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Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Public Policy Challenges Facing Higher Education in the American West is the first regional public policy study of American higher education. Presidents of the Western State Commission for Higher Education and the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, alongside nationally recognized...
A Half-Century of Indian Higher Education
Essays by Philip G Altbach
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
A Half-Century of Indian Higher Education features a select collection of writings on Indian higher education by Professor Philip G. Altbach. Professor Altbach's research papers and articles on Indian higher education—published in journals, periodicals, newspapers and books worldwide—not only...
by Daniel R. VanGerpen
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
How do I write about a word like education when I already know what it means, or do I really know? To date, I have written several books relating to life, and this one discusses the word education and how it relates to creation and all of life. Education starts on the day of physical birth and continues...
Risk Management of Education Systems
The Case of STEM Education in Israel
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2017
This work illustrates how risk management can be applied to educational systems in general, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education in particular. The rationale for this approach stems from the increased awareness of the importance and contribution of STEM education to...
by Jane Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 1997
Jane Thompson’s books and essays have inspired and validated the work of radical practitioners in adult and community education not only in Britain, but also overseas – particularly in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. This is a collection of extracts, essays and conference...
Higher Education in the Asian Century
The European legacy and the future of Transnational Education in the ASEAN region
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
There is increasing interest in the Asian arena; both as a home for the delivery of international higher education and as a breeding ground for a new brand of sustainable domestic and international growth. Academics are increasingly turning to Asia and Asian Education in order to better understand...
Re-Evaluating Education in Japan and Korea
De-mystifying Stereotypes
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
International comparisons of student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading have consistently shown that Japanese and Korean students outperform their peers in other parts of world. Understandably, this has attracted many policymakers and researchers seeking to emulate this success, but...
Abstracts of The First Sourcebook on Asian Research in Mathematics Education
China, Korea, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia and India
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Mathematics and Science education have both grown in fertile directions in different geographic regions. Yet, the mainstream discourse in international handbooks does not lend voice to developments in cognition, curriculum, teacher development, assessment, policy and implementation of mathematics and...
Educating Children in Conflict Zones
Research, Policy, and Practice for Systemic Change--A Tribute to Jackie Kirk
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Inspired by the work of the late Dr. Jacqueline Kirk, this book takes a penetrating look at the challenges of delivering quality education to the approximately 39 million out-of-school children around the world who live in situations affected by violent conflict. With chapters by leading researchers...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
This handbook provides a concise overview of special education services in countries across the world, using the Article on Education in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as the analytical frame.
• Provides a comprehensive scope and broad coverage that...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The promise of this admission policy reader arises from the embodiment of research from 58 authors, six continents, 20 time zones, 20+ first languages, and a broad array of research methodologies. Four sections aggregate key themes within the text:
(1) National Perspectives on Higher Education Admission...
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...
Reimagining Business Education
Insights and Actions from the Business Education Jam
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
'Reimagining Business Education’ discusses the rationale for, and design of, the first Business Education Jam. It reviews key challenges facing business education and articulates a vision for how the role and delivery of business education could be reimagined. This book is critically important during...
by Alexander W. Wiseman, Emily Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
The goal of the ARCIE volume is to examine current perspectives and future directions for the field using several essays as a context for discussion and analysis. Contributed Volume chapters begin by addressing the questions and themes discussed in these essays which will include: the use of new conceptual...