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  • Monitoring Student Achievement in the 21st Century

    European Policy Perspectives and Assessment Strategies

    Edited by Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Nele McElvany, Justine Stang ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book draws together leading student assessment academics from across Europe exploring student monitoring policies and practices in a range of countries across 22 chapters.The chapters in the first part offer a broad overview on student assessment covering history and current status, aims and approaches as well as methodological challenges of international student assessment. The second part ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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  • The Global Education Race

    Taking the Measure of PISA and International Testing

    by Sam Sellar, Greg Thompson, David Rutkowski ...
    A global education race now pits countries, regions, and school systems against one another. The racecourse has been created by a small number of influential international testing programs, and the popular media announces winners and losers. Fear of falling behind haunts policy-makers and shapes educational priorities around the world. But are we running in the right direction? We all have a stake ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Empirical Legal Research

    A Guidance Book for Lawyers, Legislators and Regulators

    by Frans L. Leeuw ...
    In 1788 John Adams created a sublime ambition for all nations - 'a government of laws and not of men'. In the intervening years we have come to learn that legislation itself works through the interpretations of the many men and women who work on the inside and the outside of the law. Effective regulation thus depends not only on scrupulous legal analysis, with its appeal to precedent, conceptual ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Evaluating the Complex

    Attribution, Contribution and Beyond

    by Mita Marra ...
    Series series Comparative Policy Evaluation
    In the economic atmosphere following the crisis of 2008, not only have governments reacted by creating more complex policy initiatives, but they have also promised that all of these initiatives will be evaluated. Due to the complexity of many of the initiatives, the ways of evaluating are becoming equally complex.The book begins with a theoretical and conceptual explanation of the process and ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Teacher Education Around the World

    Changing Policies and Practices

    Edited by Linda Darling-Hammond, ANN LIEBERMAN ...
    Series series Teacher Quality and School Development
    Teachers are the most important single element of the education system but what does it take to create high quality teachers in today’s world?Around the world, countries are struggling to understand how to change their schools to meet global demands. International comparisons have shown that schools in Finland lead the league tables, but why is this, what new policies and practices in teacher ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Children, Risk and Safety on the Internet

    Research and Policy Challenges in Comparative Perspective

    Edited by Sonia Livingstone, Leslie Haddon, Anke Görzig ...
    As internet use is extending to younger children, there is an increasing need for research focus on the risks young users are experiencing, as well as the opportunities, and how they should cope. With expert contributions from diverse disciplines and a uniquely cross-national breadth, this timely book examines the prospect of enhanced opportunities for learning, creativity and communication set ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Inclusive Education in Europe

    Edited by Christine O'Hanlon ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1995, this book offers a crucial view of the implementation of legislation for the integration of pupils with special educational needs in EU countries at the time. The match or mismatch between the rhetoric and reality, between the policy and the practice are reviewed by presenters from a recent appraisal of progress in individual national contexts. Authors are critical of ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Cross-Cultural Analysis

    The Science and Art of Comparing the World′s Modern Societies and Their Cultures

    by Michael Minkov ...
    Cross-Cultural Analysis is the sequel to Culture′s Consequences, the classic work published by Geert Hofstede, one of the most influential management thinkers in today′s times. Hofstede′s original work introduced a new research paradigm in cross-cultural analysis: studying cultural differences through nation-level dimensions (complex variables defined by intercorrelated items). This paradigm has ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • International and Cross-Cultural Business Research

    by Hester van Herk, Jean-Claude Usunier, Julie Anne Lee ...
    Successfully combining cross-cultural management and business research methods, this team of international authors provide much-needed coverage of the implications that should be considered when undertaking research across different cultures.Through the implementation of methodological pluralism, the book investigates the various cultural influences that affect business theories and practices ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • The Scientific Method

    A Guide to Finding Useful Knowledge

    by J. Scott Armstrong, Kesten C. Green ...
    The scientific method delivers prosperity, yet scientific practice has become subject to corrupting influences from within and without the scientific community. This essential reference is intended to help remedy those threats. The authors identify eight essential criteria for the practice of science and provide checklists to help avoid costly failures in scientific practice. Not only for ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Improving a Country’s Education

    PISA 2018 Results in 10 Countries

    Edited by Nuno Crato ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This open access book compares and contrasts the results of international student assessments in ten countries. The OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) released the results of its 2018 assessment in December 2019. This book reflects the debates that typically follow the release of these results and focuses on the causes of differences between countries. Such causes include ... Read more

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  • The PISA Effect on Global Educational Governance

    Edited by Louis Volante ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics
    The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international achievement measure that assesses 15-year-old student performance in the areas of reading, mathematics, and science literacy in over 70 countries and economies triennially. By presenting an in-depth examination of PISA’s role in education governance and policy discourses, this book provides the reader with a critical ... Read more

    $60.99 USD