Postmodernity and European Education Systems

Postmodernity and European Education Systems
Author: David Coulby
Publisher: Trentham Books Limited
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1995
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Post modernity clarifies this book by defining its base in personal values and perceptions of the future, and in political shifts like the breakdown of the nation-state and the vast growth in numbers of refugees. This allows for an analysis of education provision in the UK and Europe and gives recommendations for change.

The Evaluation of Higher Education Systems

The Evaluation of Higher Education Systems
Author: Robert Cowen
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1996
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0749417773

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Professoriate

The Professoriate
Author: Anthony Welch
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2005-08-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1402033834

This indispensable guide provides a unique insight into the academic profession at a time of major change. It is organized both thematically and geographically with attention given to regions rarely covered, such as China and Latin America. For the first time, here is a book that critically assesses the condition of the professoriate at a time of momentous change when the profession is fracturing along fault lines.

Educational Knowledge

Educational Knowledge
Author: Thomas S. Popkewitz
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2000-01-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0791493350

Focusing on comparative examination of educational reforms, this book explores the relation of state practices and educational knowledge to changes in culture and economics among nations. Countries with different state traditions and political regimes are studied to understand how national and global settings are interrelated in current restructuring of education and social welfare policies related to schooling. The regional cases focus on the policies of the European Union, restructuring efforts in Latin America, and family, child welfare, and early childhood policies in Eastern Europe. In addition, specific studies of national changes in Argentina, Great Britain, Germany, Russia, Tanzania, South Africa, and the U.S. are presented. Educational Knowledge makes a unique contribution by bringing neo-Marxist theories, world systems, and post-modern cultural and political theories into a conversation about the changes that are occurring in the educational arena. This book will interest not only specialists in the field of education studying educational reform, but also economists, political scientists, sociologists, and comparative historians who examine the functioning of education within the larger context of modernization. Contributors include Benita Blessing, Marianne Bloch, Alejandra Brgin, Gunilla Dahlberg, Peter Drewek, Ines Dussel, Tony Edwards, Sharon Gewirtz, Lisa Hennon, Steve Kerr, Johan Müller, Antonio Novoa, Thomas S. Popkewitz, Jurgen Schriewer, Gillermiona Tiramonti, Carlos Alberto Torres, Frances Vavrus, and Geoff Whitty.

Beyond the National Curriculum

Beyond the National Curriculum
Author: Professor David Coulby
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135700028

The National Curriculum is due for review. This is a central area of educational debate in England and Wales. Increasingly politicians and their entourages are looking for quick fixes from abroad to solve what they see to be problems in the educational system of the UK. Drawing on insights from other European curricular systems, this provocative book will contribute, in a timely way, to the debate on reformations of the National Curriculum. The style is concise, with points for discussion and lists of further reading. debate in England and Wales. Increasingly politicians are looking for quick fixes from abroad to solve what they see to be problems in the educational system. Drawing on insights from other European curricular systems, this volume will contribute, in a timely way, to the debate on the reformations of the National Curriculum. The style is short and concise, with points for discussion and lists of further reading. _

Rethinking European Welfare

Rethinking European Welfare
Author: Janet Fink
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2001-03-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1412932033

`This is an important and timely book not least in considering the EU′s inchoate social regime alongside established national systems, that draws attentionto the subtle, yet often neglected, ways in which welfare systems unwittingly distort the lives of their beneficiaries′ - Political Studies Rethinking European Welfare provides a wide-ranging and innovative rethinking of the study of Europe and social policy and offers new ways of analysing European welfare and its future. Whilst acknowledging the importance of research and analysis of policy making in Europe, this Reader addresses a range of other challenging and provoking issues which have been marginalized or ignored in the study of European social policy. It will be essential reading for students of European social policy, social and public administration, social work, sociology, politics, cultural studies and European studies.

Changing Educational Contexts, Issues and Identities

Changing Educational Contexts, Issues and Identities
Author: Michael Crossley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2007-01-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134124643

Documenting major intellectual and paradigmatic changes in the field of comparative education in the light of the history and development of the journal Comparative Education, this book compiles a selection of articles from forty years of the journal’s distinguished history. It illustrates how changing times have been reflected in the nature and quality of published comparative research. Contributors explore the impact of key issues such as marketisation, accountability and globalisation upon policy and practice world-wide. They explore how new challenges faced by the social sciences have seen shifts in the contexts, issues and priorities attended to by comparatives and how different approaches to comparative education have influenced the intellectual and professional identities and positioning of those involved. Bridging theoretically oriented scholarship with empirically grounded research relating to issues of policy and practice and with chapters addressing questions of relevance throughout the world, this book is an invaluable resource of ideas and stimuli for further thinking and research.

Teaching and Training in Lifelong Learning

Teaching and Training in Lifelong Learning
Author: Andy Armitage
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 033524629X

This volume examines key areas in post-compulsory education through topical discussion, practical exercises, theory, reading, analysis, information, and examples of student work.

Schooling and Equality

Schooling and Equality
Author: Dave Hill
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2013-10-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134572557

This text covers the range of equality issues in school level education from the perspective and needs of educators, trainee teachers and students of education. It uses a blend of issues, concepts, facts and research to open up key issues and consider policy developments in the field.