challenging international best practice models?
Susana Martinez, Teachers College, Columbia University
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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The Education of East Timorese Medical Students in Cuba and East Timor
Wakako Ishikawa, OISE / University of Toronto
Cross-National Studies in Educational Equity: New Findings, Persistent Challenges
(Chair) Carlos Ornelas, Teachers College Columbia University; (Discussant) Yuko Nonoyama-Tarumi,
Ochanomizu University
Challenges and opportunities for educational equity in developing countries: The example of Morocco
Abdelkader Ezzaki, Academy for Educational Development / ALEF, Morocco
Institutional discrimination: An outcome of educational politics
Carlos Ornelas, Teachers College Columbia University
A study on effects of education on income in the economic transition of China
Jinyan Zhou, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Effect of social capital on academic achievement: Focusing on interaction between social capital and social class
Sue-hye Kim, Korea University; Yeo Jung Hwang, Korea University; Su-young Shin, Korea University
National and International Comparisons in Mathematics Achievement
(Chair) Shelby Gilbert, Florida Gulf Coast University; (Discussant) Emilio Porta, World Bank
A valued approach: Examining the processes leading to Finland's achievements in science and mathematics
education
Christopher Lazzaro, Teachers College, Columbia University
A case study on actor networks and the U.S. mathematics achievement in PISA
Peilun Lucy Lee, Ohio State University
School Quality, School Characteristics, and Mathematics Achievement in South Korea and Hong Kong
Seunghee Han, University of Missouri
The impact of mathematics education reform on the mathematics performance of African-American student in the
United States
Shelby Gilbert, Florida Gulf Coast University
Diverse Perspectives on Politics and Governance in Higher Education: Case Studies from Asian Contexts
(Discussant) Edward Vickers, Institute of Education, University of London; (Chair) Nobuyuki Kambara,
Niigata University
Required characteristics for a teacher in an institute of technology from the viewpoint of micro-politics
Ching-jung Hsieh, Wu-feng Institute of Technology
Confucius institutes, China's soft power and higher education: A case study in Thailand
Hong Wang, The University of Hong Kong
University Governance - Questions for Vietnam
Ly Thi Pham, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education
Collegiate-learning at the secondary level in Japan and United States: Elitism, pragmatism, and civic approaches
Nobuyuki Kambara, Niigata University
Current Issues and Comparative Research in Korean Education
(Chair) Jaeyoun Park, Korean Educational Dev Inst; (Discussant) Josephine Fleming, University of
Sydney
Policy tasks for the Development of Eduation in the Era of Globalization in Korea
Jaeyoun Park, Korean Educational Dev Inst
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Similarities and Differences in Non-Tenure Track Faculty Appointment Policy among Postsecondary Institutions in
U.S and Korea
Sung-Hyun Cha, Korea University, South Korea; Huijung Chu, Korea University; Woojin Jung, Korea
University
Evaluating education cooperation in South Korea: History, challenges and prospects
Yeeyoung Hong, Waseda University
Wednesday, 25 March
10:00am – 11:00am
Western CIES Regional Meeting
Wednesday, 25 March
11:30am – 12:30pm
Japan SIG Business Meeting
New Scholars Committee Business Meeting
European Education SIG Recruitment Meeting
Wednesday, 25 March
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Studying Globalized Policies in Practice: Vertical Ethnography and the Politics of Comparative Policy
Studies
(Discussant) Margaret Sutton, Indiana University
Migration nation: Intercultural education and anti-racism as symbolic violence in Celtic tiger Ireland
Audrey Bryan, University College Dublin
Thinking vertically in comparative education
Frances Vavrus, University of Minnesota; Lesley Bartlett, Teachers College, Columbia University
No Child Left Behind: Public schools and private companies appropriate Supplemental Educational Services in
NYC
Jill Koyama, Teachers College, Columbia University
Comparative ethnographic studies of globalized education policies: Methodological issues and possibilities
Nancy Kendall, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Overcoming Inequality: Why Governance Matters
(Discussant) Beatrice A Avalos-Bevan; (Discussant) Marlaine Lockheed, Princeton University;
(Discussant) Luis Crouch, RTI International
Overcoming Inequality: Why governance matters
Aaron Benavot, The University at Albany, State University of New York
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Book roundtable: Thomas Popkewitz's "Cosmopolitanism and the Age of School Reform"
Cosmopolitanism and the age of school reform: Science, education and making society by making the child
Thomas S Popkewitz, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Discussants:
Noah Sobe, Loyola University Chicago
Sverker S:son Lindblad, University of Gothenburg
Marcelo A Caruso, Humboldt University, Berlin
Miguel A. Pereyra, University of Granada
Gustavo E Fischman, Arizona State University
Andria Wisler, Georgetown University
Variations and Comparative Results of CEDPA's Nonformal Education Model in Nigeria and Southern
Africa
(Chair) Kang Yue, Centre for Development and Population Activities; (Discussant) Mpume Zama, Center
for Population and Development Activities; (Discussant) Offiong Enang, Centre for Development and
Population Activities
Education for employment: Preparing At-risk, Disadvantaged Youth for Productive Futures
(Chair) Alexandra Fallon, Academy for Educational Development; (Discussant) Eric Rusten, Academy for
Educational Development
Comprehensive employability training for orphans and vulnerable children in Mozambique
Alexandra Fallon, Academy for Educational Development
School quality, so what? - educating for the workforce in Morocco
Joshua A Muskin, USAID / ALEF
Developing workforce skills in 21st century technology labs
Keith C Prenton, USAID Primary Education Project
Enhancing science skills for employment in Brazil
Kristin Brady, Academy for Educational Development
Bridge to employment: Private sector partnerships
Lisa Johnson, Academy for Educational Development
We've Tested Them, Now what? Three Countries, Three Strategies for Improving Early Grade Reading
Outcomes
(Chair) Penelope Bender, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; (Discussant) Carolyn J. Benson,
Stockholm University; (Discussant) Margaret Dubceck, Harvard Graduate School of Education
The Philippines: Training teachers to teach in the first language for the first time: What is required?
