Educational Reform category: 2687 books
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Policy and Practice
Decolonizing Community Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
This book provides a space in which struggles for indigenous knowledge within communities are articulated, valued, heard, and responded to. The volume takes change as its focus, yet acknowledges that the origins and significance of change are frequently found to be unsettling. Contributors explore...
Leading Ethically in Schools and Other Organizations
Inquiry, Case Studies, and Decision-Making
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Leaders in schools, universities, and other organizations are constantly bombarded with ethical dilemmas. They are challenged with diverse student needs; contradictory approaches presented by faculty and staff; rules and regulations that conflict with desired outcomes, and more. To deal with these...
Schooling in Disadvantaged Communities
Playing the Game from the Back of the Field
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2009
Based on a study of one secondary school located in a disadvantaged community in Australia, this book provides a different perspective on what it means to ‘play the game’ of schooling. Drawing on the perspectives of teachers, parents and students, this book is a window through which to explore...
Reforming Learning and Teaching in Asia-Pacific Universities
Influences of Globalised Processes in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
This book focuses on learning and teaching as the core business of higher education and explores reformative efforts in response to the influences of globalised processes in three advanced economies in the Asia-Pacific region: Japan, Hong Kong and Australia. This is a significant book as it adds to...
Muslims, Schooling and Security
Trojan Horse, Prevent and Racial Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
This book focuses on the recent educational policy debates surrounding Muslims, schooling and the question of security in light of the Counter Terrorism Security Act – which has made ‘Prevent’ a legal duty for schools, colleges and universities. The book examines the infamous ‘Trojan Horse’...
Reclaiming Education for Democracy
Thinking Beyond No Child Left Behind
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Reclaiming Education for Democracy subjects the prophets and doctrines of educational neoliberalism to scrutiny in order to provide a rationale and vision for public education beyond the limits of No Child Left Behind. The authors combine a history of recent education policy with an in- depth analysis...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014
This comprehensive and up-to-date review of learning and educational quality in developing countries, written by 16 highly knowledgeable specialists from around the world, provides policymakers and researchers accessible perspectives with the Millennium Development Goals in mind.
Continuing Professional Teacher Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Improving Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Continuing Professional Teacher Development in Sub-Saharan Africa explores the prospects that the on-going continuous professional development (CPD) of teachers working in schools offers for meaningful change, particularly towards improving the quality of educational provision for the majority of...
Because of Race
How Americans Debate Harm and Opportunity in Our Schools
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2010
In Because of Race, Mica Pollock tackles a long-standing and fraught debate over racial inequalities in America's schools. Which denials of opportunity experienced by students of color should be remedied? Pollock exposes raw, real-time arguments over what inequalities of opportunity based on race...
Class Size and Pupil?Teacher Ratios
Where Education and Economics Collide
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
This book provides a “primer” with respect to the debate about class size between economists and educators. In particular it offers an overview of how economists look at school funding problems, and makes a comparison between the work of the Chicago School and others like Eric Hanushek, which has...
by Charles C. Haynes, Sam Chaltain
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2003
What are the First Amendment rights? How do you resolve questions about the rights of students, educators, and parents in a school setting?
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the most basic and cherished rights of society--religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly....
Formal Education: A Catalyst to Nation Building
A Case Study of Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
The smallest and most remote villages in the developing countries are affected by the rapid and seemingly irresistible trend towards globalization. The limitless availability of information however necessitates education to stand out as the key factor for human and national development. But which...
Globalization, Mass Education and Technical and Vocational Education and Training
The Influence of UNESCO in Botswana and Namibia
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
This book assesses the influence of the international organization UNESCO on the development of national Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems in the Southern African Community Region (SADC), focusing particularly on Botswana and Namibia. Designed around UNESCO’s Better...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2010
Academic freedom has been a principle that undergirds the university since 1915. Beyond this, it also protects a spirit of free inquiry essential to a democratic society. But in the post-9/11 present, the basic principles of academic freedom have been deeply challenged. There have been many startling...