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Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives
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Banks, James A., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2007
The increasing ethnic, racial, cultural, religious, and language diversity in nations throughout the world is forcing educators and policymakers to rethink existing notions of citizenship and nationality. To experience cultural democracy and freedom, a nation must be unified around a set of democratic values such as justice and equality that…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Pluralism, Race, Democratic Values
The Routledge International Companion to Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
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Cole, Ted, Ed.; Daniels, Harry, Ed.; Visser, John, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Responding to disruptive or troubled pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) remains a highly topical issue. The challenges these children present relate to wider issues of continuing political concern: the perceived declining discipline in schools; school and social exclusion; the limits to inclusion for children with special…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental Disorders
The Routledge International Handbook of Higher Education
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Tight, Malcolm, Ed.; Mok, Ka Ho, Ed.; Huisman, Jeroen, Ed.; Morphew, Christopher, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
This volume is a detailed and up-to-date reference work providing an authoritative overview of the main issues in higher education around the world today. Consisting of newly commissioned chapters and impressive journal articles, it surveys the state of the discipline and includes the examination and discussion of emerging, controversial and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Progress, Higher Education, Political Science
Immigrant Languages in Europe.
Extra, Guus, Ed.; Verhoeven, Ludo, Ed. – 1993
Papers from a 1990 Dutch colloquium on immigrant language varieties in Europe are presented in four categories: (1) use of immigrant language varieties in Europe; (2) first language acquisition in a second language context; (3) code-switching; and (4) language maintenance and loss. Papers include: "Sweden Finnish" (Jarmo Lainio);…
Descriptors: Arabic, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Ethnic Groups
Multiculturalism in Early Childhood Programs. Perspectives from ERIC/EECE: A Monograph Series, No. 3.
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Treppte, Carmen; And Others – 1993
This document presents three papers on multicultural education in early childhood, followed by a selected ERIC bibliography on the same subject. The first paper, "Multicultural Approaches in Education: A German Experience," by Carmen Treppte, describes the development of Turkish Children and Mothers, a project designed to help…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Early Childhood Education
Admission to Medical Education in Ten Countries.
Burn, Barbara B., Ed. – 1978
As part of a study of access and admission to higher education in Germany and the United States, a group of papers on medical admissions in various countries was commissioned. The papers presented in this book reveal wide differences in admissions policies and procedures. Barbara Burn examines some of the major issues in a foreword: representation…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Education