Diane Dekker, SIL International
Mali and Niger: Piloting a multi-purpose method for improving the teaching of reading and student proficiency
Giselle Mitton, Plan International USA
Cameroon: Rationalizing curricular structure in a multilingual education innovation
Steve Walter, Gial
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Best practice approaches in student assessment in USAID projects in Namibia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, and
Ukraine
(Discussant) Dana Kelly, American Institutes for Research; (Chair) Markus Broer, American Institutes for
Research
Student Assessments and Teacher Observation for the PAKISTAN-RISE Project Evaluation
Abdullah Ferdous, American Institutes for Research
Developing formative and summative instruments for a USAID-Nicaragua project: Results and experiences
Markus Broer, American Institutes for Research
Developing curriculum aligned test items to guide assessment of primary school students in Namibia
Michelle Chen, American Institutes for Research
Developing university admissions testing in Ukraine: Applying international best practices
Olivia Padilla, American Institutes for Research
Deploying Teachers for Educational Quality: National and Cross-National Studies in Teacher Policy and
Professional Development
(Chair) David Johnson, Oxford University; (Discussant) Emiliana Vegas, The World Bank
More teachers, better teachers? Comparative policy options and political dilemmas for governments in Sub
Saharan Africa
David Johnson, Oxford University
Teacher Policy: A Framework for Comparative Study and Analysis
Maria Teresa Tatto, Michigan State University
A paradigm shift for teacher professionalism in Egypt
Nadia Ahmed Touba, Alexandria University
Teacher quality distribution, socioeconomic disparities and learning inequalities: the case of public education in
Chile
Rafael Carrasco, Stanford University
Evaluation, Surveys, Standards, and Assessments: Tools for a Politics of Comparison
(Chair) Oren Pizmony-Levy, Indiana Univeristy; (Discussant) Batuhan Aydagul, Education Reform
Initiative
International surveys and assessments as a comparison of educational systems
Eva Klemencic, The Educational Research Institute
From the "world as natural educational laboratory" to "educational league table": Politics of comparative
achievement projects
Oren Pizmony-Levy, Indiana Univeristy
Evaluation standards: Their development, use, and importance
Pauline Ericson Egelson, College of Charleston
Learning Environments and Reform Directions in Japanese Education: Critical and Narrative
Reconstructions
(Chair) Mark Langager, International Christian University; (Discussant) Shinobu Yamaguchi, Tokyo
Institute of Technology
Education Policy Reform in Japan and the United States: Diverging of Converging?
Laurence MacDonald, Soka University
Stories of Examinations in Japanese Schooling
Makiko Yoshino, Teachers College, Columbia University
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Becoming cosmopolitan in the US: How Japanese sojourners strategically navigate mainstream and
supplementary education overseas
Mark Langager, International Christian University
Learning environments across cultures: The case of Japan's Kanto region
Stephen Joseph Chemsak, Teachers College, Columbia University
International and Cross-National Studies in Achievement, Access, and Equality
(Chair) Andy Green, Institute of Education, University of London; (Discussant) Alec I Gershberg, The New
School
Comprehensive schooling, equality and the owl of Minerva
Andy Green, Institute of Education, University of London
Priority education policies (PEP) in Europe: Present landscape and challenges
David Greger, Charles University, Prague
Why Are Children Out of School in Countries with Free Primary Education Policies?
Jane Lincove, Univeristy of Texas at Austin
Achievement stratification in East Asian countries: Findings from PISA 2006
Yuko Nonoyama-Tarumi, Ochanomizu University
Piloting and Projects: Improving Knowledge and Outcomes in Research, Project and Program
Development
(Chair) Birgit Brock-Utne, Inst for Educational Research; (Discussant) David R Evans, University of
Massachusetts
Issues regarding current evaluation activities of NGOs: A case of the Japanese NGOs working for educational
cooperation in the development countries
Akemi Watanabe, Waseda University
Getting lost in translation: Formative assessment in Central Asia
Bird Stasz, Elon University
On the importance of piloting
Greta Bjork Gudmundsdottir, University of Oslo; Birgit Brock-Utne, Inst for Educational Research
Challenges of mainstreaming and scaling-up school improvement initiatives in Uganda: Emerging lessons
Najib Kezaala, Aga Khan Education Service, Uganda
Wednesday, 25 March
12:30pm – 1:30pm
University of Minnesota Reception
Wednesday, 25 March
1:00pm – 2:00pm
North/East CIES Regional Meeting
Midwestern CIES Regional Meeting
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Wednesday, 25 March
1:00pm – 5:00pm
World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) Meeting - Wednesday
Wednesday, 25 March
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Education as a Political Tool in Asia
(Discussant) Andy Green, Institute of Education, University of London; (Chair) Marie Carine Lall, Institute
of Education, University of London
Singapore: creating good citizens, or a competitive workforce, or just plain political socialisation?
