Education and social change
Subtitle: connecting local and global perspectives
By: edited by Geoffrey Elliott, Chahid Fourali, and Sally Issler.
Contributors: Elliott, Geoffrey, Dr.; Fourali, Chahid.; Issler, Sally.
Publisher: Continuum International Pub. Group
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780826444097
Subjects: Education -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies; Social change -- Cross-cultural studies; Education and globalization -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Lessons from international and comparative education / David Bainton and Michael Crossley; title: Education for all: a freedom-based approach / James Stanfield; title: Women's education in the developing world / Máiréad Dunne; title: Self-assessment in the tertiary college of a small state / Gary Jones, Edward Sallis, and Peter Hubert; title: The contribution of European programmes to social change / Simone Kirpal; title: Social marketing / Chahid Fourali; title: Basic education status of Afghan refugees in Iran / Alireza Kiamanesh and Maryam Danaye Tous; title: Respecting difference in early childhood centres in Northern Ireland / Siobhán Fitzpatrick; title: Culture change in a specialist sports college / Carla Solvason; title: Higher education and civic and community engagement in the UK / John Annette; title: Work-based learning / Elda Nikolou-Walker and Lynn Fee; title: Government policy and teacher education in Ghana / Kwame Akyeampong; title: Transforming China's adult and continuing education / Ning Rong Liu; title: An "essential attributes" approach to curriculum reform / Francis Murphy; title: Reforming vet for social cohesion / George K Zarifis; title: Transformative learning for a global society / Douglas Bourn and Sally Issler; title: Post-colonial and post-critical "global citizenship education" / Vanessa Andreotti; title: Validation of non-formal and informal learning in Europe / Manuel Souto-Otero; title: Transnational cooperation in learning support for disabled learners / Val Chapman; title: Vocational education / Erica Smith and Andy Smith.