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“raymond ryba”

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  • Education, Democracy and Development

    An International Perspective

    Edited by Raymond Ryba ...
    This book contains a selected number of papers which were fIrst presented at the VIllth World Congress of Comparative Education in Prague, July 8--14, 1992. The Executive Committee of the World Council of Comparative and Education Societies had gladly accepted the bid made by the (at that time still united) Czech and Slovak Comparative Education Society to organise this congress in their beautiful ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Schooling Selves

    Autonomy, Interdependence, and Reform in Japanese Junior High Education

    by Peter Cave ...
    Balancing the development of autonomy with that of social interdependence is a crucial aim of education in any society, but nowhere has it been more hotly debated than in Japan, where controversial education reforms over the past twenty years have attempted to reconcile the two goals. In this book, Peter Cave explores these reforms as they have played out at the junior high level, the most intense ... Read more

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  • Child Cultures, Schooling, and Literacy

    Global Perspectives on Composing Unique Lives

    Edited by Anne Haas Dyson ...
    Through analysis of case studies of young children (ages 3 to 8 years), situated in different geographic, cultural, linguistic, political, and socioeconomic sites on six continents, this book examines the interplay of childhoods, schooling, and, literacies. Written language is situated within particular childhoods as they unfold in school. A key focus is on children’s agency in the construction of ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Transitions to Early Care and Education

    International Perspectives on Making Schools Ready for Young Children

    Edited by DeAnna M. Laverick, Mary Renck Jalongo ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Transitions to new educational experiences are a universal rite of passage encountered by children worldwide. This volume in the Educating the Young Child: Advances in Theory and Research, Implications for Practice series provides early childhood educators with a resource that focuses on the transitions that young children make to early care and education settings, along with the issues that ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Globalization and the Singapore Curriculum

    From Policy to Classroom

    Edited by Zongyi Deng, Christine Kim-Eng Lee, S Gopinathan ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume provides a multi-faceted and critical analysis of the Singapore curriculum in relation to globalization. First, it details reform initiatives established by the Singapore government to meet the challenges posed by globalization. Next, Globalization and the Singapore Curriculum presents how these reforms have been translated into programs, school subjects and operational frameworks and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Asia Pacific Higher Education

    Edited by Molly N.N. Lee, Deane E. Neubauer, Christopher S. Collins, John N. Hawkins ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume seeks to identify and explore the forces affecting higher education in the Asia Pacific region today. It includes a set of conceptually-rich organizing chapters followed by detailed country-specific studies that detail both the underlying dynamics of these forces and the manner in which they have affected specific countries. In this way, the chapters touch on the complex demographics ... Read more

    $260.09 USD

  • The Handbook of Practice and Research in Study Abroad

    Higher Education and the Quest for Global Citizenship

    Edited by Ross Lewin ...
    Co-published with the Association for American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)If we are all becoming global citizens, what then are our civic responsibilities? Colleges and universities across the United States have responded to this question by making the development of global citizens part of their core mission. A key strategy for realizing this goal is study abroad. After all, there may be no ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • Education, Translation and Global Market Pressures

    Curriculum Design in China and the UK

    by Wan Hu ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    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 selected case studies, critically analysing how social, economic, and political factors have affect curriculum designs in different translation ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Education for Sustainable Peace and Conflict Resilient Communities

    by Borislava Manojlovic ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book articulates a practice and theory of education that aims to facilitate the emergence of sustainable peace and conflict-resilient communities in societies plagued by conflict. It does so by examining the agency of conflict-resilient communities and the dynamic processes of their interactions with larger societal structure. Although education is seen as a human right, the design of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • China's Mongols at University

    Contesting Cultural Recognition

    by Zhenzhou Zhao, Wing On Lee ...
    Series series Emerging Perspectives on Education in China
    Minority students in China often receive preferential treatment for access to universities. However, very little is known about minority student experiences and perceptions on campus after they are accorded what's called "meaningful access" to university.The Mongols emerged as a distinct ethnic group in China starting in the 11th century and, in the centuries that followed, conquered a large part ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • The Forefront of International Higher Education

    A Festschrift in Honor of Philip G. Altbach

    Edited by Roberta Malee Bassett, Alma Maldonado-Maldonado ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book honors the academic trajectory and global impact of Philip G. Altbach, one of the most important education comparativists worldwide for over forty years. From his early writings on India and student activism to his recent work on research universities, Altbach has served as a key developer of the expansion of the field to include comparative higher education. His capacity to find, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Transforming Classroom Culture

    Inclusive Pedagogical Practices

    Edited by A. Dallalfar, E. Kingston-Mann, T. Sieber ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Transforming Classroom Culture is an anthology of original work authored by diverse faculty who work in a variety of New England college and university settings - private and public, racially homogeneous and diverse. The authors focus on institutional contexts that promote innovation in teaching practice, faculty identity as a resource for effective pedagogy, and dilemmas and outcomes of student ... Read more

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