Christine Mui Neo Han, Institute of Education, University of London
The Opportunity of China?' - Education as a political tool in the People's Republic
Edward Vickers, Institute of Education, University of London
The role of the BJP's education policy in India after the economic reforms
Marie Carine Lall, Institute of Education, University of London
Education, politics and the state in Hong Kong
Paul Morris, Institute of Education, University of London
Politics and Education in Japan's Junior High History Textbooks
Peter Cave, University of Manchester
Focus on Foundational Skills: The Early-Grade Reading and Mathematics Assessments
(Discussant) Luis Crouch, RTI International; (Chair) Amber K Gove
Why Focus on the Early Grades? The Rationale and Development of the Early Grade Assessments
Amber K Gove
Numeracy Counts: The Early-Grade Mathematics Assessment
Andrea Reubens, RTI International
From assessment to instruction: Using EGRA to improve instruction and learning
Medina Korda
A Comparative Analysis of Black Educational History in the United States and South Africa
(Discussant) Kim Nesta Archung, Claflin University
Black educational achievement in the United States and South Africa: Influences of the Black Consciousness
Movement
Chad E. Clay, Claflin University
Finding the outliers: Effects of White supremacy on Blacks in the United States and South Africa
Clarence E. Jackson, Claflin University
In the mind of an educator: A comparative analysis of Black teachers in the United States and South Africa
Daneesha M. Boone, Claflin University
The effects of Jim Crow and Apartheid laws on the education of Blacks in the United States and South Africa
Erika Myers, Claflin University
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Comparisons of ICT in Education: The Research Landscape and Best Practices from the Field
(Chair) Roy Zimmermann, American Institutes for Research; (Discussant) John Hatch, USAID
ICTs in the Education Support to Children in Underserved Populations (ESCUP) project in Cambodia
Adela Mizrachi, American Institutes for Research; Chhay Sok Channa, World Education
An analysis of the research and impact of ICT in education in developing country contexts
Nitika Tolani-Brown, American Institutes for Research; Meredith McCormac, American Institutes for
Research
Digital data collection demonstration: A comparison of two methodologies, digital and paper-based
Roy Zimmermann, American Institutes for Research
Here are My Suggestions for the Comparative Education Review. Regards, Your Name Here
(Chair) Aaron Benavot, The University at Albany, State University of New York
David Post, Pennsylvania State University
Mark B Ginsburg, Academy for Educational Development
Emily Hannum, University of Pennsylvania
Heidi A Ross, Indiana University
Chris Bjork, Vassar College
Erwin H Epstein, Loyola University Chicago
Closing the Skill Gap: The Role of Education in Supporting Growth and Competitiveness in the ECA
Region
(Chair) Jennie Weiner, Harvard University; (Discussant) Analia V. Jaimovich, Harvard University
Teacher Responsibilities and Compensation Schemes in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Algerlynn Gill, World Bank
The Changes and Challenges Faced by the Teaching Profession in a Post-Soviet Context
Christine Harris-Van Keuren, Teachers College, Columbia University
The Status Loss of the Teaching Profession in Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan: Analysis of Student University
Admission Data
Iveta Silova, Lehigh University
Why are there so many teachers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia? Quantitative answers from a teacher
demand model
Lars Sondergaard, World Bank
From Bologna to "Bologna": Changing Universities in Europe and the "Bologna Process"
(Chair) Juergen Schriewer, Humboldt University, Berlin
The "Bologna Model" in a global context
Donatella Palomba, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata"
"Institute University" meets Bologna Process: The German system of higher education in transition
Florian Kiuppis, Humboldt University, Berlin; Florian Waldow, Humboldt University, Berlin
Bologna: A rationalized myth?
Juergen Schriewer, Humboldt University, Berlin
Spanish universities and the process of constructing the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)
Miguel A. Pereyra, University of Granada
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Developing Teachers: Cross-National Studies in Effective Teacher Practice, Training, and Development
(Chair) Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; (Discussant) Nadia Ahmed
Touba, Alexandria University
Impact of a systemic reform initiative on Egyptian teachers' instructional practice: A longitudinal study
Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Helen Boyle, Education Development
Center; Rachel Christina, Education Development Center
A critical policy analysis of promoting female teachers in Ghana's remote schools
Katrina Renee Hutchison, University of Kentucky
The Politics of Literacy: Studies in Literacy and Literacy Achievement
(Chair) Peter Easton, Florida State University; (Discussant) Daniel A Wagner, University of Pennsylvania
Home to school: A complex language encounter for young children in South Africa and Canada
Ailie Cleghorn, Concordia University; Rinelle Evans, University of Pretoria
When reality strikes...The dispensation of political propoganda by PIRLS 2006.
Denzil A Streete, Teachers College, Columbia University
Multilateral cooperation for literacy under stress: governance and management issues
Leslie J Limage, Independent Consultant
Literate Environments: Remembering the Demand Side and Crafting the Intersections
Peter Easton, Florida State University
International Developments and Cross-National Perspectives in the Teaching of Mathematics and Science
(Chair) Linda Furuto, University of Hawaii; (Discussant) Shelby Gilbert, Florida Gulf Coast University
Relationship between Mandated Curriculum Materials and Chinese Elementary Teachers' Representation of
Mathematics Concepts
Jian Wang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Bridging policy and practice through ethnomathematics
Linda Furuto, University of Hawaii
Curriculum and earlier number sense: A comparison of first grade Chinese and US mathematics textbooks
Qiang Cheng, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Jian Wang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Emily Lin,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Qingmin Shi, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Siping Liu, University of
Nevada, Las Vegas; Su Gao, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Combined physics and mathematics curriculum in Turkey
