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By Regina Cortina, Nelly P. Stomquist
January 16, 2019
In this ground-breaking study, Regina Cortina and Nelly Stromquist examine how the alliances of international agencies, national governments, and nongovernmental organizations have strengthened public support for educating girls and women in Latin America. Bringing a timely and readable account of...
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By John L. Cogan, Murray Print
August 03, 2016
This book examines the approach to civic education in six societies located on the Pacific Rim: Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and the US. In these scrupulously designed studies, the contributors investigate the recent re-emergence of civic education in this region. Developments ...
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By Maggie Wilson, Sheena Erskine
July 21, 2016
This book discusses equal opportunity for education in a global context. Research findings from all over the world, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America are presented. Wilson and Erskine have compiled chapters addressing current gender issues as well as specific problems ...
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By Gerald K. LeTendre, Gerald K. LeTendre
July 20, 2016
In this book the authors systematically address the most common stereotypes or myths about Japanese education that are currently being circulated in the popular press, teaching magazines and educational research journals. The authors show how arguments about Japan are used to further political ends...
By Arild Tjeldvoll
July 08, 2016
This significant contribution to comparative education presents an authoritative discussion of the recent changes in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The implementation of a democratic educational policy in Scandinavia has been affected by the dominance of the Protestant Church, mass ...
By Gerald K. Letendre, Rebecca Erwin Fukuzawa
May 13, 2016
This volume examines the lives of young adolescents in Japanese middle schools, focusing on the dynamics of school, family, and social life, and explores the change from child to adolescent that takes place in the middle school years....
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By Mark B. Ginsburg, Mark Ginsburg
May 13, 2016
This book focuses on important theoretical and policy debates on educational reform, with detailed analyses of reforms in 11 countries. It also explores the effects of geographical location, political ideology, and economic structure on shaping educational reform. Individual case studies are ...
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By Susan Jeanne Peters
April 27, 2016
A radical departure from previous chronicles of education for people with disabilities, this book views special education from a broader perspective. Its central thesis is that cultural values and expectations play a dominant role in understanding the structure and function of special education. ...
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By Angela W. Little, Fiona E. Leach
February 29, 2016
This edited volume reviews the conflict between economic prescriptions for improved education in the developing world and local cultures. Among the issues reviewed are: conceptions of culture and economics in development and education literature, economic considerations of school systems to promote...
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By Robin J. Burns, Robin J. Burns, Robert Aspeslagh, Robert Aspeslagh
December 18, 2015
First Published in 1996. The current world order poses new challenges to the theory and practice of peace education. Drawing on data gathered from around the world, Burns and Aspeslagh focus on how peace is presented in formal and informal educational settings and what effects ideologies have in ...
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By Gerard A. Postiglione
December 07, 2015
This volume focuses on policies and practices in the education of China's national minorities with the purpose of assessing the goals and impact of state sponsored education for China's non-Han people's. The essays in the four sections of this book examine cultural challenges to state schooling, ...
By Nancy Sato
May 07, 2015
This detailed ethnographic study of fifth- and sixth-grade classrooms offers new insights into Japanese culture, as many aspects of daily social life are embedded in the educational system. Additionally, this book provides new perspectives on educational reform in the U.S., since many current ...