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In this book, the authors pursue quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches, conducting hundreds of large-scale surveys and in-depth interviews in 679 schools, 67 counties and 13 provinces throughout China. They also conducted longitudinal...

This book covers research on the financing of compulsory education in rural China and provides a highly informative read for readers who are interested in the issue of financing compulsory education in poor areas. Basing on data collected from field...

This book explores Singapore's language education system. Unlike previous volumes, which discuss the bilingual requirement for learning, it focuses on Singapore's quadrilingual system, bringing together articles on each of the four languages - English,...

This book offers a comparative approach within a general framework of studies on minority languages of Western Europe and Russia and former Soviet space, focusing on linguistic, legal and categorization aspects. It is connected to a comparative study of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734803754Author Stu ErvayFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Lightyear PressPublisher Lightyear PressWeight(grams) 417g

In an era of globalization, internationalization of higher education (IHE) has been constructed as an almost inevitable trend and has become a common pursuit of many nations in their higher education (HE) policies. This book focuses on two nations, China...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602359147Author Council Writing Program AdministratorsFormat PaperbackImprint Parlor PressPublisher Parlor PressWeight(grams) 299g

This 14th volume in the 24-volume book series sets out to explore the interrelationship between ideology, the state, and education reforms, placing it in a global context. It examines some of the major education reforms and policy issues in a global...

This book investigates the international school policy reform in China from various perspectives. In recent years, international schools, international classes, international departments, and various international education projects have emerged in the...

While Sweden is often viewed as a benchmark for equality within education, this book examines this assumption in greater depth. The author argues that Sweden's education system - even prior to the global spread of neoliberalism in education,...

This book explores the education poverty alleviation policy in China from the perspectives of concept and practice. In this book, the authors also examine the major national education poverty alleviation policy to analyze the different periods and stages...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643181196Author Ejiro U OsiobeFormat HardbackPage Count 322Imprint Imperium PublishingPublisher Imperium PublishingWeight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

This open access book analyses intercultural dialogue as a concept, policy and ideal in European education policy documentation. The core European transnational organizatons - the Council of Europe and the European Union - have actively promoted policies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426938078Author Michael BodinFormat HardbackPage Count 386Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 721g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781433100383Author Shirley R. SteinbergFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 450g

For too long, theories and practices of learning have been dominated by the requirements of formal learning. Quite simply this book seeks to persuade readers through philosophical argument and empirically grounded examples that the balance should be...

This book examines the normative principles that guide the governance of education, in particular the notion of education as a public good. Determining whether this concept is still valid is a topic of growing importance, especially considering the...

This edited volume demonstrates some of the potential contributions of discourse analytic approaches to the study of education policy and its implementation within particular policy contexts. Contributing authors provide a range of perspectives,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524920753Author Jeffrey SuzukiFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.

This book investigates the endogenous forces in the relation of "One Belt and One Road" and educational development in China. The conceptual framework of analyzing the relations offers an in-depth understanding of the vocational education,...

The New Flagship University is an expansive vision for leading national universities and an alternative narrative to global rankings and World Class Universities. The Flagship model explores pathways for universities to re-shape their missions and...

This book examines the nexus between nation-building and history education globally and the implication for cultural diversity and social justice. It studies some of the major education reforms and policy issues in history education in a global culture,...

An accessible and wide-ranging consideration of concerns facing English Studies in its surrounding context of the university and society. The contributors to this volume seek to trace, in the face of current challenges, historical and contemporary...

Current conceptions of teacher training reflect key issues in professional practices. Two prevailing views seem to be in conflict, the first is that a teacher ought to be able to act as an autonomous professional, trusted to have and apply subject...

This volume brings together marginalized perspectives and communities into the mainstream discourse on education for sustainable development and global citizenship. Building on her earlier work, Sharma uses non-western perspectives to challenge dominant...

This book investigates the market-driven transformation of the higher education sector and the response given by the translation programmes in the UK and China, two vastly different social and economic contexts. It provides an in-depth look at six...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788746359Author Idoya PuigFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Peter Lang International Academic PublishersPublisher Peter Lang International Academic...

This book addresses the intersections of globalization, policy borrowing, and educational reform. Drawing upon multiple disciplines, it provides a comprehensive overview of globalization's history, processes, theories, and trends, both generally and...

In this volume, critical scholars and educational activists explore the intricate dynamics between the enclosure of global commons and radical visions of a common social future that breaks through the logics of privatization, ecological degradation, and...

This book explores how to shape a high-quality education system in contemporary China's education policy system. The high-quality education system includes several dimensions, such as teacher ethics, school-family cooperative system, teacher promotion,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781649529954Author Peter ThalheimFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Fulton BooksPublisher Fulton BooksWeight(grams) 236g

Academic success for African American boys' in Special Education is frequently elusive as the United States continues to endure the legacy of academic discrimination (Blanchett, 2010; Skiba et al., 2008). Consequently, educational policies have not fully...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887302256Author Nancy T. NasrFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Information Age PublishingPublisher Information Age PublishingWeight(grams) 142g

This book argues that the structure of public education is a key factor in the failure of America's public education system to fulfill the intellectual, civic, and moral aims for which it was created. The book challenges the philosophical basis for the...

Dystopia and Education: Insights into Theory, Praxis, and Policy in an age of Utopia Gone Wrong provides an as-of-yet unexplored critical perspective for examining contemporary educational theory, praxis, and policy with particular reference to the...

This book weighs up the consequences of introducing Quality Enhancement and Risk Management as new dimensions in Higher Education quality control on a global scale. The authors include Chief Executive Officers of Quality Agencies, policy analysts and...

The topic of immigration has become increasingly volatile in U.S. society, and undocumented college students play a central role in mobilizing and politicizing a critical mass of activists to push forth a pro-immigration agenda, in particular the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948210140Author Jeff SheldonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Alpha Academic PressPublisher Alpha Academic PressWeight(grams) 156g

Despite armed internal conflict and the global financial crisis, Sri Lanka has made remarkable progress in recent years, enjoying healthy economic growth and substantially reducing poverty. Moreover, Sri Lankans are the best-educated people in South...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798885698733Author Dr Sampath DanielFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Notion Press Media Pvt LtdPublisher Notion Press Media Pvt LtdWeight(grams) 177g