Sule Donertas, Middle East Technical University; Sevim Sevgi, Middle East Technical University
Exploring Human Capabilities: Agency, Aesthetics, and Alternative Approaches to Educational
Challenges
(Chair) Hilary Landorf, Florida International University; (Discussant) Maria Hantzopoulos, Vassar College
Agamemnon contra Prometheus: Globalization, knowledge/learning societies and the re-enchantment/reinvention of humanistic Paideia
Andreas M Kazamias, University of Wisconsin, Madison
The role of education in human rights, human development and the human capability approach
Hilary Landorf, Florida International University; Catherine Wadley, Researcher
The (Im-)Migration of Theories: The Capabilities Approach in Education within the German Context
Isabell Diehm, Universität Bielefeld
The Politics of Comparison and the Comparison of the Political: An Alternative Educational Perspective
Victor Kobayashi, University of Hawaii (Emeritus)
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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The Growth of Private and Shadow Education in East Asian Contexts
(Chair) Choong-seo Gahng, Chung-Ang University; (Discussant) Kathryn H Anderson, Vanderbilt
University
Why does shadow education expand? An examination of the macro origins and causes of shadow education
Choong-seo Gahng, Chung-Ang University; Min-Jong Youn, Pennsylvania State University; Juan Leon,
Pennsylvania State University
Private Tutoring in the Republic of Korea
Heekwon Sohn, Myongji University
Junior high school students' private educational investment in Taiwan
Hsuan-Fu Ho, National Chiayi University; Yi-ching Tsai, National Chiayi University
Examining Aid Relationships: International, Comparative, and Systemic Perspectives
(Chair) Jose Cossa, Loyola University Chicago; (Discussant) Cream Wright, UNICEF
Deconstructing theoretical perspectives and practice in education sector intervention in Africa
Edith Mukudi Omwami, University of California, Los Angeles
The Disabilities of Foreign Aid: A Multi-threaded Analysis
Joel Samoff, Stanford University
Power, Politics, and Higher Education in Southern Africa: International Regimes, Local Governments, and
Educational Autonomy
Jose Cossa, Loyola University Chicago
The Impact of North-South Research Collaborations on Southern Researchers: Analysis of Four Development
Agency Discourses
Julian Weinrib, OISE / University of Toronto
Teachers and Teaching: South Asian Contexts and Influences
(Chair) Anjum Halai, Aga Khan University; (Discussant) Abbas Rashid, Society for the Advancement of
Education
Critical mass of clinical teachers to lead school improvement: Politics of school university partnerships
Anjum Halai, Aga Khan University
Experiences of first-generation South Asian immigrant teachers' joining and working in the Canadian teaching
force
Ekta Arun, OISE / University of Toronto
A discourse on teacher development in Bangladesh: Insights into how teachers adapt and implement educational
innovations into their practice
Jaddon Park, OISE / University of Toronto
Job satisfaction of vice-principals and its link to their desire for the principalship
Paula Kwan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The STEM Fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in Higher Education: Overcoming
the Shortage
(Discussant) Justin JW Powell, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB); (Chair) Orpha Kemunto
Ongiti, The University at Albany, State University of New York
Societal and global awareness of non-U.S. citizen students in engineering majors
Hyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University; Kadian McIntosh, Penn State
International students in engineering programs: Examining curricular and co-curricular experiences and learning
outcomes
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Kadian McIntosh, Penn State; Hyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University
International school choice: Graduate degree-seeking students in the STEM fields
Louis Berends, Loyola University Chicago
Is the Problem of Women in Graduate Mathematics being Solved?
Orpha Kemunto Ongiti, The University at Albany, State University of New York
Invited Session: International Comparative Education and Transcultural Studies in Education:
Reconcilable or Mutually Exclusive?
(Chair) Regina Cortina, Teachers College, Columbia University
Spaces for the transcultural in the international
Karen Monkman, DePaul University
Toward a research and teaching agenda on immigration and education
Nelly Stromquist, University of Maryland
Of borders, benevolence and bombs: Towards a post-imperial imaginary for development education
Sangeeta Kamat, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Wednesday, 25 March
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Teachers, School Leaders, and the Impact of Schools: Evidence from the 2003 TIMSS
(Chair) Thomas Luschei, Florida State University
Teachers, schools, and academic achievement in 25 countries: Evidence from the 2003 TIMSS
Amita Chudgar, Michigan State Univeristy; Thomas Luschei, Florida State University
Examining policy levers to improve quality and equity in the teacher workforce: Evidence from the 2003 TIMSS
Thomas Luschei, Florida State University; Amita Chudgar, Michigan State Univeristy; William Joshua
Rew, Florida State University
School leadership and mathematics achievement in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparison of direct and indirect
effects
William Joshua Rew, Florida State University; Thomas Luschei, Florida State University
Inequality in school resource distribution and student performance in mathematics and science: A five-country
analysis using TIMSS 2003 data
Yisu Zhou, Michigan State University; Amita Chudgar, Michigan State Univeristy; Thomas Luschei,
Florida State University
Targeting first grade reading in Equatorial Guinea: Comparative results, challenges and future strategies
(Chair) Sergio Ramirez, Academy for Educational Development; (Discussant) Abigail Harris, Fordham
University
Opportunity to Learn: Beyond money matters and assessment in Guatemala
(Chair) Flavia Sales Ramos, Juarez and Associates, Inc.; (Discussant) Julio Cesar Ortiz, Juarez and
Associates, Inc
Public-Private Partnership in Education: Scope, Programs, Evidence and Implementation
(Discussant) Felipe Barrera, World Bank; (Chair) Harry A Patrinos, World Bank; (Discussant) Juliana
Guaqueta
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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Social Upheaval and Educational Change: Opportunity or Obstacle?
(Chair) Brian Robert Beabout, University of New Orleans; (Discussant) Helga Stokes, Duquesne
University
Social Upheaval and Educational Change: Opportunity or Obstacle?
