Education - Comparative

Provides a provocative examination of the interplay between political culture and educational policy. The goal is to provide a better understanding of how different countries are responding to the global exchange of policy ideas that includes 'the standards movement' and 'new public management' or...

Cultural and spiritual resources are arguably essential to achievement of educational goals, both as economic and political initiatives and as human rights. This book addresses questions surrounding education and inter-cultural understanding in a broad global framework.Author: K. MundyISBN-10: 0230340105ISBN-13: 9780230340107Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/2012Pages:...

The progressive raising of the school-leaving age has had momentous repercussions for our understanding of childhood and youth, for secondary education, and for social and educational inequality. This book assesses secondary education and the raising of the school-leaving age in the UK and places...

Provides a critical space in which to interrogate the ways in which postcolonial voices are imagined and struggle to be valued, heard, and responded to. Takes the imagination of the postcolonial as its focus, acknowledging that it is a troubling, unsettling, and ambiguous concept...

This groundbreaking volume considers whether the question of the high school's seeming demise is exaggerated and why it is experiencing the many problems that it does. Essays focus on the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.Author: B. FranklinISBN-10: 0230338461ISBN-13: 9780230338463Publisher:...

Academic freedom has been a principle that undergirds the university since 1915. Beyond this, it also protects a spirit of free inquiry essential to a democratic society. But in the post-9/11 present, the basic principles of academic freedom have been deeply challenged. There have...

Academic freedom has been a principle that undergirds the university since 1915. Beyond this, it also protects a spirit of free inquiry essential to a democratic society. But in the post-9/11 present, the basic principles of academic freedom have been deeply challenged. There have...

Extends Marxist analysis to include key concepts from the work of neo-Marxists Antonio Gramsci and Louis Althusser. It looks in detail at racism in the U.K. and the U.S. and goes on to examine the differences between schooling and education, and their relationship to...

Higher education is growing most rapidly in the Asia-Pacific region, and policy makers are facing the task of balancing quality and quantity. This book will help readers understand the current situation of higher education not only in this region but everywhere that they may...

This unique manual provides a comprehensive training guide to prepare students for model diplomacy competitions. Designed for students at all levels (middle school, high school, college, and university), it is ideal for new and established model diplomacy programs, classes, and clubs. The manual provides...

This book, Global Pathways: Insights on Studying, Working, and Thriving Abroad, offers a captivating collection of stories that illuminate the challenges, triumphs, and transformative power of international experiences. Each chapter presents a unique perspective on life abroad, from adapting to new academic environments and...

Why do Asian and Asian-American students consistently perform so well on standardized tests? Why are students of Asian descent disproportionately admitted to America's top colleges?This informative and entertainingly written comparison of educational methods in America and China answers these questions and more, while assessing...

Co-published with the Association for American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) The Handbook of Practice and Research in Study Abroad is a comprehensive survey of the field. Each chapter eloquently conveys an enthusiasm for study abroad alongside a critical assessment of the most up-to-date research,...

This book comprises the full selected Regular Lectures from the Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-12), which was held at COEX in Seoul, Korea, from July 8th to 15th, 2012. ICME-12 brought together 4700 experts from 100 countries, working to...

This book describes the current state of universities on each continent, providing a comprehensive analysis of the numerous factors that have affected higher education systems around the world. Author: Cristina GonzálezISBN-10: 1666900095ISBN-13: 9781666900095Publisher: Lexington BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/12/2024Pages: 328Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

This book discusses and compares how social movements in Brazil, Chile, Greece and England are beacons of alternative politics. It focuses on the potential of these movements to radically transform higher education and society. It explores how social movements create new forms of resistance...

This ground breaking volume addresses the history, theoretical influences, practices and impact of development education in Europe, North America, Australia and Japan. Development education is a mechanism for ensuring differing voices and perspectives are reflected within education, particularly those from developing countries. Author: Douglas...

In this book John A. Weaver suggests curriculum studies scholars need to engage more in science matters. It offers a review of science studies writing from Ludwick Fleck and Thomas Kuhn to Philip Mirowski. The volume includes chapters on the rhetoric of science with...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book describes the history, structure and institutions of open and distance education in six countries: China, India, Russia, Turkey, South Africa and South Korea. It describes how open and distance education is...

"For more than a decade, school choice has been a flashpoint in debates about our nation's schooling. Perhaps the most commonly advanced argument for school choice is the notion that markets will force public schools to improve, particularly in those urban areas where improvement...

Describes the first phase (2001-2004) of Qatar's bold K-12 education reform initiative, Education for a New Era, based on RAND's experiences as part of this ambitious, multi-participant effort. RAND examined the existing Qatari education system, recommended options for building a world-class system, and supported...

This book presents a showcase of discussions and critical perspectives about Nepalese higher education. The book offers information and resources to international educators interested in the dynamics of Nepalese and, by implication, South Asian higher education.Author: Krishna BistaISBN-10: 0815352530ISBN-13: 9780815352532Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/23/2019Pages: 294Format:...

This book shows that England is unusual if not unique in establishing an Office for Fair Access to safeguard and promote fair access by regulating institutions charging of variable tuition fees for undergraduate programmes through approval of access agreements. For this reason if no...

Reveals the role of time in reproducing inequalities as students navigate rural-to-urban, cross-border, and transnational higher education.Can a student inherit time? What difference does time make to their educational journeys and outcomes? The Time Inheritors draws on nearly a decade of field research with...

Explore the transformative world of charter schools with this comprehensive analysis of their growth, governance, and impact in three pioneering states: California, Arizona, and Florida. Navigating Charter School Landscapes delves into what charter schools do differently, their successes, and the new challenges they face....

