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The Negative Consequences of Overambitious Curricula in Developing Countries
Pritchett, Lant; Beatty, Amanda - eSocialSciences - 2012
than the pace of learning. To demonstrate the consequences of a gap between the curriculum and student mastery, a simple …
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Support Provided by Heads to Teachers Implementing A New Curriculum With Specific Reference to Home Economics in Primary Schools in Zimbabwe
Mapolisa, Tichaona; Tshabalala, Thembinkosi - In: International Journal of Asian Social Science 3 (2013) 7, pp. 1485-1499
establish the support provided by heads to teachers as they implement the Home Economics curriculum. The study employed the … teachers on the new curriculum. Heads, however, do make attempts to remove blockages which may inhibit the progress of … teachers and as such, did not involve ordinary classroom practitioners. Home Economics seeks to develop in the youths an …
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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Nicaragua: An Analysis Using a Sexual and Reproductive Health Framework and Human Rights
Gordillo-Tobar, Amparo; Beneitez, Geraldine; Ortega, Juana - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
In an effort to integrate operational and analytical work on adolescents and youth sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and Human Rights in Nicaragua, the World Bank, in coordination with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the United Nations...
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Linguistic justice in IP policies: evaluating the fairness of the language regime of the European Patent Office
Gazzola, Michele; Volpe, Alessia - In: European Journal of Law and Economics 38 (2014) 1, pp. 47-70
Alternative intellectual property laws relating to the use of languages in IP organisations can result in an asymmetric distribution of costs of patenting between innovators. We present a framework for the characterisation and evaluation of the fairness of the language regime of the European...
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Economic Returns to Speaking the Right Language(s)? Evidence from Kazakhstan's Shift in State Language and Language of Instruction
Aldashev, Alisher; Danzer, Alexander M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper investigates the economic returns to language skills and bilingualism. The analysis is staged in Kazakhstan, a multi-ethnic country with complex ethnic settlement patterns that has switched its official state language from Russian to Kazakh. Using two newly assembled data sets, we...
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Equilibria and efficiency in bilingual labour markets
Armstrong, Alex - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 112 (2015) C, pp. 204-220
We consider a labour market where two languages are commonly in use and each individual may make a costly investment to learn the language which is not his or her mother tongue. Language skills are productive in a human capital sense and can also be used to signal unobservable traits to...
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The Binding Force of Babel. The Enforcement of EC Law Unpublished in the Languages of the New Member States
Bobek, Michal - European University Institute (EUI), Department of Law - 2007
This paper explores some of the issues raised by the absence of due publication of EC secondary legislation in the languages of the new Member States after the 2004 Accession. It first lays down general principles regarding the publication of legal acts in Community law, pertinent to the current...
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Le droit français de la langue, entre les mythes d'une tradition interventionniste et la réalité de nouvelles angoisses
Ziller, Jacques - European University Institute (EUI), Department of Law - 2006
The paper, which will be published as a chapter in Bruno de Witte and Miriam Aziz (eds.),Linguistic Diversity and European Law, analyses present day French legislation and jurisprudence applicable to the use of language. It therefore starts by reconstructing the origins of the powerful myth,...
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The role of language in the struggle for power and legitimacy in Africa
Goke-Pariola, Abiodun - 1993
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Nacionalismo y lengua : los procesos de cambio ling¨uístico en el País Vasco
Tejerina Montaña, Benjamín - 1992 - 1. ed.
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