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Direct linkHickey, Sam, Ed.; Hossain, Naomi, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2019
Why have many developing countries that have succeeded in expanding access to education made such limited progress on improving learning outcomes? There is a growing recognition that the learning crisis constitutes a significant dimension of global inequality and also that educational outcomes in developing countries are shaped by political as…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Politics of Education, Access to Education, Educational Quality
Levy, Brian, Ed.; Cameron, Robert, Ed.; Hoadley, Ursula, Ed.; Naidoo, Vinothan, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2018
All over the world, economic inclusion has risen to the top of the development discourse. A Oxford Scholarship Online well-performing education system is central to achieving inclusive development -- but the challenge of improving educational outcomes has proven to be unexpectedly difficult. Access to education has increased, but quality remains…
Descriptors: Governance, Politics of Education, Racial Segregation, Social Change
Ahluwalia, Pal, Ed.; Atkinson, Stephen, Ed.; Bishop, Peter, Ed.; Christie, Pam, Ed.; Hattam, Robert, Ed.; Matthews, Julie, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Reconciliation is one of the most significant contemporary challenges in the world today. In this innovative new volume, educational academics and practitioners across a range of cultural and political contexts examine the links between reconciliation and critical pedagogy, putting forward the notion that reconciliation projects should be regarded…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Theories, Integrated Curriculum, Critical Theory
Kwiek, Marek, Ed.; Kurkiewicz, Andrzej, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
The recent decade brought about new ways of thinking about universities. European-level educational policies became increasingly influential as the agenda of university reforms was viewed as part of greater Lisbon strategy reforms. National governments adopted the economic concept of the university consistently developed in subsequent official…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Parker, Joe, Ed.; Samantrai, Ranu, Ed.; Romero, Mary, Ed. – SUNY Press, 2010
In the 1960s and 1970s, activists who focused on the academy as a key site for fostering social change began by querying the assumptions of the traditional disciplines and transforming their curricula, putting into place women's and ethnic studies programs that changed both the subject and methods of scholarship. The pattern of scholars and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Black Studies, Social Class, Global Approach
Johnson, David, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2010
The chapters in this volume give an account of the process of modernisation and educational reform in Russia, variously considering the cultural and political dilemmas provoked by democratisation, the structural and policy challenges associated with the reform of higher and vocational education, and the deep divisions exposed as socio-cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Democracy, Politics of Education, Social Change
Chen, Xinyin, Ed.; Rubin, Kenneth H., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2011
Filling a significant gap in the literature, this book examines the impact of culture on the social behaviors, emotions, and relationships of children around the world. It also explores cultural differences in what is seen as adaptive or maladaptive development. Eminent scholars discuss major theoretical perspectives on culture and development and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Aggression, Social Behavior
Merriam, Sharan B., Ed.; Grace, Andre P., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
With contributions from leading experts in the field, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education collects in one volume the best previously published literature on the issues and trends affecting adult education today. The volume includes influential pieces from foundational authors in the profession such as Eduard C.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Social Justice, Social Class
Day, Christopher, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
The International Handbook of Teacher and School Development brings together a collection of research and evidence-based authoritative writings which focus on international teacher and school development. Drawing on research from 18 countries across 7 continents, the 40 chapters are grouped into 10 themes which represent key aspects of teacher and…
Descriptors: Teachers, Expectation, Teaching (Occupation), Accountability
Miller, S. J., Ed.; Kirkland, David E., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2010
"Change Matters," written by leading scholars committed to social justice in English education, provides researchers, university instructors, and preservice and inservice teachers with a framework that pivots social justice toward policy. The chapters in this volume detail rationales about generating social justice theory in what Freire calls "the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Social Class, Qualitative Research, Marital Status
Download full textReed, Wornie L., Ed. – 1990
In 1987 a project was undertaken to assess the status of African Americans in the United States in the topical areas to be addressed by the National Research Council's Study Committee on the Status of Black Americans: education, employment, income and occupations, political participation and the administration of justice, social and cultural…
Descriptors: Black Community, Blacks, Economic Factors, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Peer reviewedConroy, Pauline; And Others – Community Development Journal, 1990
Includes "The Case of Western Europe: Integration and Change in the EEC--The Fortress and the Excluded" (Conroy); "The Case of Eastern Europe: Why Community Development Still Has to Find a Role in Hungary" (Tausz); and "The Case of the Third World: People's Self-Development (Rahman). (SK)
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Development, Community Organizations, Developing Nations
Reed, Wornie L., Ed. – 1990
In 1987 a project was undertaken to assess the status of African Americans in the United States in the topical areas to be addressed by the National Research Council's Study Committee on the Status of Black Americans: education, employment, income and occupations, political participation and the administration of justice, social and cultural…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
National Catholic Educational Association, Washington, DC. – 1990
This volume is a record of discussions held at an invitational symposium that explored the major issues and challenges that face the catechetical ministry. The theme of this event was one of partnership and collaboration. The following presentations were made: (1) "Catechesis: An Ecclesial Ministry" (P. Laghi); (2) "Bishops Concerns…
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Church Role, Educational Development
Brock, Colin, Ed.; Levers, Lila Zia – Symposium Books, 2007
The chapters in this volume do not represent the whole of the Middle East and North Africa, as such a collection would have been too large for one volume. Rather, the selection here is intended to present different perspectives on a range of educational issues, relevant to a particular focus or country, or common to a number of countries in the…
Descriptors: Muslims, Females, Arabs, Social Change
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