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  1. Commitment, Character, and Citizenship

    Religious Education in Liberal Democracy

    Edited by Hanan A. Alexander, Ayman K. Agbaria

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    As liberal democracies include increasingly diverse and multifaceted populations, the longstanding debate about the role of the state in religious education and the place of religion in public life seems imperative now more than ever. The maintenance of religious schools and the planning of...

    Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge

  2. Resourcing Early Learners

    New Networks, New Actors

    By Sue Nichols, Jennifer Rowsell, Helen Nixon, Sophia Rainbird

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    The landscape of early childhood education and care is changing. Governments world-wide are assuming increasing authority in relation to child-rearing in the years before school entry, beyond the traditional role in assisting parents to do the best they can by their children. As part of a social...

    Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge

  3. The Developing World and State Education

    Neoliberal Depredation and Egalitarian Alternatives

    Edited by Dave Hill, Ellen Rosskam

    Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Neoliberalism

    Neoliberalism has had a major impact on schooling and education in the Developing World, with social repercussions that have affected the salaries of teachers, the number and type of potential students, the availability of education, the cost of education, and more. This edited collection argues...

    Published October 4th 2011 by Routledge

  4. Critical Issues in Peace and Education

    Edited by Peter Pericles Trifonas, Bryan Wright

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This collection asks theorists and educational practitioners from around the world influenced by the schools of feminist pedagogy, critical pedagogy, anti-racist or postcolonial pedagogy, and gay and lesbian pedagogy to reflect upon the possibilities of articulating a "curriculum of difference"...

    Published November 21st 2010 by Routledge

  5. Democratizing Higher Education Policy

    Constraints of Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa

    By M.T. Sehoole

    Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education

    This book was written with the purpose of analyzing the challenges faced by the post-apartheid government in South Africa with regard to reform of higher education. It covers the apartheid context of higher education, resistance to the system and its ultimate demise, democratic processes in...

    Published August 17th 2010 by Routledge

  6. Education, Professionalism, and the Quest for Accountability

    Hitting the Target but Missing the Point

    By Jane Green

    Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

    This book focuses on education and its relation to professional accountability as viewed from two different, but not unrelated, perspectives. First, the book is about the work of professionals in schools and colleges (teachers, head teachers, leaders, principals, directors and educational managers,...

    Published December 6th 2010 by Routledge

  7. Inclusive Education in the Middle East

    By Eman Gaad

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    The potential of adopting inclusive education to support learning for all is an international phenomenon that is finding its way to the Middle East and the Arabian region. Eman Gaad examines the current status of inclusive education in Arabia and the Middle East through an assessment of the latest...

    Published June 22nd 2010 by Routledge

  8. Policy Discourses, Gender, and Education

    Constructing Women's Status

    By Elizabeth J. Allan

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    Despite over thirty years of activism and legislation to eliminate discrimination, parity has yet to be achieved for women in academe. This book describes policy discourse analysis as a framework for considering how those involved in policy-making efforts may make use of discourses that...

    Published August 8th 2010 by Routledge

  9. Trust and Betrayal in Educational Administration and Leadership

    Edited by Eugenie A. Samier, Michèle Schmidt

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This collection explores critical and foundational theory for trust in educational administration and leadership as it influences a broad range of topics, such as ethics, governance, diversity, policy, management, and power. It demonstrates the relevance of this foundation to practical issues and...

    Published April 29th 2010 by Routledge

  10. When For-Profit Meets Nonprofit

    Educating Through the Market

    By Jared Bleak

    This study addresses the increasing tumult over the commercialization of higher education - a battle over profit and principle, money and mission. While many issues in higher education encompass the mission and values of the university, the operation of for-profit subsidiaries by nonprofit...

    Published March 17th 2010 by Routledge

  11. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Policy and Practice

    Decolonizing Community Contexts

    Edited by Jennifer Lavia, Michele Moore

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This book provides a space in which struggles for indigenous knowledge within communities are articulated, valued, heard, and responded to. The volume takes change as its focus, yet acknowledges that the origins and significance of change are frequently found to be unsettling. Contributors explore...

    Published September 7th 2009 by Routledge

  12. Does Quality Pay?

    Benefits of Attending a High-Cost, Prestigious College

    By Liang Zhang

    Previous research has generally shown a very small although statistically significant economic benefit from attending high-quality colleges. This small effect was at odds with what students' college choice and various social theories would seem to suggest. This study sought to reconcile the...

    Published March 16th 2009 by Routledge

  13. International Perspectives on the Goals of Universal Basic and Secondary Education

    Edited by Joel E. Cohen, Martin B. Malin

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    Although universal schooling has been adopted as a goal by international organizations, bilateral aid agencies, national governments, and non-profit organizations, little sustained international attention has been devoted to the purposes or goals of universal education. What is universal primary...

    Published December 2nd 2009 by Routledge