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Direct linkShaklee, Beverly D., Ed.; Baily, Supriya, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2012
As countries become increasingly interdependent, student populations in the United States are becoming more culturally diverse. These students' transnational perspectives present significant challenges to teachers, but a disconnect exists between the skills teachers need and those provided to them by colleges of education. As teacher preparation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Education, Global Approach, Teacher Educators
Ball, Arnetha, Ed.; Tyson, Cynthia A., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
"Studying Diversity in Teacher Education" is a collaborative effort by experts seeking to elucidate one of the most important issues facing education today. First, the volume examines historically persistent, yet unresolved issues in teacher education and presents research that is currently being done to address these issues. Second, it centers on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Student Diversity, Cultural Pluralism
Russo, Charles J., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
Since 1948 when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all students have been declared the right to education. The rights of disabled students have not been explicitly addressed, however, and each country has developed their own rules and regulations. Although similarities exist among the different countries,…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Disabilities, Student Rights, Legal Responsibility
Shouse, Roger C.; Lin, Kuan-Pei – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2010
During the past two decades, Taiwan's Ministry of Education has responded to globalization by restructuring school curricular, instructional, and decision making practices along western lines in an attempt to attain legitimacy on the world stage. As a result, Taiwanese principals, once kings within their schools, now must share power with other…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Global Approach, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Hursh, David – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008
This book examines the changes in educational policy in the U.S. and Britain over the last twenty-five years. The author contends that education in the States and Britain has been significantly transformed, through efforts to create curricular standards, increased emphasis on accountability measured by standardized tests, and efforts to introduce…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Testing, Standardized Tests, High Stakes Tests
Arnove, Robert F., Ed.; Torres, Carlos Alberto, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007
This book brings together many of the outstanding scholars in the field of comparative and international education to provide new perspectives on the dynamic interplay of global, national, and local forces as they shape the functioning and outcomes of education systems in specific contexts. Various chapters in the book call for a rethinking of the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Social Change, Outcomes of Education
Abdi, Ali A., Ed.; Puplampu, Korbla P., Ed.; Dei, George J. Sefa, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006
Containing both theoretical discussions of globalization and specific case analyses of individual African countries, this collection of essays examines the intersections of African education and globalization with multiple analytical and geographical emphases and intentions. The 11 essays critically analyze the issues from historical, cultural,…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Cultural Influences
Dull, Laura J. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006
Drawing on Foucault's analysis of disciplinary power and Gramsci's theories on hegemony, Laura Dull argues in this insightful volume that Ghanian teachers' diverse roles--as moral disciplinarians, ambivalent partners with global donors and lenders, romantic racialists of Africans--illustrate the ways in which educators deploy history and…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Foreign Countries, Discipline, Ethics
Abu-Saad, Ismael, Ed.; Champagne, Duane, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005
Indigenous people have often been confronted with education systems that ignore their cultural and historical perspectives. This insightful volume contributes to the understanding of indigenous empowerment through education, and creates a new foundation for implementing specialized indigenous/minority education worldwide, engaging the simultaneous…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Heritage Education, Females, Exchange Programs
Gutek, Gerald Lee – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004
An essential resource for all students and scholars of early childhood education, this book offers a rich array of material about Maria Montessori and the Montessori Method. Distinguished education scholar Gerald Gutek begins with an in-depth biography of Montessori, exploring how a determined young woman overcame the obstacles that blocked her…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Early Childhood Education, Biographies, Educational Change