Brian Robert Beabout, University of New Orleans; Luis F. Miron, Loyola University New Orelans; Louesa
Polyzoi, University of Winnipeg
Master Teachers and the Development of World-Class Talent in Different Domains: A Comparative Study
Presenter: Robert F Arnove, Indiana University
Assessing the Impact of Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) Worldwide: A Comparative Review of Student
Assessment Results
(Chair) Stephen Anzalone, Education Development Center; (Discussant) Jennifer Ho, Education
Development Center, Inc.; (Discussant) Hetal Thukral, Education Development Center
Teacher Professional Development: International Experiences and Examples
(Chair) Kim Nesta Archung, Claflin University; (Discussant) Diane Brook Napier, University of Georgia
Teachers' Workplace Learning within School Cultures in the United States and Lithuania: An International
Comparison to Inform Educational Policy
Elena Jurasaite-Harbison, Hofstra University
For those who dare teach: Culturally responsive pedagogy in the United States and South Africa
Kim Nesta Archung, Claflin University
Facilitation for professional development
Sunethra Karunaratne, Michigan State University; Joyce M Parker, Michigan State University; Mary A
Lundeberg, Michigan State University; Matthew J Koehler, Michigan State University; Jan H Eberhardt,
Michigan State University
The Shift from Individual to School-Based Professional Development of Teachers
Susanne Rueegg, Institute of Teacher Professional Development
Learning Paradigms in Asia: Comparative Perspectives
(Chair) Wing On Lee, Hong Kong Institute of Education; (Discussant) Ruth Hayhoe, OISE / University of
Toronto
An Alternative Interpretation of the Relationship between Self-Concept and Mathematics Achievement:
Comparison of Chinese and US Students as a Context
Jian Wang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Emily Lin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Engaging with Multiple Communities: Perspectives from the Periphery
Josephine Fleming, University of Sydney
Construction and Deconstruction of Chinese Learner: Implications for Learning Theories
Wing On Lee, Hong Kong Institute of Education; Magdalena M. C. Mok, Hong Kong Institute of Education
Forces of Migration: Impacts on Identity, Assimilation, and Educational Attainments
(Chair) Tamara Yakaboski, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; (Discussant) Gerald W Fry, University
of Minnesota
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Globalization, international migration, demographic shifts, and challenges for education in South Korea:
Education of multiethnic Korean children
Sheena Choi, Indiana University-Purdue University
Non-traditional migration forces for Indian and Chinese women via the route of higher education
Tamara Yakaboski, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
What Quality of Primary Education Are Children in Urban Schools Receiving? Evidence from Nairobi
(Chair) Moses Oketch, University of London; (Discussant) Birgit Brock-Utne, Inst for Educational
Research
What quality of primary education are children in urban schools receiving? Evidence from Nairobi
Moses Waithanji Ngware, African Population and Health Research Center; Moses Oketch, University of
London; Alex Chika Ezeh, African Population and Health Research Center
Dissecting Knowledge and Approaches to HIV/AIDS Education: The Cases of Ghana and Peru
(Chair) Samira Halabi, Pennsylvania State University; (Discussant) Ellen Carm, Oslo University College
The effect of education over knowledge and attitudes to HIV: An exploratory analysis in Peru
Martin Benavides, Group for the Analysis of Development; Juan Leon, Pennsylvania State University;
David P Baker, Pennsylvania State University; John Collins, Pennsylvania State University; Samira
Halabi, Pennsylvania State University
Dissecting HIV/AIDS curricula: Limitations and critical weaknesses
Samira Halabi, Pennsylvania State University; John Collins, Pennsylvania State University
Invited Session: Visualizing Data for Education and Development
Presenters:
Annababette Wils, Education Policy and Data Center
Juliette Gimon, Google
Discussants:
Aaron Benavot, The University at Albany, State University of New York
Luis Crouch, RTI International
Comparative Education Review Advisory Board Meeting
Wednesday, 25 March
5:30pm – 6:30pm
CIES PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS by Henry M. Levin: "Educational Policy in Comparative Perspective: A
Personal Journal" by Henry M. Levin
Wednesday, 25 March
6:30pm – 7:30pm
CIES BUSINESS MEETING (All Members Welcome)
Wednesday, 25 March
8:00pm – 10:00pm
CIES GALA DINNER
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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Thursday, 26 March
8:00am – 9:30am
Philosophy in Educational Development: Listening to Intelligent Life
(Session Organizer) Jeffrey Ayala Milligan, Florida State University; (Discussant) Yasushi Murayama,
Hiroshima University
Educational development in Cambodia: The reciprocity of philosophy and comparative education
Enoch Stanfill, Florida State University
Individuality and education in a changing China: A dialogue with John Dewey and Liang Shuming
Huajun Zhang, Florida State University
Islamic pedagogy in the development of the Ummah
Mohammed Sabrin, Florida State University
Divided Education, Divided Citizens?
(Chair) Lana Jurko, Network of Education Policy Centers; (Discussant) Kassie Freeman, Southern
University System
Divided schooling and citizenship education in Central Asia
Elmina Kazimzade, Center for Innovations in Education
Reconciling European Agenda with Ethnic Concerns: citizenship education and separate schooling of ethnnic
minorities in new EU member states
Maria E Golubeva, Network of Education Policy Centers
Divided schooling and citizenship education in the Balkans
Steve Powell, proMente Social Research
Educational Improvement in Mexican Immigrants' Communities of Origin
(Discussant) Regina Cortina, Teachers College, Columbia University
International migration and student learning in Mexico: A description of 9th grade national sample
Bryant T Jensen, Arizona State University; Carolina Contreras Bravo, Instituto Nacional para la
Evaluacion de la Educacion
Exploring the educational continuum of Mexican migrant children: The case of PROBEM
Carmina Makar, Teachers College, Columbia University
Education of migrant children in México
Maria Elena Quiroz Lima, Universidad Pedagogica Nacional
Student and Teacher Activism/Resistance in Latin America: Real and Imagined Consequences
(Discussants)
Carlos Ovando
Liliana Olmos, University of California, Los Angeles
Fernanda Pineda, Florida International University
Claudia G Grigorescu
Christian Anderson, University of South Carolina
Silvia Llomovatte, Universidad de Buenos Aires
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Educational Development in Mongolia: Good Practices and Challenges
(Chair) Shinobu Yamaguchi, Tokyo Institute of Technology; (Discussant) John C Weidman, University of
Pittsburgh
Impact evaluation studies of READ project and improvement on targeting mechanism for social assistance
Khishigbuyan Dayan-Ochir, READ project MECS Mongolia
Trend of higher education reform and its external influences in Mongolia
Regsuren Bat-Erdene, Ministry of Education, Mongolia
Application of distance learning materials for teacher training in rural schools in Mongolia
Shinobu Yamaguchi, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Post-Conflict Education in Mano River Region - Are Recovery, Reconstruction and Expansion Enough?
(Discussant) Cream Wright, UNICEF; (Discussant) Albert Dupigny, World Bank; (Discussant) Bidemi
Carroll, International Rescue Committee
International organizations and the transfer of information communication technology for education
policy
(Discussant) Steven Ehrenberg, Academy for Educational Development & Teachers College, Columbia
University; (Discussant) Lara Tilmanis, Teachers College, Columbia University; (Discussant) Alexandra
Draxler, UNESCO
Comparative Studies in the Education of Boys and Girls: Plural Contexts and Policy Challenges
(Chair) Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower, University of North Dakota; (Discussant) Nancy Kendall, University
of Wisconsin, Madison
Academic achievement in the Anglophone Caribbean: Gendered definitions
Cambria Dodd Russell, Teachers College, Columbia University
Countering violence against girls in schools: Collective and individual strategies used by female students
Donna Sharkey
Achieving gender equity in Education For All: An examination of social exclusion, gender and education in Kenya
Judith Akinyi Obiero, University of Massachusetts
National contexts that limit or encourage controversial policy: Boys' education in the US and Australia
Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower, University of North Dakota
The Abiding Search for Gender Equity: Gender Gaps and Gendered Expectations in Education
(Chair) Ji Hea Jay Kim, Stanford University; (Discussant) Karen Monkman, DePaul University
Conscious motivations for Korean women's pursuit of education beyond compulsory schooling after Korea's
independence
Ji Hea Jay Kim, Stanford University
Gender gaps in Arabic countries: The role of teacher and school variables narrowing the gap
Juan Leon, Pennsylvania State University; Min-Jong Youn, Pennsylvania State University; Kristen
Ahyoung Lee, Pennsylvania State University
Hopes and dreams: Girls' quest for education in a center of excellence in Kajiado, Kenya
Mary Ombonga, Pender County Schools; Kennedy O Ongaga, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Global schooling in national contexts: Cross-national policies on educational gender equity
Seung-Hwan Ham, Michigan State University; Lynn W Paine, Michigan State University; Yun-Kyung Cha,
Hanyang University
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Philosophical Perspectives in Comparative Education: Renewing Traditions, Developing Critiques
(Chair) Jayanthy Ramachandran, National Institute of Education, Singapore; (Discussant) Andria Wisler,
Georgetown University
African education: From slavery to slavery
Kwabena Adjei-Owusu, University of California, Los Angeles
Afrocentric approach to education in Africa: African worldview and philosophy in education
Sardana Nikolaeva, University of Pittsburgh
"A would be shepherd boy": Andreas Kazamias, Cyprus, and the humanist tradition in comparative education
William New, Beloit College; Loucas Petronicolos, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
John Dewey and his effect in the making of Singapore curriculum
Yang-Tien Chen, National Institute of Education, Singapore; Jayanthy Ramachandran, National Institute
of Education, Singapore
The Growing Focus on Secondary Education: Cases and Comparative Studies
(Chair) Donna C Tonini, Teachers College, Columbia University; (Discussant) Christine Finnan, College
of Charleston
The Secondary Education Development Plan in Tanzania: International Influences, Policy Choices and Impacts
Donna C Tonini, Teachers College, Columbia University
Initial reactions of school administrators to Universal Secondary Education in Uganda
Jessica Ista Gray Werner, University of Minnesota
Economics, governance, and culture: How they relate to secondary educational attainment
Maham Mela, Columbia University
Making secondary education in Haiti relevant for the globalization era
Valerie Payen, Pennsylvania State University
Education policy reforms in Uganda: The case for universal secondary education
Yusuf Khalid Kibuuka Nsubuga, Ministry of Education, Uganda
Linguistic Studies of Foreign Language Acquisition and Competencies
(Chair) Alannah Fitzgerald, Concordia University; (Discussant) Yoko Tanabe, Teachers College,
Columbia University
A phonological comparison of distinctive English accents for the assessment of mutual intelligibility
James H. Yang, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
Acquiring the dominant lexicon: A comparison of language instruction policies for language minorities in different
countries
Madeline Clark Mavrogordato, Vanderbilt University
Applications for digital libraries in language learning utilizing lexical data from Google
Alannah Fitzgerald, Concordia University
Internationalization and Globalization in Higher Education
(Chair) John D Palmer, Colgate University; (Discussant) Walter P Dawson, Hanyang University
The global competitiveness phenomenon in higher education: World class university policies in South Korea
Amanda Kenderes, University of California, Los Angeles
Interpretive case study of internationalization of higher education from the perspective of university professors
and students
Farah Siah, University of Hawaii
Does globalization mean Americanization? Globalization efforts of South Korean universities
John D Palmer, Colgate University; Young Ha Cho
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Drivers of Change and Transformation in Chinese Higher Education
(Chair) Xin Wang, Baylor University; (Discussant) Gerard Postiglione, University of Hong Kong
The History and Present of Student Government as a Civil Society Organization in China's University
Shu Wang, Indiana University, Tsinghua University
The Evolution of Higher Education Financial Aid System in China in the Last Three Decades
Xiaojian Li, University of Minnesota
Undefined Boundaries: State-University Relationship in Academic Governance in China
Xin Wang, Baylor University
Chinese ways of thinking in the transformation of China's higher education system: A focus on contemporary
reforms
Yang Rui, The University of Hong Kong
Causes and Consequences of Internationalization in Higher Education: Comparative Research and Case
Studies
(Chair) Jennifer Engel, University of South Carolina
Internationalization of research universities in China: A survey
Chang-gui Chen, Sun Yat-sen University; Mun C. Tsang, Teachers College Columbia University; Zhan
Yu, Teachers College Columbia University; Lixia Weng, Sun Yat-sen University
Economic development and internationalization in Taiwan: An analysis of higher educational policy
