Education - Comparative

Given the protracted, varied, and geographically expansive changes in migration over time, it is difficult to establish an overarching theory that adequately analyzes the school experiences of immigrant youth in the United States. This volume extends the scholarly work on these experiences by exploring...

Although colonialism has officially been terminated, it continues to affect populations whose recent history has been shaped by European institutions, economic policies, and cultural biases. Focusing on British educational policy in colonial Zimbabwe, this historical study offers a unique perspective on the subject. It...

With a focus on the role of discourse and language in education, this book examines China's educational reform from an original perspective that avoids mapping on Westernized educational sensibilities to a Chinese environment. Zhao untangles the tradition-modernity division expressed in China's educational language about...

This book draws on elements of critical social theory, research on globalization, neo liberalism and education, and Malaysian Studies to understand the interplay of globalization, nationalism, cultural politics and ethnicized neoliberalism in shaping the educational reforms in Malaysia. Using the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025...

From the 1980s through the 1990s, children in many areas of the world benefited from new opportunities to attend school, but they also faced new demands to support their families because of continuing and, for many, worsening poverty. Children's Work, Schooling, And Welfare In...

Utilising personal narratives and theoretical frameworks, International Student Experiences in Australian Higher Education critically explores the academic hurdles, cultural adjustments, and job prospects of Chinese and Indian International Master's students as they live, study and work in Australia. Uniquely combining autoethnographic narratives with theoretical...

This book analyzes the challenges of developing and implementing effective policies for educational leadership in South-East Europe (SEE) and the Nordic-Baltic region. While individual countries from the Nordic-Baltic region are praised for their educational achievements, the SEE region could be considered as a (post)transitional...

This book examines the social networks of international students, exploring the ways in which they experience social support and the role of the continuously evolving media landscape in their experiences of mobility. Drawing on survey data collected from over 250 respondents around the world,...

Provides a truly comprehensive overview of research into education and citizenshipExplores a variety of interpretations for citizenship and how these can be affected by contextHighlights the links between philosophy, theory and citizenship within educationAuthor: Andrew PetersonISBN-10: 3319678272ISBN-13: 9783319678276Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2020Pages: 1076Format: HardcoverWeight:...

This book explores the multiple pathways from scholarships for international study to positive social change. Bringing together studies from academic researchers, evaluators and program designers and policymakers from Africa, Asia, Latin and North America, Europe, and Australia, the book compiles the latest research and...

This book provides an unconventional account of post-1989 education reform in Romania. By drawing on policy documentation, interviews with key players, qualitative data from everyday school contexts, and extensive textbook analysis, this groundbreaking study explores change within the Romanian education system as a process...

Author: Robert AmanISBN-10: 3319534491ISBN-13: 9783319534497Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2019Pages: 233Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.63d

Author: Julie Mathews-AydinliISBN-10: 331943828XISBN-13: 9783319438283Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/02/2016Pages: 184Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.30h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Author: Cheryl J. CraigISBN-10: 3030601005ISBN-13: 9783030601003Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/13/2020Pages: 171Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.50d

This book marks the centenary of the first Waldorf School, established by Rudolf Steiner in Stuttgart in 1919. With around 1,150 Waldorf Schools and over 1,800 Waldorf Kindergartens established in over 60 countries, this book examines and analyses how the initial impulse of Steiner...

This book examines how the two educational systems of China and the Nordic countries intersect. Over the past decade, there has been increased growth and interaction between China and the Nordic countries due to both government encouragement and academic curiosity. This book rejects a...

Author: Rohit SettyISBN-10: 3030268780ISBN-13: 9783030268787Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2019Pages: 363Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.68lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.19d

This book examines the nature of human language and the ideology of linguistic legitimacy - the common set of beliefs about language differences that leads to the rejection of some language varieties and the valorization of others. It investigates a broad range of case...

This book explores our understanding of school leaders' actions as they work to enact a socially just school culture. Including unique case studies from around the globe, the editors and contributors examine whether this work is enhanced or diminished by the context in which...

This book explores the perspectives of primary school leaders in Serbia as they attempt to navigate its changing political, social and economic situation. As a post-socialist and post-conflict country, Serbia has moved from a state-ruled and planned economy to market-oriented consumerism and competitiveness. In...

Author: Deane E. NeubauerISBN-10: 3030027945ISBN-13: 9783030027940Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/24/2019Pages: 250Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.69d

Based on the intertwined complex conversations among Heidegger, Dewey, and Lao Tzu, this book explores the possibilities of the Taoist Pedagogy of Pathmarks as a clearing between truth and untruth, responding to the spiritual call of Tao as inaction and teaching as releasement. In...

Despite improved access to higher education for women, the distribution of women and men varies considerably between different fields of study. The chapters in this edited collection explore the participation status of women in higher education across the varying socio-economic and sociological backgrounds observed...

This book offers an illuminating analysis of the theories, politics, and realities of boys' education around the world -- an insightful and often disturbing account of various educational systems' successes and failings in fostering intellectual and social growth in male students. Examining original research...

Seeing the consequences of competitive school choice policy through students' eyesWhile policymakers often justify school choice as a means to alleviate opportunity and achievement gaps, an unanticipated effect is increased competition over access to coveted, high-performing schools. In A Contest without Winners, Kate Phillippo...

This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model responds to the...

