November 2011
Sally Thomas and Massoud Salim
Collecting longitudinal data on educational achievement allows schools and governments allows schools and governments to evaluate school effectiveness. Evidence is provided from China and Zanzibar.
February 2011
Leon Tikly & Angeline M. Barrett (guest editors)
Special Issue of Comparative Education 47(1)
February 2011
Leon Tikly
Comparative Education Vol. 47, Issue 1, pp. 1-23. DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541671
February 2011
Angeline M. Barrett, Michael Crossley & Hillary A. Dachi
Comparative Education 47 (1), pp. 67-77. DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541674
February 2011
Sheila Aikman, Anjum Halai & Jolly Rubagiza
Comparative Education 47 (1), pp. 45-60. DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541675
February 2011
John Clegg & Oksana Afitska
Comparative Education 47 (1), pp. 61-77. DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541677
February 2011
Angeline M. Barrett
Comparative Education 47 (1), pp. 119-133. DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541682
January 2011
Angeline M. Barrett
Compare 41 (1), pp. 145-148. DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2011.534853
January 2011
Angeline M. Barrett and Leon Tikly (guest editors)
Special Issue of International Journal of Educational Development 31 (1)
January 2011
Leon Tikly, Angeline M. Barrett
International Journal of Educational Development. 41 (1). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.001
November 2010
Leon Tikly
This presentation provides a brief introduction to EdQual's research and key policy messages from the last five years.
November 2010
Guy Le Fanu.
This policy brief looks at the introduction of a new ‘inclusive’ national curriculum in Papua New Guinea. It links to research that suggests that the new agenda has not changed teaching or learning practice in rural or remote schools.
June 2010
Leon Tikly
Paper presented at XIV World Congress, World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES): 'Bordering, re-bordering and new possibilities in education and society'. Istanbul, 14-18 June 2010.
June 2010
Angeline M. Barrett, Michael Crossley, Hillary Dachi
Paper presented at XIV World Congress, World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES): 'Bordering, re-bordering and new possibilities in education and society'. Istanbul, 14-18 June 2010.
June 2010
Rita Chawla Duggan, Angeline Barrett
Proposal for Symposium on Theme: Demystifying Quality in Education at the XIV World Congress, World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES): 'Bordering, re-bordering and new possibilities in education and society'. Istanbul, 14-18 June 2010.
April 2010
Angeline M.Barrett, Leon Tikly
In Dimitris Mattheou (Ed.) Changing Educational Landscapes: Educational policies, schooling systems and Higher Education – a Comparative Perspective. Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 185-206.
February 2010
Leon Tikly, Angeline M. Barrett
Presentation to CLIO seminar, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, 24 February.
September 2009
Sheila Aikman
This working paper examines how indigenous peoples in Africa are re-defining education through strategies aimed at recognition of rights and social justice, showing their attempts to define and achieve a quality education relevant and meaningful to their lives which could reframe education for the benefit of all learners.
September 2009
Leon Tikly, Angeline M. Barrett
This working paper critiques the human capital and human rights approaches framing debates on education quality in low income countries, setting out an alternative theoretical approach for understanding this from a social justice perspective, drawing on the ideas of Fraser and Sen on social justice and capabilities.
June 2009
Jutta Nikel, John Lowe
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education 40 (5), pp. 589-605.
March 2009
Angeline M. Barrett
This working paper critiques a 2006 proposal by three World Bank economists for a Millennium Learning Goal (MLG) to replace the education Millennium Development Goal (MDG) from the perspective of education quality. It raises six main criticisms of that specific proposal, suggesting any MLG would need cautious formulation.
December 2008
Leon Tikly, Hillary Dachi.
In W. Ayers, T. Quinn, & D. Stoval (Eds.), Handbook of Social Justice and Education. New York and London: Routledge. pp. 120-137.
December 2008
Angeline M. Barrett, with Jolly Rubagiza and Alphonse Uworwabayeho
In Norrag News 41: 76-78.
December 2008
Leon Tikly, Hillary Dachi
In Chisholm, L. & Steiner-Khamsi, G (Eds.), South-South Co-operation and Transfer in Education and Development. Teachers College Press.
November 2008
Angeline M. Barrett
Presentation to the Unesco Centre for Comparative Education Research, School of Education, University of Nottingham 4 November 2008 and the Centre for International and Comparative Studies, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, 27 November 2008.
October 2007
Angeline M. Barrett, Sajid Ali, John Clegg, J.Enrique Hinostroza, John Lowe, Jutta Nikel, Mario Novelli, George Oduro, Mario Pillay, Leon Tikly & Guoxing Yu
This working paper reviews recent literature on teaching and learning process quality in schools in low income countries, illustrated in initiatives to improve this. It focuses on three key areas: meeting diverse learners’ needs; curriculum change trends; enabling teachers, including teaching and learning resource provision.
September 2007
Leon Tikly, Angeline M. Barrett
Paper presented at 9th UKFIET Conference, 11-13 September 2007: Going for Growth: School, Community, Economy, Nation Symposium: Going for Growth: Researching Improved Access, Quality and Outcomes.
September 2007
Leon Tikly, Angeline M. Barrett
This working paper outlines the approach and rationale underpinning EdQual's research programme. It critiques mainstream conceptualisations of quality, developing a rich, contextualised understanding of what counts as education quality that is influenced by critical theory, postcolonial theory and political economy.
September 2007
Guoxing Yu, Sally Thomas
This working paper describes in detail initial analyses of SACMEQ II data, using multilevel modelling techniques, to develop general models of school effectiveness for SACMEQ II member countries and specific models for Tanzania (including Zanzibar). This research was undertaken as part of EdQual’s SeeQ project.
July 2007
Guoxing Yu
This working paper discusses the history and insights of school effectiveness research (SER) from both developed and developing countries. It raises the importance of context in understanding indicator transferability, and outlines the potential contribution to SER knowledge from EdQual’s SeeQ project.
February 2007
Leon Tikly
Presentation made to DFID in 2007.
December 2006
Anjum Halai
HEC News and Views. Monthly magazine of the Higher Education Commission Pakistan.
November 2006
Jutta Nikel, Angeline Barrett
Presentation to EdQual/ ICS seminar.
November 2006
Leon Tikly
Article published in RE:search - University of Bristol Research Journal.
November 2006
Angeline Barrett
UKFIET Newsletter Issue 4, November 2006. p.4.
May 2006
Leon Tikly
Article published in NORRAG News (Network for Policy Research Review and Advice on Education and Training). No. 37 May 2006.
January 2006
Angeline M. Barrett, Rita Chawla-Duggan, John Lowe, Jutta Nikel, Eugenia Ukpo
This working paper reviews key documents influencing the understanding of educational quality in low income countries amongst international agencies and researchers based in Anglophone countries, identifying five recurring dimensions of quality in the debate: effectiveness, efficiency, equality, relevance & sustainability.
November 2005
Angeline Barrett, John Lowe, Jutta Nikel with Rita Chawla-Duggan, Eugenia Ukpo & Guoxing Yu
Presentation.