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  • International Scholarships in Higher Education

    Pathways to Social Change

    Edited by Robin R. Marsh, Joan R. Dassin, Matt Mawer ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    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 analysis on the policy, practice, and outcomes of international scholarship ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

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  • Anarchism and Education

    A Philosophical Perspective

    by Judith Suisa ...
    While there have been historical accounts of the anarchist school movement, there has been no systematic work on the philosophical underpinnings of anarchist educational ideas—until now.Anarchism and Education offers a philosophical account of the neglected tradition of anarchist thought on education. Although few anarchist thinkers wrote systematically on education, this analysis is based largely ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Early Childhood Education in Chinese Societies

    Edited by Nirmala Rao, Jin Sun, Jing Zhou ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides an up-to-date account of relevant early childhood policy and practice in five Chinese societies: the People’s Republic of China or Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, and Taiwan. It analyses how traditional Chinese values, Eastern and Western curricular approaches, and socio-political, economic, cultural and demographic changes influence current policies, services and ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • High-Stakes Schooling

    What We Can Learn from Japan's Experiences with Testing, Accountability, and Education Reform

    by Christopher Bjork ...
    If there is one thing that describes the trajectory of American education, it is this: more high-stakes testing. In the United States, the debates surrounding this trajectory can be so fierce that it feels like we are in uncharted waters. As Christopher Bjork reminds us in this study, however, we are not the first to make testing so central to education: Japan has been doing it for decades. ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The English Language Teacher in Global Civil Society

    by Barbara M. Birch ...
    Series series ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
    How can English language teachers contribute to peace locally and globally?English language teachers and learners are located in the global civil society – an international network of civil organizations and NGOs related to human rights, the environment, and sustainable peace. English, with its special role as an international language, is a major tool for communication within this network.On the ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Educating for Cosmopolitanism: Lessons from Cognitive Science and Literature

    by M. Bracher ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Drawing on developments in cognitive science, Bracher formulates pedagogical strategies for teaching literature in ways that develop students' cognitive capabilities for cosmopolitanism, the pursuit of global equality and justice. Several staple classroom texts, such as Things Fall Apart, provide detailed examples for teaching practices. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Action Research, Innovation and Change

    International perspectives across disciplines

    Edited by Thomas Stern, Andrew Townsend, Franz Rauch, Angela Schuster ...
    Action research continues to see a growth in interest both internationally and across disciplines. This book demonstrates the diversity in settings and focus for action research and provides a guide to its core aspiration: to achieve principled change. Written by authors from a range of countries and range of disciplines (including education, health care, palliative care, social work and community ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Quest for Entrepreneurial Universities in East Asia

    by K. Mok ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    With the rise of the knowledge economy, universities are under pressure to embrace not just their traditional missions of teaching and research but a third mission of serving economic and social development. This book examines the major strategies that governments in East Asia have adopted to promote this kind of innovation in the education sector. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • International Perspectives on Older Adult Education

    Research, Policies and Practice

    Edited by Brian Findsen, Marvin Formosa ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This important book builds on recent publications in lifelong learning which focus on learning and education in later life. This work breaks new ground in international understandings of what constitutes later life learning across diverse cultures in manifold countries or regions across the world. Containing 42 separate country/regional analyses of later life learning, the overall significance ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Citizenship and Citizenship Education in a Changing World

    Edited by Orit Ichilov ...
    Political, economic, technological and cultural changes have taken place all over the globe, changes which have transformed the meanings of citizenship and citizenship education. This volume represents an effort to analyze the implications of these changes. ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • 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

    $49.49 USD

  • The Privatization of Education

    A Political Economy of Global Education Reform

    by Antoni Verger, Clara Fontdevila, Adrián Zancajo ...
    Series series International Perspectives on Educational Reform Series
    Education privatization is a global phenomenon that has crystallized in countries with very different cultural, political, and economic backgrounds. In this book, the authors examine how privatization policies are being adopted and why so many countries are engaging in this type of education reform. The authors explore the contexts, key personnel, and policy initiatives that explain the worldwide ... Read more

    $38.69 USD