The contributors to Internationalising the University: the Chinese Context offer an in-depth understanding of the rapidly changing developments in the fields of institutional, social, management, curriculum and student concerns and changes.Author: T. Coverdale-JonesISBN-10: 1349301361ISBN-13: 9781349301362Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2009Pages: 250Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 8.50h x...

This book is concerned with the social and political aspects of regional groupings, particularly how citizenship education fares in regional contexts. The European Union (EU) has revolutionised its political and economic aims into more encompassing social and political goals. The Association of Southeast Asian...

This unique book explores how graphocentrism affects Chinese education and culture. It moves away from the contemporary educational practices in China of following the Western model of phonocentrism, to demonstrate that each perspective interacts and counteracts with each other, creating a dialogue between Eastern...

Unlearning and re-inventing the theoretical frameworks of Intercultural and Asian Studies is central to this book as it is to Chen Kuan-Hsing's evocative Asia as Method; this book's inspirational source. Chen insists that studies of Asia move beyond their paralysing fixation on the West...

Engaging Youth in Activism, Research and Pedagogical Praxis: Transnational and Intersectional Perspectives on Gender, Sex, and Race offers critical perspectives on contemporary research and practice directed at young people across the global north and south. Drawing upon pedagogical, programmatic, and activist work with respect...

This book provides a comprehensive survey of the successes and failures of education and training in the Khrushchev and Breshnev years. The author gives an objective assessment of the accessibility of the main types of institution, of the contents of courses and of Soviet...

This book is a comparative study of how early childhood educational policies and initiatives in three countries--China, India, and the United States--have been utilized as both direct and indirect strategies for responding to fierce global economic competition. Human capital theory and cultural ecology theory...

Author: Geeta NairISBN-10: 1137574712ISBN-13: 9781137574718Publisher: Palgrave PivotLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/28/2017Pages: 74Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.25d

Focusing on the Karen people in Burma, Thailand and the United Kingdom, this book analyses how global, regional and local developments affect patterns of learning. It combines historical and ethnographic research to explore the mutual shaping of intergenerational relations and children's practical and formal...

Author: Deane E. NeubauerISBN-10: 1137547820ISBN-13: 9781137547828Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/23/2016Pages: 231Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 8.65h x 6.02w x 0.74d

This book explores the decades-long use of the notion of interculturality in education and other fields, arguing that it is now time to move beyond certain assumptions towards a richer and more realistic understanding of the 'intercultural'. Many concepts such as culture, identity and...

What happens when East travels West? In today's increasingly globalized world, these collisions are becoming increasingly common in universities- especially due to the growth of migratory students . As the largest international population studying abroad in the world, Chinese students' learning experience in an...

Critically reviews concepts around global education policy and international policy transferSheds light on the origins of global education policy using a holistic approachContributes to the literature on education reform in El Salvador Author: D. Brent Edwards JrISBN-10: 1137508744ISBN-13: 9781137508744Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/29/2017Pages: 304Format:...

This book posits that national education systems are enhancing socioeconomic inequalities in political engagement. While the democratic ideal is social equality in political engagement, the authors demonstrate that the English education system is recreating and enhancing entrenched democratic inequalities. In Europe, the UK has...

Teaching EFL Writing in the 21st Century Arab World addresses a range of issues related to researching and teaching EFL writing in different countries in the Arab World including Egypt, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen. Both theoretically and practically grounded, chapters within...

This edited volume offers new analytical and methodological approaches to the study of education in the post-pandemic educational context, through case studies from countries in South Asia such as Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.Crossing disciplinary and national boundaries to advance collaborative knowledge...

This book brings together a range of socio-cultural perspectives to examine digitalisation, identity, work design, and affordances for learning, mediated by the ecosystems within which work, and the workplace is positioned. An appealing resource for researchers, academics, adult educators, and human resource personnel.Author: Helen...

This book examines issues of identity; positionality; community; value and relevance, to explore where transnational higher education is headed and what form it may take moving forwards.Transnational higher education has traditionally been viewed through the lens of access. Now, the authors argue, higher education...

Actionable Research for Educational Equity and Social Justice advances a unique, engaged approach to promoting educational equity and social justice in higher education across China and beyond. Developed as a joint venture of senior and junior scholars in China and the United States, this...

Navigating the Common Good in Teacher Education Policy examines the changing relationships between the state and the common (or public) good. Using teacher education policy as the frame of analysis, the authors examine history, cultural context, and lived experiences in 12 countries and the...

In this groundbreaking work, the author provides a close examination of the relationship between gender and education in the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) and reveals that women's participation and achievement in education is rapidly outpacing that of men's. Ridge refers to this situation as...

This is the first book to explore the meaning of equality and freedom of education in a global context and their relationship to the universal right to education. It also proposes evaluating school systems according to their achievement of equality and freedom. Education in...

Scholars from the US & Europe explore the promise of "civil society" to rejeuvenate systems of public education that are frequently characterized by bureaucratic over-regulation, lack of diversity and choice, and inequality of opportunity.Author: Heinz-Dieter MeyerISBN-10: 0805831959ISBN-13: 9780805831955Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2001Pages: 258Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.33lbsSize:...

For over a decade, Mainland China has been embarking on an ambitious nation-wide education reform ('New Curriculum Reform') for its basic education. The reform reflects China's propensity to borrow selected educational policies from elsewhere, particularly North America and Europe. Chinese scholars have used a...