International & Comparative Education

Providing a comprehensive overview of the French education system, this book will be an essential purchase for anyone interested in this field...

Originally published in 1985. This book surveys the state of education in Latin America, reviewing the nature of education systems and content of courses, and discusses a range of key themes - those concerned with the connections between education and political, economic and social change...

This volume gathers scholars from around the world in a comparative approach to the various educational struggles of people of African descent, advancing the search for solutions and bringing to light new facets of the experiences of Black people in the era of globalization...

Examining how the increasingly interdependent economic system has driven policy change and education reform, Ka Ho Mok assesses the impact of globalization on the education systems of key East Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, and the "tiger economies" of South Korea, Taiwan and Si..

Explaining why the attempts to reform the Japanese educational system have failed, this book argues that the lessons learned from this failure have a wider relevance in the Japanese policy-making process as a whole...

For more than three decades, Gerard A. Postiglione has witnessed the globalization of education and society in Hong Kong, China and the wider Asian region. His research emphasizes the diversity and complexity of the region, from studies of education and the academic profession during Hong Kong’s ret..

Educational Choices, Transitions and Aspirations in Europe analyses educational choices and transitions in eight different European countries/regions and provides an engaging means of considering issues of inequality through international comparisons...

Educational Reciprocity and Adaptability challenges the common belief that adapting to new educational settings is the responsibility of international students alone...

Combines knowledge of school effectiveness and community education to shed new light on the management of schools. Townsend argues for greater community in involvement in schooling as a whole...

This volume brings together eight case studies which describe a variety of initiatives to create more effective schools for children of poverty, especially in the Third World. The initiatives reviewed published and unpublished documents and both qualitative and statistical studies were examined. Cou..

Emerging from a transnational framework, this book offers a global perspective on gender, sex and race research in education across global north and south. Drawing upon pedagogical, programmatic, and activist work with respect to challenging inequalities and injustices for young people, the authors ..

This book documents the significant progress and challenges in the realisation of Vietnam’s English language policies as they are enacted in the higher education sector and how government policy is providing for a substantial and comprehensive renewal of Vietnam’s tertiary education as part of their..