Educational Systems and Structures Books

This book presents eleven contributions illustrating the main areas of research in French-speaking Europe in the field of environmental and sustainability education (ESE).It argues that although...

In this book, leading experts present rigorous, readable studies of education policies and school markets in 11 European countries from Ireland to Ukraine, offering lessons for researchers,...

This book analyses the global diffusion of key competencies-based education (CBE) as a “global education policy” (GEP), focusing on China’s process of adoption and adaptation.Based on a six-year...

Combining theory and case studies, this book explores the factors that influence the academic success of international students in China. It emphasizes the importance of cultural understanding and...

This book explores the international landscape of educational scholarship, policy, and practice. Tucker argues there is a fundamental aim for world education. It is to educate complete human beings...

Using Rubrics for Teaching and Learning offers practical, evidence-based ideas for how rubrics can serve the multifaceted needs of students. Research shows that, under the right conditions, rubrics...

The fortunes of the education service in Britain have been intimately bound up with the vitality of the local education authorities, particularly in the decades following the 1944 Education Act. The...

This book provides a framework for analysis and reviews the changing landscape of doctoral education across fourteen global case studies before providing conclusions and recommendations for further...

This book describes and demystifies the factors that have helped accomplished schools generate successful and equitable outcomes for all their students, regardless of racial/ethnic background,...

Dynamics in Education Politics: Understanding and Explaining the Finnish Case introduces a new theoretical framework characterised as Comparative Analytics of Dynamics in Education Politics (CADEP)...

The book addresses the needs of educators and teacher–educators by providing a comprehensive understanding of various aspects of teaching and learning resources (TLRs) in the Indian context. Work and...

The book addresses the needs of educators and teacher–educators by providing a comprehensive understanding of various aspects of teaching and learning resources (TLRs) in the Indian context. Work and...

This edited volume focuses on the life and work of Makiguchi Tsunesaburo (1871-1944), a Japanese elementary schoolteacher, principal, educational philosopher, author, activist, and Buddhist war...

Teacher education in a financial crisis – what are the consequences and how can probity be maintained?Education, like most other parts of everyday life, is experiencing the challenges brought about...

There is a flourishing literature on citizenship education in China that is mostly unknown in the West. Liberal political theorists often assume that only in democracy should citizens be prepared for...

In the book Sex Education (first published in 1989), Philip Meredith focuses upon the British situation to investigate the political management of school sex education. The author presents new...

This book reveals the intricacies of the Indian education system, especially those that surged in the past decade. It covers several perspectives of global higher education, wherein the dynamic...

First published in 1975, The Rise of the Mediocracy is exhaustive, disturbing, devastating, yet often very funny. It explodes the myth of meritocracy and the pretence of improved living standards...

Originally published in 1980, Absent with Cause, reissued here with a new preface, looks at the Bayswater Centre, which provided full-time education for young people who had stopped attending...

This book examines young men’s precarious education-to-employment transitions as they navigate educational, occupational and emotional challenges in the shadow of deindustrialisation and austerity...

This accessible guide shows just how straightforward it can be to create excellent classroom assessment for formative or summative purposes, giving you confidence in your assessment practices.It...

Revisiting foundational concepts and practices that have long sustained global divisions and hierarchies, this seminal volume challenges Global South-North dichotomies in higher education by...

Drawing on three decades of practical investigations, this book establishes new understandings about the importance of learning through work, outlining its purposes, contributions, conceptions and...

This text presents an informative overview of Conservative-led education policy over the last 14 years. The book provides a broad and detailed picture of the developing education landscape in England...

Curriculum development occupied an increasingly important place on the educational scene in the mid 1960s, foreshadowing much of the national debate initiated by the Prime Minister of Britain in late...

Discover how Bhutan's unique cultural values and aspirations shape its education system in this edited volume. This comprehensive book explores the multifaceted nature of Bhutan's primary education,...

In China, the puhui (普惠) early care and education (ECE) program, a national public policy, was officially launched in 2010 to improve the affordability, accessibility, and quality of ECE. Based on a...

This fully updated, fifth edition of An Introduction to the Study of Education provides a comprehensive and reflective introduction to the study of education, inviting students to question what...

This text presents an informative overview of Conservative-led education policy over the last 14 years. The book provides a broad and detailed picture of the developing education landscape in England...

This book offers a nuanced and research-based, critical account of the current status of Chinese education at differing levels within China, in the context of its position on the global economic and...

Today’s students seek an education that connects classroom learning to their future success, both personal and professional. Teaching Life Skills in the Liberal Arts and Sciences: Preparing Students...

The Handbook of Secondary Gifted Education offers an in-depth, research-based look at ways schools and classrooms can effectively support the development of gifted adolescents in today’s educational...

Reforming Education Systems for Inclusion and Equity addresses the universal challenge of developing forms of education that make a difference for all children and young people, no matter their...

First Published in 1971, The Future of Teacher Education is intended as a contribution to the debate about future developments in teacher education. Criticism of teacher education is no new thing,...

Mobility of scholars for seeking knowledge has existed since the earliest ideal of universities. These universities have played a pivotal role in the movement of people across borders and the...

Every year, significant numbers of immigrant children from Mexico enter classrooms in the United States. These immigrants comprise a heterogeneous group of students with diverse needs, abilities, and...

This fundamental text provides cutting-edge theory and practical insights into how formative assessment and feedback can be used enhance student learning development through exploring an exciting...

In his seminal volume first published in 1982 Michael Apple articulates his theory on educational institutions and the reproduction of unequal power relations and provides a thorough examination of...

Through a multi-country study, Comparative Perspectives on International School Leadership examines the current global spread of educational leadership, occurring rapidly and widely. Exploring five...

Diverse Early Childhood Education Policies and Practices explores issues in early childhood education and teacher preparation in five Asian countries: India, Singapore, China, Sri Lanka, and the...

The Trouble with Higher Education is a powerful and topical critique of the Higher Education system in the UK, with relevance to countries with similar systems. Based on the authors’ experiences that...

This book traces the impact of German educationists, such as Froebel and Herbart, on practice in Britain while stressing the important and lasting influence of German scientists, technologists,...

Written prior to the introduction of the national curriculum, this volume argued for precisely that: a broad framework of a compulsory education at national level for all schools. The author...

The American ideal has exercised a powerful influence over English educational policy over the last two centuries, even as it has itself changed. Today the very size of America enables it to rehearse...

Written between the two World Wars this volume examines education from the American, British, French & German perspectives and the degree to which the portrayal of those countries in school textbooks...

This volume is a critical study of one of today’s most controversial topics in educational theory, setting the many arguments in perspective and clarifying the issues that arise when attention is...

In most countries, whether secular or otherwise, education and religion are closely interlinked and no matter how hard the state tries, it can be very difficult to remove the ties between them. This...

There is considerable concern surrounding the complex issue of how to meet the learning needs of English-language learners within general and special education programs. Implementing...