Essays about: "Elite Education"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 30 essays containing the words Elite Education.

1. 6. A fall from grace? : A case study of Sweden’s official development assistance to primary education in the 2000s and 2010s

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Albert Askeljung; [2021]
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   Abstract : Official Development Assistance (ODA) to primary education has constituted a significant portion of Sweden’s ODA since the 1960s. Sweden is a strong advocate of aid to primary education and for many years, support to primary education was a priority across Sweden’s many partner countries. READ MORE

3. 7. The Pathway to Sporting Excellence in Swedish Table Tennis : A Holistic Ecological Case Study

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

   Author : Michaela Karlsson; [2020]
   Keywords : holistic ecological approach; talent development; table tennis;

   Abstract : The holistic ecological approach (HEA) suggests that athlete’s talent development is influenced by the environment in which the athlete is embedded, and that some environments are more successful in facilitating athlete’s junior to senior transition. This study uses the HEA and the two working models to examine one effective talent development environment in Swedish table tennis. READ MORE

4. 8. The OECD’s Higher Education Discourse : A qualitative analysis of the Chilean Case

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Ingrid Bibiana Gutierrez Rubio; [2020]
   Keywords : Oecd; Higher education policies; International Organizations; Poststructuralism; discourse; norms; Latin America; Chile;

   Abstract : After the Jomtien conference and the World Declaration, Education for all in 1990, by UNESCO, education began to be a topic of greater relevance for global politics, and not only for domestic politics. The thesis aims to examine the construction of the OECD’s discourse about higher education using Chile as a Case of study, through the analysis of the OECD’s document Reviews of National Policies for Education, Education in Chile, published in 2017, and on the Law 21091 of Higher Education in Chile promulgated in 2018. READ MORE

5. 9. ELITE SURVIVAL FIRST, THEN MERITOCRATIZATION Implications of Elite Survival on the Meritocratization of Bureaucracies: A Panel Data Study from 1820 to 2010

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ramin Shirali; [2019-02-12]
   Keywords : Bureaucracy; Public administration; Meritocracy; Impartiality; Tertiary education; Political elite; Political regime; Democracy; Autocracy;

   Abstract : Previous research has shown that meritocratic recruitment increases bureaucratic governance and decreases corruption (Evans and Rauch, 1999, 2000). However, less emphasis has been made on why meritocratic practices take root. This paper aims to explore this scientific gap by testing two main hypotheses. READ MORE

6. 10. The correlation between injury prevalence, training load and cardiovascular capacity in adolescent handball players

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

   Author : Andersson Martin; [2019]
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   Abstract : Background: Today, sport specific high school educations is a common alternative for students applying for educations. The majority of the larger cities in Sweden has this option for adolescent athletes, allowing them to start their journey towards the elite in an early age. READ MORE