by Tod Jones.
While the relationships between ethics and religion, and violence and politics, are of enduring interest, the interface between religion and violence is one of the most problematic features of the contemporary world. Following in the tradition of Max Weber's historical and comparative study of religions, this book explores the many ways in which religion and politics are both combined and separ…
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Introduction.- Part I: Globalising Intercultural Education: Politics, Policy-making and Implementation -- Chapter 1. Theorising Globalisation in Education -- Chapter 2. Conceptions of Intercultural Education from around the Globe.- Chapter 3. Conceptions of Education Policy for Intercultural Education.- Chapter 4. The Influence of Supranational Institutions on Policy-development for Inter…
The Educational Significance of Human and Non-Human Animal Interactions explores human animal/non-human animal interactions from different disciplinary perspectives, from education policy to philosophy of education and ecopedagogy. The authors refute the idea of anthropocentrism (the belief that human beings are the central or most significant species on the planet) through an ethical investiga…
Dedication -- Preface -- Editors' Note -- Table of Contents -- About the Editors and Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1. Introduction: Opportunity in America – Setting the Stage -- PART I: Understanding Where We Are Today -- PART II: The Labor Market -- PART III: Education and Opportunity.-PART IV: Politics and the Road Ahead -- PART V: Seeking Inclusive Prosperity -- Appe…
References -- 1. An Epistemic Governance of European Education -- Introduction -- Globalisation and Regimes of Knowledge -- Policy Networks and Travelling Politics of PISA -- Transnationalisation of Knowledge and Evidence-Based Research Policy -- The Mode 2 of Knowledge Production: a European Research Agenda -- The European University and the Knowledge Triangle -- The Foundations of the Europea…
Examining cases in educational technology from computer assisted instruction to MOOCs, this volume shows how social interests frame reform programs and realign organizational and pedagogical strategies around them to produce a particular environment for change in higher education. Technology is a contingent product rather than a driver of such changes, suggesting that the politics of reform in …