Actions for Balancing change and tradition in global education reform
Balancing change and tradition in global education reform / edited by Iris C. Rotberg
- Published
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2010]
- Copyright Date
- ©2010
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Physical Description
- xv, 439 pages ; 23 cm
- Additional Creators
- Rotberg, Iris C.
- Contents
- Mary Hatwood Futrell and Iris C. Rotberg and Iris C. Rotberg -- 1. China: Turning the Bad Master into a Good Servant -- Kai-ming Cheng -- Follow-Up 2010: Kai-ming Cheng -- 2. Russia: Struggling with the Aftermath -- Mary Canning and Stephen T. Kerr -- Follow-Up 2010: Stephen T. Kerr -- 3. South Africa: Overcoming Past Injustice -- Luis Crouch -- Follow-Up 2010: Luis Crouch and Martin Gustafsson -- 4. Chile: Vouchers and Beyond -- Robert W. McMeekin -- Follow-Up 2010: Robert W. McMeekin -- 5. Germany: After Reunification -- Barbara M. Kehm -- Follow-Up 2010: Barbara M. Kehm -- 6. France: Diverse Populations, Centralized Administration -- G₁rard Bonnet -- Follow Up 2010: G₁rard Bonnet -- 7. Turkey: Innovation and Tradition -- Hasan Simsek and Ali Yildirim -- Follow-Up 2010: Hasan Simsek and Ali Yildirim -- 8. Sweden: A Welfare State in Transition -- Eva Forsberg and Ulf P. Lundgren -- Follow-Up 2010: Eva Forsberg and Ulf P. Lundgren -- 9. Israel: Equity and Competition in the Grip of Centralized Bureaucracy -- Adam Nir and Dan Inbar -- Follow Up 2010: Adam Nir, Dan Inbar, and Ori Eyal -- 10. Japan: Encouraging Individualism, Maintaining Community Values -- Ryo Watanabe -- Follow-Up 2010: Ryo Watanabe -- 11. Singapore: Schools in the Service of Society -- Batia P. Horsky and Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew -- Follow-Up 2010: Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew -- 12. Canada: A Multicultural Policy -- Ratna Ghosh -- Follow-Up 2010: Ratna Ghosh -- 13. New Zealand: Empowering Teachers and Children -- Terry J. Crooks -- Follow-Up 2010: Terry J. Crooks -- 14. England: New Governments, New Policies -- Alison Wolf -- Follow-Up 2010: Alison Wolf -- 15. Australia: The Challenges of Poverty, Pedagogy, and Pathways -- Allan Luke -- Follow-Up 2010: Allan Luke -- 16. United States: America's Orgy of Reform -- Peter Schrag -- Follow-Up 2010: Richard Rothstein -- Iris C. Rotberg -- Follow-Up 2010: Iris C. Rotberg.
- Summary
- ""Reading Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform is like being on on interesting, sixteen-stop world study tour...By identifying the themes that weave throughout the chapters, Iris C. Rotberg helps the reader make sense of this worldwide intellectual journey, Rotberg does more than identify the themes; she illuminates them by constantly referencing the most essential points made by the individual contributors. What results is a theme, example, example, theme, example, example rhythm that provides readers with a thoughtful, manageable, and memorable conceptual framework that should enable them to draw upon the work in their own professional activities."- Ron Byrnes, Teachers College Record" ""For every teaching and learning issue that divides this country, this hook shows that several other countries are having the same argument. For every cry of despair at the assorted failures of American schools, Rotberg introduces a host of nations-including some that American critics admire-who are hearing the same complaints about their education systems from their own experts."-Jay Mathews, The Washington Post" "This book goes beyond myths and stereotypes and describes the difficult trade-offs countries make as they attempt to implement reforms in the context of societal and global change. In some countries, reforms ore a response to major political or economic shifts; in others, they are motivated by large upsurges in immigration rind increased student diversity. All countries face decisions about resource allocation, equality of educational opportunity or mss diverse populations, access to higher education, student testing and tracking, teacher accountability, school choice, and innovation" "The essays in this volume reveal:" "the policy choices about the school reforms made by countries throughout the world," "the consequences associated with these choices, and" "the role that societal values, historical antecedents, and political structures play in facilitating or constraining reform"--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781607095002 (cloth : alk. paper)
1607095009 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781607095019 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1607095017 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781607095026 (ebk)
1607095025 (ebk) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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