Jennifer Engel, University of South Carolina
Higher education goes global: Internationalization of U.S. and Australian universities
Kaitlin Leigh Oyler, University of South Carolina
Pros and Cons of Internationalization: Faculty Perceptions of Higher Education Reforms in Kazakhstan
Saule K. Abdygapparova, Kazakh-British Technical University
Internationalization of universities in Japan: A qualitative case study of three national university corporations
Yuki Watabe, University of Minnesota
Institutional Politics and Configurations in the Teaching of Comparative and International Education as a
Field
(Chair) Daniel Komo Gakunga, University of Nairobi; (Discussant) Patricia K Kubow, Bowling Green State
University
Politics and Comparative Education in South Africa
CC Wolhuter, North West University
Challenges facing teaching of comparative education in Kenyan universities
Daniel Komo Gakunga, University of Nairobi
Nalanda University: Challenging the Origins of Comparative and International Education
Hugh Erik Schuckmman, UCLA GSE&IS
Comparing comparative and international education courses in Mexican universities
Marco Aurelio A Navarro - Leal, Sociedad Mexicana; Ivan Sánchez-Rodriguez, University of Tamaulipas,
Mexico; Dora María Lladó-Lárraga, University of Tamaulipas, Mexico
A comparative study of refereed journal articles published by native and foreign born faculty
Zeng Lin, Illinois State University
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Thursday, 26 March
10:00am – 11:30am
(Dis)engaging Students, Teachers, Parents, and Community in Rural Schools: Challenges of Rural
Education in China
(Discussant) Heidi A Ross, Indiana University
An observation project of elementary school teachers' usage of participatory teaching method in western China
Decheng Zhao, Beijing Normal University
Performing Care: The Countryside in Student Teachers' Implemented and Perceived Summer Social Practice
Curriculum
Hailing Wu, Michigan State University; Lynn W Paine, Michigan State University
Beyond the school wall: Students' cynicism in a countryside school in northwest China
Jingjing Lou, Beloit College; Indiana University
Mother-Child Discrepancy: Interpretations of Children's School Experience and Educational Expectations
Yuping Zhang, Lehigh University
Trades-off between the "Top-down" and "Bottom-up" School Education Management Models: The Implementation
of School Development Planning in Western China.
Zhiyong Zhu, Beijing Normal University
The Political and Institutional Dynamics of Long-term Education Reform
(Session Organizer) John Gillies, Academy for Educational Development
Discussion of key issues on education reform
Donna Kay LeCzel, Academy for Educational Development; Mark B Ginsburg, Academy for Educational
Development; David Balwanz, Academy for Educational Development; Jessica Jester Quijada
Institutional and political dynamics of education system reform: A synthesis
John Gillies, Academy for Educational Development
Promoting Quality Education in Fragile and Conflict Contexts: Comparative Experiences in Afghanistan,
Timor Leste and Somaliland
(Chair) Ginny Kintz, CARE Timor Leste
Active learning: Teacher education in Somaliland
Abdihakim Ahmed, CARE Somalia
The Crocodile Goes to School: Promoting Learning in Timor Leste
Ginny Kintz, CARE Timor Leste
Reading Intervention in Afghanistan
Shoaib Danish, CARE Afghanistan
Traveling Reforms: Their Impact on Higher Education Reform in Afghanistan
(Chair) David R Evans, University of Massachusetts
The Challenge of Reforming Higher Education in Afghanistan
David R Evans, University of Massachusetts
Should English be the Language of Instruction in Higher Education in Afghanistan?
Delawar Darmal, University of Massachusetts
The Challenges and Prospects for Decentralization of Higher Education in Afghanistan
Mohammad Tariq Habibyar, University of Massachusetts
Expansion of higher education: The role of the private sector in Afghanistan
Sayed Javid Mussawy, University of Massachusetts
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Innovation Around the World: Teaching, Learning, and Country Context in an International Education
Reform Program
(Chair) Linda Shear, SRI International; (Discussant) Torie Gorges, SRI International
Innovation in Ireland
Deirdre Butler, St. Patrick's College; Margaret Leahy, St. Patrick's College
Innovation in Canada
Jacqueline Lynch, York University
Innovation in Mexico
Laura Ruiz Pérez, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Introduction to the Innovative Schools Program
Linda Shear, SRI International
Examining Education Provision for Children with Special Education Needs and Social Disadvantage in
Central Asia
(Chair) Katherine Lapham, Open Society Institute; (Discussant) Alison Price-Rom, Institute for
International Education
Extending early childhood services to socially excluded children in Kyrgyzstan
Nurbek Teleshaliyev, UNICEF Kyrgyzstan
Implications of the SENDDD model for low-income and developing countries
Peter Evans, OECD
Best practices in community-based services for children with special education needs
Valentin Deichman, Soros Foundation Kyrgyzstan
The Politics of Comparison: An Ontological and Methodological Approach to 'Inter/national' Educational
Research
(Session Organizer) Moira Wilkinson, UNICEF
Questioning participation: Exploring discourses and practices of community participation in education reform in
Tanzania
Aleesha Taylor, Open Society Institute
Citizenship and belonging in an age of insecurity: The case of Pakistani-American youths in New York City
Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher, Teachers College, Columbia University
Transformative teaching in restrictive times: re-energizing the critical small schools movement in the era of
standards-based reform
Maria Hantzopoulos, Vassar College
Living participation: Considering the politics of participatory democratic reforms in Brazil
Moira Wilkinson, UNICEF
Realizing Inclusiveness through Special Education: Comparative Research
(Discussant) Dana Kelly, American Institutes for Research; (Chair) Erin Elizabeth Hayba, Harvard
University
Educating deaf students: Examining inclusion and segregation using models from Kenya and the United States
Erin Elizabeth Hayba, Harvard University
Deaf education at a deaf school in Ghana: A mechanism for status ascription and reinforcement
Hilary Melander, Brigham Young University
Special Education developments in Ireland: Comparisons to and borrowing from the USA and other developed
nations.
