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Education and social change : connecting local and global perspectives
Publication Information:
New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2010
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xviii, p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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9780826444097

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Author Notes

Geoffrey Elliott is Professor of Lifelong Learning at the University of Worcester, UK.
Chahid Fourali is an independent education and business consultant working in the UK and abroad.
Sally Issler is an independent consultant based in the UK.


Table of Contents

David Bainton and Michael CrossleyJames StanfieldMáiréad DunneGary Jones and Edward Sallis and Peter HubertSimone KirpalChahid FouraliMaryam Danaye Tousi and Alireza KiamaneshSiobhán FitzpatrickCarla SolvasonJohn AnnetteElda Nikolou-Walker and Lynn FeeKwame AkyeampongNing Rong LiuFrancis MurphyGeorge K. ZarifisDouglas Bourn and Sally IsslerVanessa AndreottiManuel Souto-OteroVal ChapmanErica Smith and Andy Smith
Tables and Figuresp. vii
Acknowledgementsp. x
Notes on the contributorsp. xi
Introductionp. 1
Part I The Global Policy Contextp. 11
1 Lessons from comparative and international educationp. 15
2 Education for all: a freedom-based approachp. 27
3 Women's education in the developing worldp. 38
4 Self-assessment in the further education college of a small statep. 51
5 The contribution of European programmes to social changep. 62
Part II Community Integration and Inclusionp. 75
6 Social marketingp. 79
7 Basic education status of Afghan refugees in Iranp. 94
8 Respecting difference in early childhood centres in Northern Irelandp. 108
9 Elitism, inclusion and the specialist schoolp. 122
10 Higher education and civic and community engagement in the UKp. 135
Part III Curriculum Reformp. 147
11 Beyond borders: expanding the uses of work-based learningp. 151
12 Government policy and teacher education in Ghanap. 162
13 Transforming China's adult and continuing educationp. 175
14 An 'essential attributes' approach to curriculum reformp. 187
15 Reforming VET for social cohesionp. 204
Part IV Learning and Pedagogyp. 221
16 Transformative learning for a global societyp. 225
17 Postcolonial and post-critical 'global citizenship education'p. 238
18 Validation of non-formal and informal learning in Europep. 251
19 Transnational co-operation in learning support for disabled learnersp. 263
20 Vocational Educationp. 274
Conclusions and implicationsp. 287
Selected Bibliographyp. 299
Selected Resourcesp. 303
Indexp. 307