Geoffrey Elliott is Professor of Lifelong Learning at the University of Worcester, UK. Chahid Fourali is an independent education and business consultant working in the UK and abroad. Sally Issler is an independent consultant, UK.

'This is a collection of essays which not only ticks a lot of boxes, but also relates the boxes to each other, ranging a world wide spectrum of education from nursery, school, further and continuing education and higher education.'

• Tables and Figures \ Acknowledgements \ Notes on the Contributors \ Introduction \ Part I. The Global Policy Context \ 1. Lessons from International and Comparative Education - David Bainton and Michael Crossley \ 2. Education for All: A freedom-based approach - James Stanfield \ 3. Women's Education in the Developing World - Máiréad Dunne \ 4. Self-assessment in the Further Education College of a Small State - Gary Jones, Edward Sallis and Peter Hubert \ 5. The Contribution of European Programmes to Social Change - Simone Kirpal \ Part II. Community Integration and Inclusion \ 6. Social Marketing - Chahid Fourali \ 7. Basic Education Status of Afghan Refugees in Iran - Maryam Danaye Tousi and Alireza Kiamanesh \ 8. Respecting Difference in Early Childhood Centres in Northern Ireland - Siobhán Fitzpatrick \ 9. Elitism, Inclusion and the Specialist School - Carla Solvason \ 10. Higher Education and Civic and Community Engagement in the UK - John Annette \ Part III. Curriculum Reform \ 11. Beyond Borders: Expanding the uses of work based learning - Elda Nikolou-Walker and Lynn Fee \ 12. Government Policy and Teacher Education in Ghana - Kwame Akyeampong \ 13. Transforming China's Adult and Continuing Education - Ning Rong Liu \ 14. An 'Essential Attributes' Approach to Curriculum Reform - Francis Murphy \ 15. Reforming VET for Social Cohesion - George K Zarifis \ Part IV. Learning and Pedagogy \ 16. Transformative Learning for a Global Society - Doug Bourn and Sally Issler \ 17. Post-colonial and Post-critical 'Global Citizenship Education' - Vanessa Andreotti \ 18. Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning in Europe - Manuel Souto-Otero \ 19. Transnational Cooperation in Learning Support for Disabled Learners - Val Chapman \ 20. Vocational Education - Erica Smith and Andy Smith \ Conclusions and Implications \ Selected Bibliography \ Selected Resources \ Index