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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

Are Australian schools safe? And if they're not, what happens when kids are caught in a bleak collision between ill-equipped school staff and a confected media scandal? In 2016 the Safe Schools program became the centre of an ideological firestorm. In...

This book explores the ability of the Norwegian school system to support the achievement of formal competencies among children with physical disabilities, as well as its role in the informal dimensions of social participation and networking. Schools...

Based on a highly interdisciplinary theoretical framework, Tobias Schroedler provides a comprehensive picture of the value of language skills within the Irish economy. The author manages to present and merge theories from economics, business studies,...

The Ecological Heart of Teaching is a collection of writings by teachers about their life in classrooms. Reflecting over three years of collective work, it illustrates how teachers, parents, and students can avoid some of the distractions and panic...

This book attempts to present both theoretical and practical perspectives on school and university partnerships that focus on the preparation and retention of urban teachers. In particular, the book focuses on (a) theoretical and historical underpinnings...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643171845Author Lori OstergaardFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Parlor PressPublisher Parlor PressWeight(grams) 281g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927151914Author Russell BishopFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) PressPublisher New Zealand...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602357129Author Lori OstergaardFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Parlor PressPublisher Parlor PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643172354Author Lori OstergaardFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Parlor PressPublisher Parlor PressWeight(grams) 249g

In "Plan Europe 2000," launched by the European Cultural Foundation, the first project is devoted to education. This project sets out to isolate the principal features, and to sketch the "image" of the educational system in the year 2000. It is not a...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides an original and challenging analysis of one of the most pressing social issues of our times: intergenerational inequality. Based on recent mixed-method research, it explores the...

This open access edited volume offers an analysis of the entangled histories of education and development in twentieth-century Africa. It deals with the plurality of actors that competed and collaborated to formulate educational and developmental...

This book offers an empirical and theoretical account of the mode of governance that characterizes the Bologna Process. In addition, it shows how the reform materializes and is translated in everyday working life among professors and managers in higher...

This book explores how school history textbooks are used to perpetuate nationalistic policies within divided regions. Exploring the 'divide and rule' politics across ex-Yugoslav successor states, the editors and contributors draw upon a wide range of...

This book explores the issue of student speech in public schools from a student usability perspective. Student speech is both a challenge and an opportunity in public schools. When school boards and districts craft policy, they do so with US Supreme...

This book summarizes and updates findings from the Australian Values Education Program with a focus on the latest international research in the field, both theoretical and practice-based. Further, it provides a theoretical and practical basis for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602357815Author Council Writing Program AdministratorsFormat PaperbackImprint Parlor PressPublisher Parlor PressWeight(grams) 270g