1 Introduction: Education in Bhutan -- Part I Historical Perspectives -- 2 Overview and 'Heart Essence' of the Bhutanese Education System -- 3 The History and Development of Monastic Education in Bhutan -- 4 History and Transitions of Secular Education in Bhutan from the 20th into the 21st Century -- 5 Higher Education in Bhutan: Progress and Challenges -- 6 Bhutanese Traditional Medical Educat…
This book offers insights into the nation-state and education relationship by problematizing and analyzing the assumed straightforwardness of the role of education and schooling by placing the issue in very contemporary contested nation-state structures like Scotland, Catalonia, Ukraine and Belgium. These conflict situations and contested power relations are in a way some of Europe’s internal…
1. Summary of Key Findings -- 2. Introduction -- 3. Overview of the Structures of the Early Childhood Education and Care Systems in the Participating Countries.-4. Public Policy -- 5. Delivery Models and Providers -- 6. Participation and Enrollment -- 7. Supporting Quality in ECE -- 8. Expectations for Child Outcomes, Assessment and Reporting -- 9. Individual Country Profiles -- 10. Final Refle…
Preface -- 1: Introducing New Models for Schools and Services; Hal A. Lawson & Dolf van Veen -- 2: An International Perspective with Comparative, Action-oriented Analysis; Hal A. Lawson & Dolf van Veen -- 3. The Children’s Aid Society’s Community Schools; Jane Quinn (committed) -- 4. Cincinnati Ohio’s Community Learning Centers; Darlene Kamine (committed) -- 5. University-assisted Communi…
Chapter 1 Teacher Education Research and the Policy Reform Agenda -- Chapter 2 Reform and the Reconceptualisation of Teacher Education in Australia -- Chapter 3 Innovation and Transformation of Initial Teacher Education: Employer and Graduate Perspectives -- Chapter 4 Digital Credentialing: Does it offer a Meaningful Response to Initial Teacher Education Reform? -- Chapter 5 Innovating in First…
Chapter 1: Introductions: Why study globalization and culture through English language learning and teaching in China? -- Chapter 2: Global and local citizens and the creation of a teaching community at CSU -- Chapter 3: Change, tradition, and moral education in CSU teacher roles -- Chapter 4: “My name is Money”: English names and creative play inside and outside the classroom -- Chapter 5:…