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Kelly McFaden, University of Georgia
Comparative analysis of special education needs in the Asia-Pacific region: Effective implementation of inclusive
education
Makiko Hayashi, Waseda University
Impact of Multimedia on Improvement of Spelling Disorders: A Case Study of K-3 Special Education Students in
Kermanshah, Iran
Maryam Eslampanah, Azad University
International and Regional Influences on Teacher Training and Development
(Chair) Natasa Pantic, Centre for Education Policy; (Discussant) Susanne Rueegg, Institute of Teacher
Professional Development
Qualified Teacher Status - Indicating the Teaching Profession's Standards: Lessons for California from Finland,
Korea, and Ireland
Margaret Snow
Competence-based teacher education: Comparing views of teachers and teacher educators in five western
Balkan countries
Natasa Pantic, Centre for Education Policy; Theo Wubbels, Utrecht University
Ghanaian Teachers' Motivation towards "Jugyou Kenkyu"　(Lesson Study)
Tomoko Matsumoto, Waseda University
Transforming Possibilities for Rural and Migrant Education in China
Educational barriers faced by migrant, ethnic minority children and their impact on academic performance:
Evidence from Yunnan, China
Henan Cheng, Teachers College, Columbia University
(Tele)-Learning Center Based Community Colleges for Small Towns and Rural Development in China
Minghua Li, East China Normal University
Ties Between Mothers and Teachers in Gansu Province: The Influence of Background, Role Structures, and
Expectations
Shannon Davidson, Stanford University
Minorities and Multiculturalism in Education: Reconsidering Policies, Framing Possibilities
(Chair) Margaret Sutton, Indiana University; (Discussant) Laura Engel, University of Nottingham
Comparative cost/benefit analysis of affirmative action policies in the United States and quota based reservation
policies in India
Ajai V Ammachathram, Eastern Michigan University; David Anderson, Eastern Michigan University; Eboni
Zamani-Gallaher, Eastern Michigan University
Paths toward Framing and Establishing Multicultural and Intercultural Education
Margaret Sutton, Indiana University; Oren Pizmony-Levy, Indiana Univeristy
Further deferring the dream: How privileged parents prevent the effectiveness of affirmative action
Saran Donahoo, Southern Illinois University
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Language and Language Policy in a Globalizing World: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives
(Chair) Leah M Mason, Teachers College, Columbia University; (Discussant) George A Padavil, Illinois
State University
The Politics of Language Policy in Morocco: The 2003 Berber Language Initiative
Jeremy Todd, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Chinese language promotion: An ecology perspective
Jinchen Li, University of Oslo
Effects of language policies to promote English proficiency in Asian countries
Kristen Ahyoung Lee, Pennsylvania State University
Language-in-Education Policy in a globalizing world: US perspectives
Leah M Mason, Teachers College, Columbia University
International Organizations and Target-Setting: A Critical Perspective
(Chair) Anja Eickelberg, University of Amsterdam; (Discussant) Tavis D Jules, Teachers College,
Columbia University
Regional legal trade instruments: Going beyond the GATS
David Passarelli, Waseda University
The Capability Approach to Development and World Bank Education Policy in Honduras
Donald Edwards
Globalization and the internationalization of educational policy making
Hans G Schuetze, University of British Columbia
Global campaign for education and other educational coalitions: The Brazilian case
Lara Simielli, Ecofuturo Institute; Anja Eickelberg, University of Amsterdam
Reorganization of Higher Education Institutions: Case Studies
(Discussant) Sharon T Powelld, World Education Services; (Chair) Gabriela Silvestre, Saint Cloud State
University
Gramsci's traditional intellectuals and organic intellectuals: Faculty and academic staff roles in implementing
reform policies at two Argentinean universities
Gabriela Silvestre, Saint Cloud State University
University´s municipalisation in Venezuela: the adoption of a best practice?
Maria C Parra; Ana Julia Bozo, Universidad del Zulia; Alicia Inciarte, Universidad del Zulia
Teacher and student resistance in Argentine Universities and its consequences. A new social agenda.
Silvia Llomovatte, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Malawian Education: Pilot Projects and Current Research
(Chair) Katie Hatch, Advancement of Girls' Education
Non formal education in Malawi: Access and Policy
Alison Malcolm, OISE / University of Toronto
New challenges to Malawi teacher training: An analysis of Malawi Integrated In-service Teacher Education
Program (MIITEP)
Jun Kawaguchi, Waseda University
Expanding the Concept of Mentoring through a Multi-Tiered Approach
Katie Hatch, Advancement of Girls' Education
Parental participation under free primary education (FPE) policy and educational decentralization: Policy and
practice in Malawi
Mari Shojo
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Thursday, 26 March
1:30pm – 8:00pm
Post-Conference Workshop: Gender and Research Methodologies
(Chair) Nancy Kendall, University of Wisconsin, Madison; (Chair) Karen Monkman, DePaul University
Statistical studies
Amita Chudgar, Michigan State Univeristy
Participatory Research
Christine Fox, University of Wollongong
Ethnography
Frances Vavrus, University of Minnesota
Radomized experimental research
Paul Glewwe, University of Minnesota
Mixed methods
TBD TBD, To be determined
Thursday, March 26, 2009