Lefkios Neophytou
Biographic Data
| ID | 6724771 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lefkios Neophytou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lefkios |
| FAMILY NAME | Neophytou |
| SIGNATURE | NEOPHYTOU L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nicosia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3716-5234 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An alternative reading of the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG)
This paper critically examines the impact of neoliberalism on Quality Assurance (QA) in Higher Education (HE), employing an integrated approach that combines Foucauldian deconstruction and Freirean reconstruction. It explores the pervasive issues of accountability, standardization, and control that have increasingly dominated the field, particularly in the implementation of the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG) and the roles of national and…
The role of the OECD in the development of global policies for migrant education
This paper reports the results of a document analysis study examining the policies, trends, and conceptions developed by the OECD in the last 15 years regarding the development and mainstreaming of globalised policies of migrant education. From the process of the analysis, three thematic categories emerged: (i) Socio-economic aspects of education: International testing and the performance gap; (ii) OECD’s recommendations on Migrant Education; and…
Establishing a framework for blending intercultural education with differentiated instruction
Despite the fact that both intercultural education and differentiated instruction are based on the premises of inclusion, equality, and equity, most research and publications have focused on one in isolation of the other. Scholars from each tradition often use the same argumentation, propose similar strategies and reach similar conclusions. Nevertheless, the emphasis is different: while intercultural education celebrates students’ cultural backgr…
Programme theory, programme documents and state standards in evaluating teacher education
Across the USA as well as worldwide, numerous universities offer teacher preparation programmes and award such degrees. However, there are no consistent valid or reliable indicators for determining the coherence and quality of these programmes. An effective way of starting to evaluate these programmes is by looking at their standards and their documents. The combination of both could be considered the basis on which all major decisions about the …
The role of the OECD in the development of global policies for migrant education
This paper reports the results of a document analysis study examining the policies, trends, and conceptions developed by the OECD in the last 15 years regarding the development and mainstreaming of globalised policies of migrant education. From the process of the analysis, three thematic categories emerged: (i) Socio-economic aspects of education: International testing and the performance gap; (ii) OECD’s recommendations on Migrant Education; and…
Establishing a framework for blending intercultural education with differentiated instruction
Despite the fact that both intercultural education and differentiated instruction are based on the premises of inclusion, equality, and equity, most research and publications have focused on one in isolation of the other. Scholars from each tradition often use the same argumentation, propose similar strategies and reach similar conclusions. Nevertheless, the emphasis is different: while intercultural education celebrates students’ cultural backgr…
Programme theory, programme documents and state standards in evaluating teacher education
Across the USA as well as worldwide, numerous universities offer teacher preparation programmes and award such degrees. However, there are no consistent valid or reliable indicators for determining the coherence and quality of these programmes. An effective way of starting to evaluate these programmes is by looking at their standards and their documents. The combination of both could be considered the basis on which all major decisions about the …
Establishing a framework for blending intercultural education with differentiated instruction
Despite the fact that both intercultural education and differentiated instruction are based on the premises of inclusion, equality, and equity, most research and publications have focused on one in isolation of the other. Scholars from each tradition often use the same argumentation, propose similar strategies and reach similar conclusions. Nevertheless, the emphasis is different: while intercultural education celebrates students’ cultural backgr…
The role of the OECD in the development of global policies for migrant education
This paper reports the results of a document analysis study examining the policies, trends, and conceptions developed by the OECD in the last 15 years regarding the development and mainstreaming of globalised policies of migrant education. From the process of the analysis, three thematic categories emerged: (i) Socio-economic aspects of education: International testing and the performance gap; (ii) OECD’s recommendations on Migrant Education; and…
An alternative reading of the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG)
This paper critically examines the impact of neoliberalism on Quality Assurance (QA) in Higher Education (HE), employing an integrated approach that combines Foucauldian deconstruction and Freirean reconstruction. It explores the pervasive issues of accountability, standardization, and control that have increasingly dominated the field, particularly in the implementation of the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG) and the roles of national and…
Pedagogy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (2 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Higher Education Learning Practices (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works)