Regional component in education

Analysis of Multicultural Education component In Textbooks

The present paper aims to investigate the amount of multi-cultural education components in the textbooks of secondary schools from 2013 to 2014. It is conducted through text-analysis. The components of Multi-cultural education were initially collected from theoretical text and research background using document analysis and then they were numbered in the textbooks of secondary schools. The unit...

A policy framework for the challenges of implementing regional higher education management in Iran

The models of regional governance in the world, particularly for administration of higher education are considered vital. In Iran, with the approval of Iran's Higher Education System Spatial Management Document, the issue of regional management in higher education was given special attention. Articles 1 and 2 of the document specifically address the regional higher education structure of the ...

Regional Supply of Education and Student Sorting

We examine how the regional supply of education affects the schooling choices of young people. We use rich individual-level data on 4 cohorts of Finns leaving comprehensive school in 2000-2003 to study the sorting of individuals across 8 schooling alternatives (gymnasium, 7 vocational fields) and the option of not to study. We use discrete choice models with random coefficients, allowing for he...

A regional model of interprofessional education

This paper describes the innovative features of the first regional model of interprofessional education (IPE) in the US, developed by The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, PA, USA, as a new, independent, community-based medical school in northeastern Pennsylvania. Essential educational components include collaborative care seminars, interprofessional sessions, simulations, live web-based ...

Social dialogue in education in Latin America: A regional survey