Dr. Colin Brock, Nafsika Alexiadou

Education Around the World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A concise comparative introduction to education in each major geographical region of the world and the major issues in international education today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Continuum Publishing Corporation
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9781441169402
• ISBN-10: 1441169407
• Artikelnr.: 35895261

Autorenporträt

Colin Brock, Honorary Professor of Education, University of Durham, UK Nafsika Alexiadou is Professor of Education at the Department of Applied Educational Science, University of Umeå, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Why is it Important? The Story So Far
2. The Nature of the Interdisciplinary Field and its Development
3. A Global Overview: Legacies and Inertias
4. Scale, Space and Place with Reference to the USA and the World of Small
States
5. National and International Educational Development
6. Europe: Issues and Comparisons
7. Sub-Saharan Africa: Legacies and Innovations
8. Rising Stars: Brazil, Russia, India and the People's Republic of China
(The BRIC States)
References
Index