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New Paradigms and Recurring Paradoxes in Education for Citizenship
An International Comparison
Av G. Steiner-Khamsi, J. Torney-Purta m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1393 kr
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Scholars in international comparative education are calling for a new paradigm - a multi-level qualitative analysis of cross-national data. In response, this volume demonstrates the application of a multi-level analysis to qualitative data. Based on an international data base and case studies on …
Global Trends in Educational Policy
Av David P. Baker, Alexander W. Wiseman
Inbunden, 2005
1339 kr
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This volume of "International Perspectives on Education and Society" highlights the valuable role that educational policy plays in the development of education and society around the world. The role of policy in the development of education is crucial. Much rests on the decisions, support, and most …
Impact of Comparative Education Research on Institutional Theory
Av David P. Baker, Alexander W. Wiseman
Inbunden, 2006
1284 kr
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This volume of "International Perspectives on Education and Society" explores how educational research from a comparative perspective has been instrumental in broadening and testing hypotheses from institutional theory. Institutional theory has also played an increasingly influential role in …
Education for All
Global Promises, National Challenges
Av David P. Baker, Alexander W. Wiseman
Inbunden, 2007
1216 kr
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Since the World Conference on Education for All (EFA) in Jomtien, Thailand in 1990, the push for modern mass schooling has become a primary focus of national education policymakers and researchers around the world. The EFA declaration that grew out of this conference served as a culmination of a …
Worldwide Transformation of Higher Education
Av David P. Baker, Alexander W. Wiseman
Inbunden, 2008
1135 kr
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Higher education worldwide, including the university and other related academic programs, is currently undergoing intensive change and transformation perhaps as no other time in its long history. One factor contributing to this rapid transformation is the global expansion of higher education at …
International Education Governance
Inbunden, 2010
1257 kr
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This volume pursues two central objectives. On the one hand, it is necessary to sharpen our analytical tools in order to better appreciate the term governance in the educational field. To this end the five different paradigmatic approaches on governance as well as different topics and sectors shall …
Post-socialism is Not Dead
Reading the Global in Comparative Education
Av Iveta Silova
Inbunden, 2010
1352 kr
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The 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union is a time to reflect and call attention to the educational transformations in post-socialist nations of Southeast/Central Europe and the former Soviet Union and in educational systems around the world. While the educational landscape changed …
Impact of International Achievement Studies on National Education Policymaking
Inbunden, 2010
1352 kr
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Since the IEA's first international studies on mathematics and science achievement in the late 1960s, the availability and use of international achievement studies around the world has exploded. The most widely adopted studies, PISA and TIMSS, are now administered regularly and include …
Educational Reform in International Perspective
Inbunden, 1995
1938 kr
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Where is the comparative and international study of education heading in the 21st Century? What are the current theoretical issues, problems, and practices that need to be discussed, reviewed, and debated? How have specific sub-fields fared over the past decade? Our discipline appears poised to …
Impact and Transformation of Education Policy in China
Av Alexander W. Wiseman, Tiedan Huang
Inbunden, 2011
1420 kr
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This volume of the "International Perspectives on Education and Society" series examines the transformation of education policy in China, with a special emphasis on transformations in the post-1978 period. While educational policy has experienced major shifts and reversals since the founding of the …
Education Strategy in the Developing World
Revising the World Bank's Education Policy
Av Christopher S. Collins, Alexander W. Wiseman
Inbunden, 2012
1556 kr
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Following the development of a "Concept Note" for the World Bank Education Strategy 2020, the World Bank engaged in a series of activities to garner feedback about the new strategy. In early 2011, a revised strategy was published entitled, "Learning for All: Investing in People's Knowledge and …
Gender, Equality and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives
Av David Baker, Alexander W. Wiseman
Häftad, 2012
537 kr
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This volume of International Perspectives on Education and Society investigates the often controversial relationship between gender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives. Much has been written recently about the global progress made toward gender parity in …
Community Colleges Worldwide
Investigating the Global Phenomenon
Av Alexander W. Wiseman, Anuradha Sachdev m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1461 kr
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This volume of the "International Perspectives on Education and Society" series comparatively examines various two-year and community college institutions worldwide. While these institutions are called by different names and may not all be structured the same around the world, their core mission …
Impact of HIV/AIDS on Education Worldwide
Av Alexander W. Wiseman, Ryan N. Glover
Inbunden, 2012
1548 kr
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This volume of the "International Perspectives on Education and Society" series examines the relationship between HIV/AIDS and education worldwide. Much of the mystery surrounding HIV/AIDS and education lies in the fact that many factors contextualize their intersection. Many of the children who …
Teacher Reforms Around the World
Implementations and Outcomes
Av Motoko Akiba
Inbunden, 2013
1271 kr
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During the past decade, many countries have implemented a large-scale reform to improve teacher quality. These reforms have targeted a range of teacher policies including those on recruitment into teaching, pre-service teacher education, certification, hiring and placement, induction and …
Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2013
