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Discourse Formation in Comparative Education. 4th, Revised Edition. Comparative Studies Series. Volume 10
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Schriewer, Jurgen, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
New theories and theory-based methodological approaches have found their way into Comparative Education--just as into Comparative Social Science more generally--in increasing number in the recent past. The essays of this volume express and critically discuss quite a range of these positions such as, inter alia, the theory of self-organizing social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociology, Theories, Research Methodology
Post-Compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning across the United Kingdom: Policy, Organisation and Governance
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Hodgson, Ann, Ed.; Spours, Ken, Ed.; Waring, Martyn, Ed. – Institute of Education - London, 2011
Post-Compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning across the United Kingdom brings together the perspectives of researchers, policy-makers and practitioners from across England, Wales and Scotland to produce a rich, up-to-date and highly textured source of evidence about this under-researched sector. The contributors analyse how each country's…
Descriptors: Evidence, Democracy, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
Processes of Transition in Education Systems. Oxford Studies in Comparative Education, Volume 8, Number 2.
McLeish, Elizabeth A., Ed.; Phillips, David, Ed. – 1998
This book examines the educational phases experienced by countries moving from authoritarian styles of government to various forms of liberal democracy. It focuses on Latvia, South Africa, and the former German Democratic Republic so as to identify commonalities in diverse systems. The essays employ a model that depends not on a regular linear…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Democracy
Education and Privatisation in Eastern Europe and the Baltic Republics. Oxford Studies in Comparative Education. Volume 7, Number 2.
Beresford-Hill, Paul, Ed. – 1998
The articles in this book examine educational privatization in Eastern Europe. The essays represent a variety of perspectives on education systems in various stages of evolution. The chapters are divided into three groups. The first three chapters discuss educational change and the privatization movement in the Baltic republics of Lithuania,…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
Systems Thinkers in Action: A Field Guide for Effective Change Leadership in Education. Leading School Improvement #10
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Despres, Blane, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
This field guide provides a look into education in relation to a concept that has already been established in science, business and therapy. This book will encourage and educate readers about systemic thinking through examples and ideas pertinent to education and its reform. Following a Foreword (Michael Fullan) and Introduction (Blane Despres),…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Systems Approach, Educational Change, Instructional Leadership
Creating Successful School Systems: Voices from the University, the Field, and the Community.
Duffy, Francis M., Ed.; Dale, Jack D., Ed. – 2001
Contributors to this book were asked to organize their chapters around the following question: "What do you think it will take to redesign entire school systems for success in the 21st century?" The book is therefore about redesigning entire school districts. The subtheme that emerged in the chapters was redesigning school districts as organic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Change
Analyzing Physical Education and Sport Instruction.
Darst, Paul W., Ed.; And Others – 1989
This book provides a catalog of observer systems that can be used to analyze interactive and environmental events that occur in physical education and athletic settings. These systems maximize opportunities for collecting data from many perspectives using different techniques for data sources to explain or modify instructional phenomena. The…
Descriptors: Athletics, Behavior Rating Scales, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education
Educational Research and Higher Education Reform in Eastern and Central Europe: Studies in Comparative Education, Volume 6.
Leitner, Erich, Ed. – 1998
The conference papers examine higher education reforms in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe from several research perspectives: political, economic, pedagogical, and sociological. Papers are organized in three sections: Higher Education Policies and Institutional Change; Central European Higher Education in Transition; and Higher…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Environment