International Education - An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues and Systems

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Ness, Chia-Ling Lin This encyclopedia is the most current and exhaustive reference available on international education. It provides thorough, up-to-date coverage of key topics, concepts, and issues, as well as in-depth studies of approximately 180 national educational systems throughout the world. Articles examine education broadly and at all levels--from primary grades through higher education, formal to informal education, country studies to global organizations. Zusammenfassung This encyclopedia is the most current and exhaustive reference available on international education. Inhaltsverzeichnis VOLUME 1, Contributors, Foreword by Gary Natriello, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Figure: Global Demographical Data Based on Income Level, I. Topics in International Education, Introduction, Sociopolitical and Cultural Issues in Education, Gender and Education, Formal Education, Informal Education, Content, Curriculum, and Resources, Intellectual and Motor Development, Technologies and Global Education, Institutions of Education Throughout the World, II. Systems of Education Throughout the World, Introduction, Africa, VOLUME 2, East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Melanesia, Europe, Middle East and South Central Asia, North America and Caribbean, South America, Post-Soviet Nations, Glossary, Index

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• Authors: Chia-Ling Lin, Lin Chia-Ling, Daniel Ness, Daniel (Dowling College Ness, Daniel Lin Ness, Immanuel Ness, Ness Daniel
• Assisted by: Chia-Ling Lin (Editor), Daniel Ness (Editor)
• Publisher: Sharpe
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2012
• EAN: 9780765620491
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-2049-1
• No. of pages: 900
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy