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Fei Wang, Editor; André Elias Mazawi, Editor – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2024
This book critically examines the international, geopolitical, policy, institutional, and curricular challenges facing Canadian offshore school programs. Bringing together scholars and practitioners concerned with addressing the pedagogical, organizational, curriculum, and policy aspects of this transnational mode of schooling, it represents a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Comparative Education, Kindergarten
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Zaida, Joseph, Ed.; Hallam, Pamela, Ed.; Whitehouse, John, Ed. – Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, 2023
This book critiques dominant discourses and debates pertaining to values education, cultural identity and teaching democracy, set against the backdrop of growing social stratification and unequal access to quality education. It addresses discourses concerning globalisation, ideologies and the state, as well as approaches to values education and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Democracy, Values Education, Self Concept
Kubow, Patricia K., Ed.; Blosser, Allison H., Ed. – Symposium Books, 2016
With chapter contributions from seminal scholars in the field of comparative and international education (CIE), this book examines the ways in which comparative education is being taught, or advocated for, in teacher education within higher education institutions worldwide. A particular concern raised by the authors--in locations as diverse as…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Barriers
Reilly, Mary Ann; Gangi, Jane M.; Cohen, Rob – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
This book is a wonderful blending of methodologies. This juxtaposition of art and literature serves as an instrument for teachers to inspire their students to create, critique, compare and predict, all higher-level intellectual behaviors, while composing across symbol systems. The work contains detailed classroom transcripts of strategies that…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Sociocultural Patterns, Current Events, Writing Workshops
Atweh, Bill, Ed.; Forgasz, Helen, Ed.; Nebres, Ben, Ed. – 2001
This book, based on research on sociocultural aspects of mathematics education, presents contemporary and international perspectives on social justice and equity issues that impact mathematics education. In particular, it highlights the importance of three interacting and powerful factors--gender, social, and cultural dimensions. The book is…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Gender Issues
Whiteman, Darrell L., Ed. – 1985
The topics of anthropologist-missionary relationships, theology and missiology, research methods and missionary contributions to ethnology, and missionary training and methods, along with specific case studies are presented. The 13 essays are: (1) "Prospects for a Better Understanding and Closer Cooperation between Anthropologists and…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Clergy, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Salamone, Frank A., Ed. – 1985
The topics of anthropologist-missionary relationships, theology and missiology, research methods and missionary contributions to ethnology, missionary training and methods, and specific case studies are presented. The ten essays are: (1) "An Ethnoethnography of Missionaries in Kalingaland" (Robert Lawless); (2) "Missionization and…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Clergy, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Asian Centre for Educational Innovation for Development. – 1982
Volume 3 of a five-volume portfolio of studies reflecting different facets of the concept of education for rural development contains three studies on health and nutrition. The first study, "Health Education in Rural Development," by K. D. Ariyadasa (Sri Lanka), discusses the role of education in the transmission of health and integrated…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Change Agents, Community Education
Appleton, Ken, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
Reflecting recent policy and standards initiatives, emerging research agendas, and key innovations, this volume provides a contemporary overview of important developments and issues that have that have in recent years shaped elementary science education pre-service courses and professional development, and practices that are shaping future…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teacher Education, Science Education, Professional Development