1. Introduction -- 2. Itorero Today and Yesterday: Making and Remaking Rwanda -- 3. Rwanda and Rwandans in the Post-Genocide Political Imaginary -- 4. Local Voices on Rwanda and Rwandans -- 5. Model Citizens in the Making: Government as Designed -- 6. “Manufacturing” Model Citizens: Governing in Everyday Encounters -- 7. Securing Rwanda: A Fearful Civic Duty -- 8. Realizing the Development …
Part I: Setting the Stage -- Chapter 1: A world full of mergers: The Nordic countries in a global context. Rómulo Pinheiro, Lars Geschwind and Timo Aarrevaara -- Part II: Path Dependencies & System Dynamics -- Chapter 2: Mergers in Norwegian higher education. Svein Kyvik and Bjørn Stensaker -- Chapter 3: Conflicting Rationalities: Mergers and Consolidations in Swedish Higher Education Policy.…
1.Introduction -- 2. Review -- 3. Data and Methods -- 4a. Immigrant students in TIMSS -- 4b. Immigrant students’ background in TIMSS 2007 -- 4c. School Factors -- 4d. Class level and teacher level factors -- 5a. Immigrant students in Singapore -- 5b. Immigrant students in Canada -- 6. Discussion and Conclusion -- 7. References. .This book examines the mathematics achievement of immigrant stud…
Introduction -- Chapter 1 Martin Luther King Jr. – Identity is key -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 2: Educated in a Segregated System -- Chapter 3 The Impact of Faith and Religion on Education (Faith Schools and Religious Education) -- Chapter 4 Discrimination and the urgent need to Combat Social Exclusion -- Chapter 5 An exploration of prison education and its impact on reducing re-offending through…
Drawing on the role of individuals, education and training providers and countries' social policy actions, and borrowing insights from psychology, sociology and economics, this book works towards an interdisciplinary theory of adult lifelong learning participation. It explores the fragmented evidence of why adults do or do not participate in adult lifelong learning activities and focuses on the…
1. Introduction -- 2. Survey on state-of-the-art -- 3. Summary and looking ahead -- 4. Reference list.Open AccessThis book presents a synopsis of six emerging themes in adult mathematics/numeracy and a critical discussion of recent developments in terms of policies, provisions, and the emerging challenges, paradoxes and tensions. It also offers an extensive review of the literature adult mathem…
Gordon shows how we can use assessment to support teaching and develop students' competencies. Between 2011 and 2013, Gordon chaired an interdisciplinary commission of scholars and thinkers, who connected transformative research and ideas on learning, teaching, measurement, the nature of tests, intelligence, capability, technology, and policy.
1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Context of Teacher Assessment -- 3. The Intersection of Policy, Privatization, Professionalization, and Performance Assessment as a Conceptual Frame in Teacher Education -- 4. Performance Assessment, Policy, Privatization, and Professionalization in Mathematics -- 5. Performance Assessment, Policy, Privatization, and Professionalization in English -- 6. Performa…
Chapter 1: Understanding Globalization -- Chapter 2: Why Study Globalization? Developments, Actors, Resistance -- Chapter 3: Theorizing Globalization -- Chapter 4: Globalization and Education -- Chapter 5: Educational Reform Processes in Globalized World -- Chapter 6: Mapping Educational Policy Borrowing and Lending -- Chapter 7: Patterns of Educational Reform and Policy Borrowing -- Chapter 8:…
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Development of Quality Policies in Higher Education -- Chapter 3 Key Concepts – Theoretical and Empirical Foundations -- Chapter 4 Theoretical Frameworks for Policy Analysis -- Chapter 5 Research Methods -- Chapter 6 Findings (1) - Policy Influences -- Chapter 7 Findings (2) - Policy Text Production -- Chapter 8 Findings (3) - Policy Practices/Effects -…