It has been three years since Taiwan started the comprehensive e-learning initiatives in 2002. What is the current status of Taiwan's e-learning in higher education? What has been shaping and guiding the e-learning practices there? What are the problems in its e-learning policies and implementations? What can policy makers and higher education systems elsewhere learn from Taiwan's experiences? …
Tony Blair, in the 1997 general election campaign, famously made education his top three priorities. He was more emphatic than most, but it is every politician's top priority, and certainly every parent's. Yet there are no aspects of modern societies less well prepared for the information age economy than their education systems. While institutional details vary from country to country, includi…
The author highlights the main features of the Western tradition of media education that has influenced the development of media and education relationships in the Russian culture of the early XXIst century. Today, we have the three key directions in theoretical understanding and practical implementation. The first is media education for professional work in journalism and mass media. The secon…
In recent years, with the influence of the constructivist perspective, the examination of students' own attitudes to learning processes have become important. Students' perception of the world, and their explanation of their learning experiences shapes their learning needs in the future. Therefore, it will be helpful for instructors to learn how students explain concepts and experiences which i…
Students studying in India or following Indian Education curriculum are introduced to three languages but majority of them are not balanced bilinguals/multilinguals. The existing Indian teaching system is practised only in three languages (English, Hindi with one language of their choice) both at national and international levels. India is a multicultural country (bears both the language and cu…
Education is a process of living through a continuous reconstruction of experiences. It is the development of all those capacities in the individual, which will enable him to control his environment and fulfill his possibilities. Education, in its limited sense, included and influences deliberately planned, chosen and employed by the community for the welfare of its coming generations. The purp…
In Karnataka, now in 2020, Kannada education is at a perilous stage. This paper, "Language Education in Karnataka Since 1956", (full title 'Language Education (language as a subject and as a medium of instruction from 1st to 10th standards) in Karnataka -A Journey from 1956') intends to take the reader through twists and turns that school education in the multilingual state has taken in dealing…
This paper arises from the work of the LINEE research network (http://www.linee.org) on language education policy and practice in three European countries (England, Hungary and Italy). The paper first examines different educational ideologies which underpin the development of European language education policies, noting the increased reflection of competence and outcomes-based ideologies in the…