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C. C. Wolhuter, Editor; Alexander W. Wiseman, Editor – International Perspectives on Education and Society, 2019
The scope and breadth of the field of comparative and international education is vast. In fact, there are few, if any, limitations on theme, method, or data in the field of comparative and international education. Every context or combination of contexts are available for comparative education scholars to scrutinise. The scope of this field brings…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, International Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Educational History
van der Wende, Marijk, Ed.; Kirby, William C., Ed.; Liu, Nian Cai, Ed.; Marginson, Simon, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2020
The global order, based on international governance and multilateral trade mechanisms in the aftermath of the Second World War, is changing rapidly and creating waves of uncertainty. This is especially true in higher education, a field increasingly built on international cooperation and the free movement of students, academics, knowledge, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, International Cooperation, Global Approach
Gaither, Milton, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2016
"The Wiley Handbook of Home Education" is a comprehensive collection of the latest scholarship in all aspects of home education in the United States and abroad. This book presents the latest findings on academic achievement of home-schooled children, issues of socialization, and legal argumentation about home-schooling and government…
Descriptors: Guides, Home Schooling, Academic Achievement, Socialization
Pfeiffer, Steven I., Ed. – APA Books, 2017
This handbook incorporates the most recent thinking and cutting-edge research from a wide range of fields related to gifted education, including developmental and social psychology, the neurosciences, cognitive science, and education. It consists of six sections: (1) History and global perspectives on the gifted field and talent development; (2)…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent Development, Theories, Talent Identification
Goodman, Roger, Ed.; Kariya, Takehiko, Ed.; Taylor, John, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2013
The relationship between the state and higher education institutions has always been a complex one. The "state" itself in this context is a heterogeneous mix of elite people--bureaucrats, politicians, committees of co-opted academics and business leader--and it increasingly faces pressures from diverse stakeholders, including students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Public Sector, Higher Education
Meyer, Heinz-Dieter, Ed.; Benavot, Aaron, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2013
Over the past ten years the PISA assessment has risen to strategic prominence in the international education policy discourse. Sponsored, organized and administered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), PISA seems well on its way to being institutionalized as the main engine in the global accountability regime. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, International Assessment, Global Approach
Yiakoumetti, Androula, Ed. – Peter Lang Oxford, 2012
This volume brings together research carried out in a variety of geographic and linguistic contexts including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe and the United States and explores efforts to incorporate linguistic diversity into education and to "harness" this diversity for learners' benefit. It challenges the largely…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Language Planning, Pidgins, Creoles
Cahn, Steven M., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2011
Now even more affordably priced in its second edition, "Classic and Contemporary Readings in the Philosophy of Education" is ideal for undergraduate and graduate philosophy of education courses. Editor Steven M. Cahn, a highly respected contributor to the field, brings together writings by leading figures in the history of philosophy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Educational Philosophy, School Choice
Silova, Iveta – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
The essays in "Globalization on the Margins" explore the continuities and changes in Central Asian education development since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Reflecting on two decades of post-socialist transformations, they reveal that education systems in Central Asia responded to the rapidly changing political, economic, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teacher Shortage, Active Learning
Kauppinen, Heta, Ed.; Diket, Read, Ed. – 1995
This anthology brings together art educators from 21 countries to provide information about the past record of art education along with recent developments and future prospects. In "Part I: Historical Perspectives," the role of cross cultural influences is reported in essays: (1) "Quality Criteria Shifts in One Century of Art…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences
International Bureau of Education, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1980
Thirteen viewpoints on the current character and possible future of educational goals around the world are presented in this volume. The introduction describes efforts by the International Bureau of Education and other agencies to develop an understanding of educational goals. The author also asserts the importance of the distinctions between…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning
Arnove, Robert F., Ed.; Torres, Carlos Alberto, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007
This book brings together many of the outstanding scholars in the field of comparative and international education to provide new perspectives on the dynamic interplay of global, national, and local forces as they shape the functioning and outcomes of education systems in specific contexts. Various chapters in the book call for a rethinking of the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Social Change, Outcomes of Education