Education category: 70663 books
Peace Education and Religious Plurality
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Does religion bring peace or war?
In order to discuss this fundamental question, it is essential to reflect upon religious education that shapes the views of religion among young generations.
This book has developed from the special panel on "Religious Education and Peace"...
by Robert Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
How can the study of religions and non-religious world views contribute to intercultural education in schools in Europe? An important recommendation from the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (Recommendation CM/Rec(2008)12 on the dimension of religions and non-religious convictions within...
by Gary McCulloch
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
The history of education is a contested field of study, and has represented a site of struggle for the past century of its development. It is highly relevant to an understanding of broader issues in history, education and society, and yet has often been regarded as being merely peripheral rather than...
by Robin Harris, Arthur Tremblay
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1960
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1960
This bibliography is the first of a series of studies about higher education in Canada sponsored by the committee on the History of Higher Education in Canada established by the National Conference of Canadian Universities. Among its nearly 4,000 entries are included the books, pamphlets, theses,...
Learning Futures
Education, Technology and Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
In the twenty-first century, educators around the world are being told that they need to transform education systems to adapt young people for the challenges of a global digital knowledge economy. Too rarely, however, do we ask whether this future vision is robust, achievable or even desirable, whether...
Education and Youth Agency
Qualitative Case Studies in Global Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
This book offers a comprehensive overview of studies on youth agency across various parts of the world. It explores diverse perspectives on education, citizenship and future livelihoods, modernity and tradition, gender equality, and social norms and transformations as they relate to how young people...
Big-City School Reforms
Lessons from New York, Toronto, and London
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Big cities have struggled to improve public school systems. This book shows why—and offers a framework for achieving future success. Fullan and Boyle, internationally renowned thinkers on school change, demonstrate that while the educational challenges of big cities may be overwhelming, they...
Values and Virtues in Higher Education Research.
Critical perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Values and Virtues in Higher Education Research centres on practitioners studying and researching their practices in higher education settings, in order to improve those practices for the benefit of others and themselves. Making research public is a key aspect of ensuring the quality of educational...
by J.D. Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
This book is designed to serve two purposes. First it provides an introduction to the ideas and works of Michel Foucault. It should be particularly appropriate for education students for whom, in general, Foucault is a shadowy presence. Second, it provides a Foucault based critique of a central plank...
Open Learning and Formal Credentialing in Higher Education
Curriculum Models and Institutional Policies
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
The discipline of education is a multi-faceted system that must constantly integrate new strategies and procedures to ensure successful learning experiences. Enhancements in education provide learners with greater opportunities for growth and advancement. Open Learning and Formal Credentialing in...
British Labour and Higher Education, 1945 to 2000
Ideologies, Policies and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
Higher education provision is an essential component (socially as well as economically) of modern social structures. British Labour and Higher Education focuses on the development of Labour policy on higher education from 1945 to 2000. It analyses the rapid expansion and series of fundamental transformations...
Surpassing Shanghai
An Agenda for American Education Built on the World's Leading Systems
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
This book answers a simple question: How would one redesign the American education system if the aim was to take advantage of everything that has been learned by countries with the world’s best education systems?
With a growing number of countries outperforming the United States on the most...
Education and Religion
Global Pressures, Local Responses
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
In most countries, whether secular or otherwise, education and religion are closely interlinked and no matter how hard the state tries, it can be very difficult to remove the ties between them. This book investigates the links between education, religion and politics.
The dominant feature in...
Policy Analysis of Structural Reforms in Higher Education
Processes and Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
This book addresses the complex phenomenon in higher education of structural reforms in higher education systems. Across the globe, governments initiate comprehensive reforms of their higher education systems because they want their models to be the best and to excel at what they do. This regularly...