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Balancing change and tradition in global education reform / edited by Iris C. Rotberg.
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English
Published/Created
Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2004.
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xiv, 431 pages ; 23 cm
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Stokes Library - Wallace Hall (SPIA)
LB43 .G56 2004
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Educational change
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Cross-cultural studies
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Comparative education
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Education and state
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"Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform is an invaluable resource for policymakers, faculty, students, and anyone interested in how decisions made about the education system ultimately affect the quality of education, educational access, and social justice."--Jacket.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I: Dramatic political/economic change. China: turning the bad master into a good servant / Kai-ming Cheng
Russia: struggling with the aftermath / Mary Canning and Stephen T. Kerr
South Africa: overcoming past injustice / Luis Crouch
Chile: vouchers and beyond / Robert W. McMeekin
Germany: after reunification / Barbara W. Kehm
Part II. Letting go. France: diverse populations, centralized administration / Gérard Bonnet
Turkey: innovation and tradition / Hasan Simsek and Ali Yildirim
Sweden: a welfare state in transition / Eva Forsberg and Ulf P. Lundgren
Israel: from egalitarianism to competition / Adam Nir and Dan Inbar
Japan: encouraging individualism, maintaining community values / Ryo Watanabe
Part III. Transitions. Singapore: schools in the service of society / Batia P. Horsky and Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew
Canada: a multicultural policy / Ratna Ghosh
New Zealand: empowering teachers and children / Terry J. Crooks
England: new governments, new policies / Alison Wolf
Australia: the challenges of poverty, pedagogy, and pathways / Allan Luke
United States: America's orgy of reform / Peter Schrag
Concluding thoughts: on change, tradition, and choices / Iris C. Rotberg.
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ISBN
1578861462 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
9781578861460 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2004002911
OCLC
54426326
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