Comparative education education systems & contemporary issues
CC Wolhuter
Comparative education education systems & contemporary issues C.C. Wolhuter, E.M. Lemmer, N.C. de Wet, editors. - 1st ed. - Pretoria - South Africa : Van Schaik, 2007. - xvii, 267 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE EDUCATION -- The development of comparative education -- Aims, uses and significance of comparative education. PART II: NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS -- South Africa -- The education system of Botswana -- A legal history of elementary and secondary student education in the United States: Balancing the rights and responsibilities of the various stakeholders -- Education in Australia -- Education in India -- The European Union and education. PART III: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN EDUCATION: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES -- Multicultural education and diversity in schooling -- Parent involvement in education -- Higher education: Vanguard of education system faces change -- Curriculum reform -- Violence in schools.
Education has been dramatically reformed worldwide over the last few decades. In this age of globalisation; student teachers; Education students and scholars of the social sciences in general need to take careful note of these changes. Comparative Education: education systems and contemporary issues contains separate chapters in which a selection of education systems - South Africa; Botswana; the United States; Australia and India; as well as the emerging education dispensation of the European Union - are discussed. Each of these chapters is written by a renowned specialist of comparative education residing and working in the particular country. The other chapters of the book deal with issues in education: values and ideologies in education; cultural diversity; gender issues; higher education; curricular reform and violence in schools. The book commences with an outline of the historical evolution of comparative education and its significance
English
0627026753 9780627026751 9780627028410 0627028411
2007325694
Comparative education.
Comparative education.
Comparative education
370.195 WOL
Comparative education education systems & contemporary issues C.C. Wolhuter, E.M. Lemmer, N.C. de Wet, editors. - 1st ed. - Pretoria - South Africa : Van Schaik, 2007. - xvii, 267 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE EDUCATION -- The development of comparative education -- Aims, uses and significance of comparative education. PART II: NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS -- South Africa -- The education system of Botswana -- A legal history of elementary and secondary student education in the United States: Balancing the rights and responsibilities of the various stakeholders -- Education in Australia -- Education in India -- The European Union and education. PART III: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN EDUCATION: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES -- Multicultural education and diversity in schooling -- Parent involvement in education -- Higher education: Vanguard of education system faces change -- Curriculum reform -- Violence in schools.
Education has been dramatically reformed worldwide over the last few decades. In this age of globalisation; student teachers; Education students and scholars of the social sciences in general need to take careful note of these changes. Comparative Education: education systems and contemporary issues contains separate chapters in which a selection of education systems - South Africa; Botswana; the United States; Australia and India; as well as the emerging education dispensation of the European Union - are discussed. Each of these chapters is written by a renowned specialist of comparative education residing and working in the particular country. The other chapters of the book deal with issues in education: values and ideologies in education; cultural diversity; gender issues; higher education; curricular reform and violence in schools. The book commences with an outline of the historical evolution of comparative education and its significance
English
0627026753 9780627026751 9780627028410 0627028411
2007325694
Comparative education.
Comparative education.
Comparative education
370.195 WOL