1. International School Principal Research. Social Democratic Welfare Countries -- 2. Denmark - Danish School leadership between welfare and competition -- 3. Iceland - Research on Principals in Iceland -- 4. Finland - Finnish Principal -- 5. Norway - Researching Norwegian Principals -- 6. Sweden - Swedish School Leadership Research - an Important but Neglected Area -- Former East European Coun…
Perspectives and Overviews -- Vocationalised Secondary Education Revisited -- Setting the Context: An Overview of Secondary Education Reform with Particular Reference to the Asia-Pacific Region -- Promise and Performance in Vocationalised Secondary Education: Has the Baby Been Thrown Out with the Bath Water? -- Country Case Studies -- Pre-vocational Secondary Education in Botswana -- Vocational…
Overview -- From Policy Implementation to Policy Change: A Personal Odyssey -- Implementation Analysis in Higher Education -- The Implementation Game -- National Case Studies -- The Implementation of the Norwegian College Reform -- The Legacy of 1981: An Assessment of the Long-Term Implications of the Reductions in Funding Imposed in 1981 on Institutional Management in UK Higher Education -- Fr…
Challenge and Change: The Academic Profession in Uncertain Times -- Globalisation’s Impact on the Professoriate in Anglo-American Universities -- Academics and Institutional Governance -- Faculty Perceptions of University Governance in Japan and the United States -- From Peregrinatio Academica to Global Academic: The Internationalisation of the Profession -- Academics’ View of Teaching Staf…
A General Theory of Intergovenmental Grants -- Theory of Public Education Funding with Court Intervention -- Assessing the Empirical Validity of the Theory -- A Legislative and Legal History of Public Education Funding -- The Future of Public Education Funding -- Conclusion.This book is about public education reform and the future of pubHc education funding. Given the many articles, books, and …
The Context -- The Development Context: The Call for Reorientation -- The Educational Context: The Call for Reform -- The Great Debate -- The Advocates: Constructing Non-Formal Education -- Ideologues -- Empiricists -- Pragmatists -- The End of the Debate -- Some Issues Arising from the Literature -- Case Studies -- NFE Today: The Trajectory of Meanings -- Towards A New Logic Frame -- Re-Concep…
General Introduction -- Historical Background -- Language, Culture, and Identity -- Arabic -- Berber -- French -- Foreign Languages -- Bilingualism -- Code Switching and its Social Significance -- Language Use and Language Attitudes -- Language Policy, Literacy, and Education.This book is an original contribution to the field of multilingualism and cultural identity. It investigates the ramific…
Cross-Cutting Themes -- Schooling and Basic Skills: Training Programmes and Challenges in the Informal Sector: Latin America -- Informal Learning and the Role of Social Movements -- The Informal Sector: Non-Formal Education Settings for Working Children -- Institutional Support Structures and Modes of Skills Transmission -- Gender and the Informal Economy in Latin America: New Challenges and Po…
Introduction: Critical Engagements with the Internationalization of Higher Education -- Enabling Transnational Learning Communities: Policies, Pedagogies and Politics of Educational Power -- Knowledge in the Marketplace: The Global Commodification of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education -- How the West is Done: Simulating Western Pedagogy in a Curriculum for Asian International Students --…
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…