The following people are involved with this project:
Professor Michael Crossley Professor of Comparative and International Education Tel. (0117) 331 4343 m.crossley@bristol.ac.uk
This project brings together a team of researchers at the GSoE (Research Centre for International and Comparative Studies) and the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). Specialists with extensive experience in small states are carrying out in-depth studies of the impact and implications of changing global trends and events upon educational policy and practice in the small states of the Commonwealth. These factors include: the global financial crisis, climate change, globalisation, the knowledge economy, migrations and the influence of international education agendas and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The research involves original statistical work, drawing upon government and international databases; in-depth qualitative interviews with key small states personnel (education planners, ministers of education and researchers); consultative feedback processes; and theoretically informed and critical reviews of the international literature on education in small states world-wide. This is designed to generate new knowledge in this strategically important arena for the Commonwealth, where the majority of member states are classified with small populations. The first product of the research will be a detailed report that is to be presented to the 17th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in June 2009.
For further information, see the project's website:
www.bristol.ac.uk/education/research/centres/ics/projects/details
