International perspectives on the goals of universal basic and secondary education
By: edited by Joel E. Cohen and Martin B. Malin.
Contributors: Cohen, Joel E.; Malin, Martin B.; American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Series: Routledge research in education -- 22
Publisher: Routledge; AAA&S [American Academy of Arts & Sciences]
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780415997669; 9780203882146
Subjects: Basic education; Education, Secondary; Education -- Aims and objectives
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Goals of universal basic and secondary education / Joel E. Cohen; title: Education for all, but for what? / Kai-ming Cheng; title: Goals of universal primary and secondary education in the 21st century : reviving the spirit of Socrates / Kishore Mahbubani; title: What will be the near-future goals of education? / William K. Cummings; title: Quality education : the work of optimists / Beryl Levinger; title: Achieving education of high quality in Islamiyya schools of Nigeria / Mallam Bala Ahmed; title: Nurturing learning ability : the goals of universal primary and secondary education / Camer Vellani; title: Quality, the heart of equity / Vimala Ramachandran; title: The dia program : the development of intelligence through art / Claudia Madrazo; title: Educational goals : art, science, love, and the importance of binocular vision / Joel E. Cohen; title: What does "universal" education mean? / James Carroll; title: Teaching tolerance and open-minded approaches to understanding sacred texts / Mohamed Charfi and Hamadi Redissi; title: Educating all the people for democratic governance : a U.S. perspective / Deborah Meier; title: Educating for global competency / Fernando Reimers; title: Education and the globalization paradigm / Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco; title: Quality education : a UNESCO perspective / Mary Joy Pigozzi; title: The challenge of defining a quality universal education : mapping a common core / Laura Hersh Salganik and Stephen J. Provasnik; title: Quality education-what is it and who decides? Briefing paper for a policy maker / George M. Ingram; title: Evaluating basic and secondary education / Ana Carolina Letichevsky; title: For what should schools be held accountable? / Richard Rothstein and Rebecca Jacobsen.