One -- Globalisation, Education and Policy: Changing Paradigms -- Policy Borrowing in Education: Frameworks for Analysis -- Comparative Education in the Era of Globalisation: Evolution, Missions and Roles -- The Education and Training of Knowledge Workers -- Tacit Skills and Occupational Mobility in a Global Culture -- Development, Globalisation and Decentralisation: Comparative Research Toward…
One -- Globalization and Educational Change: New Policy Worlds -- Marketization in Education: Looking Back to Move Forward with a Stronger Critique -- Multicultural Education in the United States and Canada: The Importance of National Policies -- International Comparative Studies of Education and Large-Scale Change -- A Changed Policy Environment for US Universities -- The Implications of Polic…
Institutional Contexts and Effectiveness of Schooling -- Selection and Definition of Indicators -- Country Reports: Education Systems in Europe -- Quality and Equity of European Education -- Configurations of Institutional Contexts -- Reflections and Explanations -- Summary and Implications for Worldwide Education.Based on empirical analysis using configuration theory and multi-dimensional scal…
Rights and Responsibilities -- Moral Dimensions of Human Rights -- Human Rights: Whose Duties? -- Welfare Rights as Human Rights and the Duties of Organisations -- Corporate Responsibilities -- Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility and the New Accountability -- International Business Regulation: An Ethical Discourse in the Making? -- Human Rights, Globalisation and the Modern Shareholder Owned…
Introduction -- Chapter 1. Misnomers -- Chapter 2. Imaginaries about Interculturality -- Discourses of Othering -- Chapter 3. Interculturality and the 'Fragilities' of Human Rights -- Chapter 4. Tools for Change – Dynamic and Realistic Intercultural Competences -- Conclusion. .This book explores the decades-long use of the notion of interculturality in education and other fields, arguing that…
Foreword; Terence Lovat -- Introduction: Towards The Simultaneity Of IC?; Fred Dervin & Zehavit Gross -- PART I: ADDING TO PREVIOUS PERSPECTIVES: MAKING IC MORE EFFECTIVE? -- Chapter 1. Meta-Pragmatic Awareness And Intercultural Competence: The Role Of Reflection And Interpretation In Intercultural Mediation; Troy Mcconachy & Anthony J. Liddicoat -- Chapter 2. Intercultural Competence In Host S…
Part 1: Reinvention and Innovation: Designing Business and Economics Education for 21st Century Learning -- 1. Introduction; Kristen Reid and Peter Daly -- 2. Mobile phones - Not a Distraction in the Classroom but a Means of Engagement? ; Alison Lahlafi and Diane Rushton -- 3. Authenticity and Transparency in the Teaching of Leadership Readiness; Lisa O’Malley, Ellen Fowler and Sarah Moore --…
Chapter 1 School Improvement as a Global Movement -- Chapter 2 The Network Model -- Chapter 3 Contexts for School Improvement -- Chapter 4 Classroom Practice and Student Learning -- Chapter 5 Leadership and Collaborative Practice in School Improvement -- Chapter 6 Improving Schools.This unique book explores school improvement policy – from its translation into national contexts and school net…
Imagining Time and Space in Universities presents critical theorizations of time and space to analyze discourses and practices of globalization and internationalization. As both dimensions have been understood in separate and hierarchical modes limited attention is given to cultural meanings embedded in these institutional policies and practices.
Governance -- Higher Education in Times of Discontent? -- Reform and Transformation Following Regime Change -- Change or Continuity in Higher Education Governance? -- The Governance and Management of Student Learning in Universities -- Distinctive Local Continuities Amidst Similar Neo-Liberal Changes: The Comparative Importance of the Particular -- Knowledge -- New Patterns of Diversity in High…