Undertaking educational challenges in the 21st century
Subtitle: research from the field
By: edited by Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Kagendo Mutua.
Contributors: Sunal, Cynthia S.; Mutua, Kagendo, 1966-
Series: Research on education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East
Publisher: Information Age Pub.; Information Age Publishing
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Charlotte, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781593119690; 9781593119706
Subjects: Educational change -- Africa; Educational change -- Caribbean Area; Educational change -- Middle East; Education -- Research -- Africa; Education -- Research -- Caribbean Area; Education -- Research -- Middle East
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Undertaking educational challenges in the 21st century: research from the field / Cynthia Szymanski Sunal and Kagendo Mutua; title: Decolonizing schooling: toward a culturally relevant curriculum in rural Kenya / Maylan Dunn, C. Sheldon Woods, and Moses Mutuku; title: Educating the African newcomer student in western New York: the case of SIFE and multilingual learners / Mulu-Tsehay B. Belete, Haoua M. Hamza, and Touorouzou H. Some; title: Implementation of competency-based curriculum reform in primary schools in Benin: perceptions of teachers, supervisors, students, and parents / Gado Issaou, Kelani Raphael, and Mark van't Hooft; title: Research on mathematics and reading education in Sub-Saharan Africa: cases of Botswana and Lesotho / Gibbs Y. Kanyongo, James B. Schreiber, and Launcelot I. Brown; title: I want to make a difference in their lives: a case study on learning from the lived experiences of nine South African teachers working with underachieving students / Maria J. Oreshkina and Katherine H. Greenberg; title: Dared men leading: the role of community centeredness on educational leadership practices in Trinidad and Tobago / Dennis A. Conrad and Launcelot I. Brown; title: A critical analysis of the inclusive education policy in Greek Cyprus / Panayiotis Angelides; title: Turkey 2010: transforming education to meet challenges / Necmi Aksit; title: Teacher interpersonal behavior and students' subject-related attitudes in general and vocational science classes in Turkey / Perry den Brok, Sibel Telli, and Jale Cakiroglu; title: Evaluation of the first step to success: early intervention program with Turkish children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Selda Ozdemir; title: Learning processes and epistemological beliefs of Saudi Arabian and American students: translation process and initial results / Saddliga Al-Ghalib ... [et al.]; title: International advanced studies as a head start for an academic career: the case of Israeli graduate students in the United States / Dorit Tubin and Orit Lapidot; title: Epilogue: undertaking educational challenges in the 21st century / Lucy Avraamidou.