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  • From Dependence to Autonomy

    The Development of Asian Universities

    Edited by V. Selvaratnam, P.G. Altbach ...
    This book is an example of an international editorial enterprise. The two editors, located in the United States and Singapore, coordinated a team of authors in ten countries. Linked by common concerns, the lengthy process of preparing such a complex volume proved to be a pleasantly cooperative task - proof that there is a kind of invisible college of colleagues working on similar topics in ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

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  • Education and Society in Post-Mao China

    by Edward Vickers, Zeng Xiaodong ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Education and Society in Asia
    The post-Mao period has witnessed rapid social and economic transformation in all walks of Chinese life – much of it fuelled by, or reflected in, changes to the country’s education system. This book analyses the development of that system since the abandonment of radical Maoism and the inauguration of ‘Reform and Opening’ in the late 1970s.The principal focus is on formal education in schools and ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Comparative Education Law

    Selected Asian Nations, Volume 2

    Edited by Charles J. Russo ...
    Each of the four volumes in this set, as well as each volume independently, provide comparative analyses for researches, practitioners, and students of the law and educationIn examining law and education in various countries around the world. Designed to allow readers to learn from, rather than copy, the legal and educational systems in these volumes, the books are designed to generate thought and ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Reconsidering Canadian Curriculum Studies

    Provoking Historical, Present, and Future Perspectives

    by Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, Jennifer Rottmann ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Comprised of chapters written by established Canadian curriculum scholars as well as junior scholars and graduate students, this collection of essays provoke readers to imagine the different ways in which educational researchers can engage the narrative inquiry within the broader field of curriculum studies. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Rethinking Madrasah Education in a Globalised World

    Edited by Mukhlis Abu Bakar ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education
    Why is there a need to rethink madrasah education? What is the positioning of Muslims in contemporary society, and how are they prepared? What is the role of the ulama in the reform process? This book explores these questions from the perspective of madrasah education and analyses curricular and pedagogic innovations in Islamic faith-based education in response to the changing place of Islam in a ... Read more

    $84.99 CAD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Asia Pacific Higher Education

    Edited by Molly N.N. Lee, Deane E. Neubauer, Christopher S. Collins, John N. Hawkins ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume seeks to identify and explore the forces affecting higher education in the Asia Pacific region today. It includes a set of conceptually-rich organizing chapters followed by detailed country-specific studies that detail both the underlying dynamics of these forces and the manner in which they have affected specific countries. In this way, the chapters touch on the complex demographics ... Read more

    $345.99 CAD

  • Education and Gender

    by Dr Colin Brock ...
    Series series Education as a Humanitarian Response
    Education and Gender draws on international research from the USA, the UK, India, Mexico, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, to provide a comprehensive global overview of the relationship between gender and education. Rooting constructions of gender and sexuality in specific geographical contexts, the contributors consider a range of issues. Themes discussed include the gender gap in ... Read more

    $231.99 CAD

  • Epistemic Governance in Higher Education

    Quality Enhancement of Universities for Development

    by Elias G. Carayannis, David F. J. Campbell ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    “Epistemic governance” refers to the cognitive and knowledge-related paradigms that underlie a social system. In this volume, the authors apply the concept to higher education. In a comprehensive review of recent literature, they define key terms and concepts, arguing that a good, effective and sustainable governance of higher education is not possible unless the epistemic structure and knowledge ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Families and Transition to School

    Edited by Wilfried Griebel, Bob Perry, Sue Dockett ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This collection addresses issues related to families and transition, and pays special attention to the transition to school, the effect of this on the family, as well as the effect of the family on that transition. It celebrates the roles of families, locating them as integral partners in time of transition and identifying a variety of ways in which families and educators can work together with ... Read more

    $167.99 CAD

  • Marxism and Education beyond Identity

    Sexuality and Schooling

    by F. Agostinone-Wilson ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book seeks to revive dialectical materialist interpretations of sexuality, relevant to K-12 settings and society. Issues addressed include: sexuality and the curriculum, theories of the family, critiques of postmodernism, socialist feminism, and activist tactics/strategies for organizing in K-12 settings. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Learning as Development

    Rethinking International Education in a Changing World

    by Daniel A. Wagner ...
    Learning is the foundation of the human experience. It begins at birth and never stops, a continuous and malleable link across life stages of human development. Disparities in learning access and outcomes around the world have deep consequences for income, social mobility, health, and well-being. For international development practitioners faced with today's unprecedented environmental and ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Strategic Management of Universities in the Ibero-America Region

    A Comparative Perspective

    Edited by Jairo H. Cifuentes-Madrid, Pablo Landoni Couture, Xavier Llinàs-Audet ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides the readers with a map of the higher education systems and strategic management trends in the higher education institutions within countries of the Ibero-America region. The key feature of this volume is the presentation of a conceptual framework as a point of reference for the development of university management systems in a specific context. Furthermore, the book provides an ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD