Title:
Education and social change : connecting local and global perspectives
Publication Information:
New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2010
Physical Description:
xviii, p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
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
Tables and Figures | p. vii |
Acknowledgements | p. x |
Notes on the contributors | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Part I The Global Policy Context | p. 11 |
1 Lessons from comparative and international education | p. 15 |
2 Education for all: a freedom-based approach | p. 27 |
3 Women's education in the developing world | p. 38 |
4 Self-assessment in the further education college of a small state | p. 51 |
5 The contribution of European programmes to social change | p. 62 |
Part II Community Integration and Inclusion | p. 75 |
6 Social marketing | p. 79 |
7 Basic education status of Afghan refugees in Iran | p. 94 |
8 Respecting difference in early childhood centres in Northern Ireland | p. 108 |
9 Elitism, inclusion and the specialist school | p. 122 |
10 Higher education and civic and community engagement in the UK | p. 135 |
Part III Curriculum Reform | p. 147 |
11 Beyond borders: expanding the uses of work-based learning | p. 151 |
12 Government policy and teacher education in Ghana | p. 162 |
13 Transforming China's adult and continuing education | p. 175 |
14 An 'essential attributes' approach to curriculum reform | p. 187 |
15 Reforming VET for social cohesion | p. 204 |
Part IV Learning and Pedagogy | p. 221 |
16 Transformative learning for a global society | p. 225 |
17 Postcolonial and post-critical 'global citizenship education' | p. 238 |
18 Validation of non-formal and informal learning in Europe | p. 251 |
19 Transnational co-operation in learning support for disabled learners | p. 263 |
20 Vocational Education | p. 274 |
Conclusions and implications | p. 287 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 299 |
Selected Resources | p. 303 |
Index | p. 307 |