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Comparative and International Education in Teacher Training Programs: The Case of North Park University in Chicago [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
For decades, scholars have claimed the importance of implementing comparative and international education courses in teacher education programs. Although there are countless benefits of doing so, information or evidence about offering comparative and ...

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Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shifting tides: Reflecting on regional aspects of our roles as comparative and international educators [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In this paper, we critically interrogate the way in which comparative and international education coursework at two large institutions in Australia and New Zealand embody or challenge teleological, colonial, and Western/Northern-centric perspectives on ...
Thomas, MAM, Shah, Ritesh, McCormick, A
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Evaluating the South African National School Nutrition Programme during school breaks against the core principles and the right to education the Convention on the rights of the child

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
In this paper, we critically analyse the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) for learners during school breaks in South Africa, focusing on evaluating the NSNP’s adherence to the core principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC ...
Lebohang Mulaudzi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Education: A Constructed Field, A Constructive Field [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper principally elucidates how comparative education is a field constructed not purely based on cognitive criteria, but also by power relations associated with social structures and human agency, and discourse. It also comments on the potential of
Manzon, M
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La construcción de un espacio educativo europeo : gobernando a través de los datos y la comparación

open access: yesRevista Española de Educación Comparada, 2010
Este artículo pretende, precisamente, indagar en las causas y consecuencias de estas tensiones y ambigüedades. Si nos atenemos a lo estrictamente formal, no se puede afirmar que exista una política educativa europea; antes bien, lo que encontramos son ...
António Nóvoa
doaj   +1 more source

Misperception of Body Weight After Childhood Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Misperception of body weight can negatively impact the weight management efforts of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). Both being overweight or underweight are associated with chronic health conditions commonly observed in CCS; therefore, accurate weight perception is critical for reducing long‐term health risks.
Fabiën N. Belle   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

臺灣與中國大陸國小教師專業發展政策與實施現況之分析研究 An Analysis Study on Professional Development Policy and Implementation Status of Elementary School Teachers in Taiwan and Mainland China

open access: yesShizi Peiyu Yu Jiaoshi Zhuanye Fazhan Qikan, 2015
本研究針對臺灣與中國大陸小學教師專業發展的政策法規和實施現況進行探究,主要透過文件分析、焦點團體等研究方法的運用,並以高雄市和廣州市的國小教育人員為研究的主要對象,以期回應本研究的三個問題。首先,在專業發展政策法規上,本研究針對二者異同進行討論,分別歸納出四點相同與相異之處。其次,在教 師專業發展課程規劃方面,高雄市含括政策落實與學校自主二種類型;廣州市則是較偏向學校特色的發展。再次,在參與專業發展感受情形上,高雄市國小教師覺得可對專業發展課程進行選擇和決定 ...
劉鎮寧 Jen-Ning Liou   +2 more
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Tracking Health Related Quality of Life From Diagnosis to Follow‐Up Among Australian Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is one of the most treatable forms of paediatric cancer; however, there is a substantial burden of treatment‐related toxicities (TRTs). In addition, the long‐term changes in children's health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) due to toxic treatments are not well understood.
Clare Ghows   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

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