Educational systems and structures

In this book, the author Joy Cumming draws on knowledge of law, assessment and measurement to provide an original analysis of the inclusion of students with impairment in educational accountability assessments in the U.

This book documents the growing mobility of international students in the Asia Pacific.

Core concepts in education are changing.

This book examines the ways in which China's universities have changed in the dramatic move to a mass stage which has unfolded since the late 1990s.

This highly detailed study maps four decades of evolution of the concept of what constitutes effective school leadership.

As the nature of education generally, and higher education in particular, changes irrevocably, it is crucial to understand the informed opinions of those closest to the institutions of learning.

Once the Cinderella of the education system, early years education has evolved into a much more substantially funded sector with staff experiencing greater opportunities for higher-level training and education as well as increasing demands.

This book synthesizes research findings on patterns in the last twenty years or so in order to argue for a theory of graded representations in pattern generalization.

"e;Although standards-based reform emerged in the United States and the United Kingdom, the idea has spread across the world, as an approach to systemic reform.

This edited volume focuses on how international education policy, set by international policymakers and donors, influences local education policy in developing countries.

This volume consists of original essays by academic leaders and scholars connected to Clark Kerr's life and work.

Education for sustainable development (ESD) presents an intriguing challenge in developed countries.

A growing body of research has given critical attention to diverse theories and practices of environmental education, and its potential contribution to addressing pressing global issues such as sustainable development and climate change.

Developed in the context of health sciences education in the late 1960s, problem-based learning (PBL) is now widely deployed as an education methodology.

Argumentation-arriving at conclusions on a topic through a process of logical reasoning that includes debate and persuasion- has in recent years emerged as a central topic of discussion among science educators and researchers.

This book consolidates contemporary thinking and research efforts in teaching and learning about the nature of science in science education.

Since their earliest days, institutions providing a Protestant education have always been respected and sought-after for their rigor and relative freedom from dogma-and despite today's secularism and plurality, they remain so.

Exemplifying what it advocates, this book is an innovative attempt to retrieve the essay form from its degenerate condition in academic writing.

The second edition of the International Handbook of Lifelong Learning is extensive, innovative, and international in scope, remit and vision, inviting its readers to engage in a critical re-appraisal of the theme of "e;lifelong learning"e;.

Rapid-and seemingly accelerating-changes in the economies of developed nations are having a proportional effect on the skill sets required of workers in many new jobs.

This book presents a new and refreshing look at student assessment from the perspective of leading educational theorists, researchers, and practitioners.

This survey provides unprecedented scope and detail of analysis on higher education in the Asia-Pacific region.

Higher education policy has increasingly gained a European dimension, with its own distinct influence over national education policies.

The International Handbook of Leadership for Learning brings together chapters by distinguished authors from thirty-one countries in nine different regions of the world.

This work represents a publishing event in education research.

This book is concerned with the general issues of ageing, learning and education for the elderly and then with the more specific issues of why, how and what elders want to learn.

This book is a remarkable feat of scholarship - so remarkable in fact that I put it in the same league as the great classics of the field that had so much to do with setting the direction of Comparative Education.

This book provides a provocative but carefully argued addition to the theory and practice of education in developing countries.

Contributors to this volume examine structures and processes that school boards have in place directly relating to the process of principal or vice-principal succession.

Reading Comprehension: Assisting Children with Learning Difficulties examines the complex nature of reading comprehension.

Socio-scientific issues (SSI) are open-ended, multifaceted social issues with conceptual links to science.

External drivers are pressing for a more privatized approach to higher education and research, a greater reliance on technology and the more efficient use of resources.

This ground-breaking and exhaustive analysis of university ranking surveys scrutinizes their theoretical bases, methodological issues, societal impact, and policy implications, providing readers with a deep understanding of these controversial comparators.

At the beginning of the 21st century, new features have emerged within the field of comparative education.

Globalization has brought dramatic changes to the character and functions of education in most countries around the world.

The quality of education is a term that is frequently used in public debates.

How are curriculum policies translated into opportunities to learn in the classroom?

Advances in Business Education & Training is a Book Series to foster advancement in the field of Business Education and Training.

The studies contained in this volume present a sampling of policy and legislation relating to adult learning in various parts of the world.

How are students in Asia and the Pacific taught to be effective citizens?

This book discusses the recent assessment movements in the eastern and western worlds with particular focuses on the policies, implementation, and impacts of assessment reform on education.

Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities.

Transitions to new educational experiences are a universal rite of passage encountered by children worldwide.

This book explores current thinking about the role of corrective feedback in language learning and teaching.

Within educational research that seeks to understand the quality and effectiveness of teachers and school, the role emotions play in educational change and school improvement has become a subject of increasing importance.

As educational policy trends converge in many countries, such as demands for greater accountability, decentralization, and more culturally sensitive practices for an increasingly diverse student body, there is growing interest in cross-national comparisons and generalizations about leadership qualities and practices that result in successful schools.

There are an estimated forty-eight million Latinas/os living in the United States, roughly sixteen percent of the population.

This book examines issues that have emerged as higher education systems and individual institutions across East Asia confront and adapt to the changing economic, social, and educational environments in which they now operate.

The International Handbook of Jewish Education, a two volume publication, brings together scholars and practitioners engaged in the field of Jewish Education and its cognate fields world-wide.

The contributing authors of this multidisciplinary text agree that workplace learning truly is extraordinary when it is marked by structural congruence and a positive synergy among the intended and formal preparation of professionals, that tacit learning occurs within the hidden curriculum, and that the subsequent demands, both formal and tacit, are embedded in subsequent workplace settings.