Explore the transformative world of charter schools with this comprehensive analysis of their growth, governance, and impact in three pioneering states: California, Arizona, and Florida. Navigating Charter School Landscapes delves into what charter schools do differently, their successes, and the new challenges they face....

Author: Tendai CharlesISBN-10: 303169788XISBN-13: 9783031697883Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/10/2024Pages: 192Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d

The King's Speech Comparative Workbook HL16 is to be used when studying The King's Speech, directed by Tom Hooper, for the Comparative Study component of the Leaving Certificate Higher Level examination in 2016. This A4 workbook covers the modes of Cultural Context, Literary Genre...

Education in the Balance explores the significant choices and opportunities worldwide that are opening up to school leaders of the future for the development of schools and school systems. It argues that the judgments of individuals in leadership positions in a wide range of...

Education in East and Central Africa is a comprehensive critical reference guide to education in the region. With chapters written by an international team of leading regional education experts, the book explores the education systems of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania,...

Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia provides an essential reference resource to education development and key education issues in the region. Academics and researchers working in the field cover education and educational development in Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Israel....

Tracing the life of Sir Cyril Norwood, one of England's most prominent and influential educators, this book investigates the historical development of secondary education in England and Wales during the early Twentieth century.Author: G. McCullochISBN-10: 1403967938ISBN-13: 9781403967930Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/18/2007Pages: 197Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.95lbsSize:...

What is education for an unknowable future? In Educating for Durable Solutions, Christine Monaghan explores how refugees and policymakers have answered this question over time by reconstructing the contemporary history of education in Kenya's Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps. Through oral histories and archival...

Citizenship Education in Conflict-Affected Areas examines the practices of learning and teaching citizenship in Lebanon, and explores the implications of the research findings for those working in other sites affected by conflict. Bassel Akar analyses rich empirical data, such as semi-structured interviews with teachers...

Knowledge, Policy and Practice in Teacher Education reviews the evolution of education policy on initial teacher education as an indicator of the knowledge that is considered important for nation building. It also looks at research on approaches and structures to initial teacher learning as...

This book explores the often controversial international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) in education and offers research-based accounts of international testing as a social practice. Assessment exercises, such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), produce comparable international statistics...

Over the past few decades universities have opened their doors to students whose parents and grandparents were historically excluded from societal participation and higher education for reasons associated with racial, ethnic, socio-economic and/or linguistic diversity. Many of these students are first generation - or...

This groundbreaking volume considers whether the question of the high school's seeming demise is exaggerated and why it is experiencing the many problems that it does. Essays focus on the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.Author: B. FranklinISBN-10: 1349537764ISBN-13: 9781349537761Publisher:...

Tracing the life of Sir Cyril Norwood, one of England's most prominent and influential educators, this book investigates the historical development of secondary education in England and Wales during the early Twentieth century.Author: G. McCullochISBN-10: 1349530360ISBN-13: 9781349530366Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/09/2015Pages: 197Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize:...

For over 200 years, legislators, educators, and public-minded citizens have debated how to govern public schools. This book reviews these debates and discusses racial integration, ethnicity, social class, vouchers, charter, magnet and private schools in the United States, the former German Democratic Republic and...

Featuring in-depth examinations of concepts of knowing, learning, and education from a range of cultures worldwide, this book offers a rich theory of indigenous concepts of education, their relation to Western concepts, and their potential for creating education that articulates the aspirations of communities...

Exchange programs are often considered to create goodwill for host countries among foreign citizens - yet is this the case? Drawing on a wealth of research with participants and alumni of exchange programs, Iain Wilson shows that the pursuit of goodwill receives little return...

This book inquires about the processes through which different higher education systems have determined national higher education policies related to competitiveness, as well as the strategies they have adopted to enhance their global competitiveness.Author: V. RustISBN-10: 1349380857ISBN-13: 9781349380855Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/14/2010Pages: 266Format: PaperbackWeight:...

This collection makes a unique contribution towards the amplification of indigenous knowledge and learning by adopting an inter/trans-disciplinary approach to the subject that considers a variety of spaces of engagement around knowledge in Asia and Africa.Author: D. KapoorISBN-10: 1349383112ISBN-13: 9781349383115Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/18/2010Pages:...

In this book, the contributors challenge dominant discourses and practices in the fields of early childhood and middle grades education that are based on the last century's grand developmental theories.Author: K. LeeISBN-10: 1349382337ISBN-13: 9781349382330Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/21/2010Pages: 265Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w...

This book examines current trends in global student mobility patterns in several key host and destination countries, including the United States, China, India, South Africa, Mexico, Australia, and Germany, among others, and will explore the national and global-level factors that contribute to these trends.Author:...

This book challenges the uncritical use of the long held dictum of the development discourse that education empowers women. Situated in the post-structuralist feminist position it argues that in its current state the educational discourse in Pakistan actually disempowers women.Author: M. NaseemISBN-10: 1349381152ISBN-13: 9781349381159Publisher:...

This book brings in an international perspective on a much debated area, namely teacher education. Through narrative research, the chapters in this collection provide a wide variety of stories of discovery, transformation and hope in teaching and learning to teach.Author: A. MattosISBN-10: 1349377155ISBN-13: 9781349377152Publisher:...

Cultural and spiritual resources are arguably essential to achievement of educational goals, both as economic and political initiatives and as human rights. This book addresses questions surrounding education and inter-cultural understanding in a broad global framework.Author: K. MundyISBN-10: 1349342726ISBN-13: 9781349342723Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/2012Pages:...

This discussion of Cuba's international policies in education shows how Cuba shares its educational resources with other countries. The postcolonial critique underlying the book explores Cuba's role in relation to how the disengagement from colonial legacies in education is taking place in many countries.Author:...