Av Alexander W Wiseman, Alexander W. Wiseman
Inbunden, 2013
1271 kr
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This inaugural volume is a forum for stakeholders and scholars to examine current trends and identify future directions in comparative and international education, using several essays as a context for discussion and analysis. It provides an analytic overview of published work in the field, with …
Development of Higher Education in Africa
Prospects and Challenges
Av Alexander W. Wiseman, C. C. Wolhuter
Inbunden, 2013
1556 kr
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The global education revolution of the 20th century resulted in massive developments in education worldwide, but the higher education sector throughout Africa remains surprisingly underdeveloped. Although impressive expansion and reform of higher education in Africa have occurred since 1990, the …
International Educational Innovation and Public Sector Entrepreneurship
Inbunden, 2014
1271 kr
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The internationally comparative perspective of the volume will frame educational innovation and social entrepreneurship using both the globalization and contextualization of educational quality and opportunity in disadvantaged communities worldwide as a foundation. Through the use of both empirical …
Out of the Shadows
The Global Intensification of Supplementary Education
Av Janice Aurini, Julian Dierkes m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1271 kr
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Supplementary education consists of private instruction that complements and sometimes 'shadows' formal school content. Providers range from informal and part-time tutors to highly institutionalized, multi-national corporate franchises. This phenomenon is growing worldwide and has many potential …
Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2014
Av Alexander W. Wiseman, Emily Anderson
Inbunden, 2014
1556 kr
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The goal of the ARCIE volume is to examine current perspectives and future directions for the field using several essays as a context for discussion and analysis. Contributed Volume chapters begin by addressing the questions and themes discussed in these essays which will include: the use of new …
Comparative Science
Interdisciplinary Approaches
Av Nikolay Popov, Alexander W. Wiseman
Inbunden, 2015
1517 kr
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It is natural to compare. Comparison is fundamental to understanding - not only understanding what makes one phenomenon like another but also what makes many phenomena different from the others. This volume focuses on the distinctions, overlap and integration of comparative studies across …
Education for a Knowledge Society in Arabian Gulf Countries
Av Alexander W. Wiseman, Naif H. Alromi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1556 kr
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The worldwide shift towards a knowledge society and information based economy requires educational policy makers to re-evaluate their understanding of the knowledge and skills students need in order to achieve national development goals. This shift has influenced curriculum development, teacher …
Promoting and Sustaining a Quality Teacher Workforce
Av Alexander W. Wiseman, Gerald K. LeTendre
Inbunden, 2015
1474 kr
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Teacher effectiveness and teacher quality have become the focus of intense international attention and concern. Around the world, governments are modifying existing certification requirements or implementing value-added modeling in order to qualify teachers without planning for the long-term …
Post-Education-for-All and Sustainable Development Paradigm
Structural Changes with Diversifying Actors and Norms
Av Shoko Yamada
Inbunden, 2016
1488 kr
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As the target year of achieving Education for All development goals approached in 2015, there were discussions about the post-EFA agenda, a process parallel to setting the post-Millennium Development Goals. This transition should not be understood simply as a normative framework. It has coincided …
Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2015
Av Alexander W. Wiseman, Emily Anderson
Inbunden, 2016
1393 kr
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The goal of the ARCIE volume is to examine current perspectives and future directions for the field using several essays as a context for discussion and analysis. The format of ARCIE pieces entails an analytic overview of published work in the field, noting key issues and future directions. It …
Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2016
Inbunden, 2016
1393 kr
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The Annual Review of Comparative and International Education (ARCIE) is a forum for stakeholders and scholars to examine current trends and identify future directions in comparative and international education. The goal of the ARCIE volume is to examine current perspectives and future directions …
Impact of the OECD on Education Worldwide
Av Alexander W. Wiseman, Calley Stevens Taylor
Inbunden, 2017
1243 kr
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has been an active international influence in the assessment, development, and reform of national educational systems worldwide. The introduction of the OECD’s flagship international educational assessment, confirmed by, the …
Century of Science
The Global Triumph of the Research University
Av Justin J. W. Powell, David P. Baker m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1243 kr
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Winner of the 2017 Award for Significant Research on International Higher Education (CIHE/ASHE)Winner of the 2018 American Publishers Awards for Professional & Scholarly Excellence: Education TheoryIn The Century of Science, a multicultural, international team of authors examine the global rise of …
Work-Integrated Learning in the 21st Century
Global Perspectives on the Future
Av Tracey Bowen, Maureen Drysdale
Inbunden, 2017
1135 kr
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Work-Integrated Learning in the 21st century: Global perspectives on the future, explores new questions about the state of work for new university and college graduates in the context of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL). As these ‘Millennials’ graduate, they are entering a precarious labour market …
Comparative and International Education
Survey of an Infinite Field
Av C. C. Wolhuter, Alexander W. Wiseman
Inbunden, 2019
1108 kr
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The scope and breadth of the field of comparative and international education is vast. In fact, there are few, if any, limitations on theme, method, or data in the field of comparative and international education. Every context or combination of contexts are available for comparative education …
