Introduction by B. Gloria Guzman Johannessen -- Part I Mentoring Politics, Policies, and Practices in Higher Education -- Mentoring in and Outside Institutional Politics, Policies, and Practices by B. Gloria Guzman Johannessen and Laurette Bristol -- A Website Analysis of Mentoring Programs for Latina Faculty at the 25 Top-Rank National Universities by Beverly J. Irby, Detra Johnson, Nahed Abde…
Finance System and Policy Review of Chinese Rural Compulsory Education -- Study on Non-personnel Expenditure Standard -- Study on Student Assistance Policy in Compulsory Education -- Study of Equity in Compulsory Education Finance -- Monitoring and Evaluation System for Rural Compulsory Education Financing -- International Experiences.This book covers research on the financing of compulsory edu…
Why Nietzsche matters to education -- Truth, knowledge and life -- Schools, teachers and learners -- The education of the future.This book offers a succinct guide to Friedrich Nietzsche’s contributions to educational thought, placing them within the context of his overall philosophy and adding biographical background information that sheds light on his thinking. Topics discussed in detail inc…
Part I New Contexts for Reforming Learning and Teaching -- Chapter 1 Globalised processes and their influences on university learning and teaching in advanced knowledge economies in the Asia-Pacific region -- Part II Student Mobility and Meeting the Needs of New Student Groups -- Chapter 2 International mobility of students, academics, educational programs, and campuses in Asia -- Chapter 3 Edu…
Setting The Scene -- Compulsory Education in A Rich District Tongzhou in Beijing -- Nine Year Compulsory Education in A Poor District Ansai in Yan’an, Shannxi -- Nine Year Compulsory Education in a National Minority Area Zhaojue County, Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan -- Rural Teacher Issues -- Financing Compulsory Education in Rural Areas: The Development of a Sustainable Fund -- Marginali…
Chapter 1: The Culture of Reform -- Chapter 2: Getting Down to Business -- Chapter 3: The Product: Education -- Chapter 4: More than Competition, More than Information -- Chapter 5: Becoming Knowledgeable and the Search for Wisdom -- Chapter 6: Politics and Education -- Chapter 7: Education as the Practice of Freedom -- Appendix: They Skool: The Anti-Urban Bias in Urban Education.This book is a…
1. Introduction. Democratizing higher education and science in Latin America. M. Heitor and H. Horta, IN+/IST, Portugal -- 2. Prologue I: Engaged development - Homage to Albert Hirschman and Oscar Niemeyer. J.C. Ferraz, BNDES, Brasil -- 3. Prologue II: Everyone For Education - Advocacy for Education in Colombia. Juan David Aristizábal and Victor Saavedra -- Part I: Emerging issues in science a…
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The context of Teacher Education in China: A comprehensive review -- Chapter 3 Policy actions for world-class teachers -- Chapter 4 Why the policy? -- Chapter 5 The Multiperspectival Approach and the Operational Analytic Model -- Chapter 6 The Implementation case: Yangtze Normal University -- Chapter 7 The policy flow and institutional mission for the impleme…
1. Introduction and overview of chapters; John Lee and Chris Day -- Section 1: Contexts, policies and practices in diverse communities 2. The Idea of a University of Education: Implications for Pedagogy; Ruth Hayhoe -- 3. Status and quality of teacher education in the Chinese communities (China, Hong Kong and Taiwan); John Lee, Song Huan, and others -- 4. Status of teacher education in the U…
Introduction -- Chapter 1 Overarching themes, bilingual dreams and multilingual landscapes: Quadrilingual education in Singapore -- Section 1: Transitions -- Chapter 2 Transmission and development of literacy values and practices: An ethnographic study of a Malay family in Singapore -- Chapter 3 "I believe, therefore I practice": Teachers' beliefs on literacy acquisition and their classroom pra…