A unique and major resource for the field of education, this comprehensive, single-volume encyclopedia, arranged alphabetically, of around 400,000 words, includes 600 entries ranging from definitions of educational concepts, terms and biographies of key educators to substantial essays on major educational topics. It alsonbsp;includes further reading and a full index.
The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Education is a unique and major resource for the field of education. It is a comprehensive, single-volume work, arranged alphabetically, of around 400,000 words. The 600 entries range from definitions of educational concepts, terms and biographies of key educators to substantial, authoritative essays on major educational topics specially contributed by leading international researchers. The volume includes critical, and sometimes provocative, examinations of historical and contemporary themes, examinations of continuities, changes and emerging issues, and discussions of the educational traditions and features of major countries and continents. The work includes suggested items for further reading and a full index.
The encyclopedia has a distinguished international advisory board and contributors are drawn from from all over the globe, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. It will be an invaluable work of reference for teachers, students and policy makers in education and related areas around the world.
Table of contents:
abacus; Abeland, Peter; abolity grouping; academic; academic freedom; academy; access/admission; accomplishments; accountability; accountancy; accreditation of prior achievement/learning; action research; Addams, Jane; adult education; aegrotat; Africa; agriculture; algebra; alternative education; alumni; antiracist education; apprenticeship; approved school; aptitude; Argentina; Aristotle; arithmatic; armed forces; Arnold, Matthew; Arnold, Thomas; art; art, college and school of; Ascham, Roger; Asia assessment (inc. continuous, criterion referenced, diagnostic, formative, norm referenced, summative); Association of University Teachers (AUT); astronomy; athenaeum; attainment; attendance; Australia; Austria; autodidact; autonomy; baccalaureate; Baltic States; baseline assessment; basic skills; Beecher, Catherine; benchmarking; Benelux countries; Bernstein, Basil; bicultural education; bilingual education; binary policy; Binet, Alfred; biology; blind children, teaching of; boarding school; Bourdieu, Pierre; boys, education of; brain drain; Brazil; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); British Council; Buddhist education; bullying; Burt, Cyril; business; business school; Cambodia; Canada; careers guidance; Caribbean; Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teachingcase study; catchment areas; Catholic school; Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI); certification; chancellor; character training; charities, educational; charter school; chemistry; child centred education; child development; child guidance; children's literature; China; church; civics; class size; classical education; classical studies/classics; classroom; classroom management; coeducation; cognition; Colet, John; college; college of advanced technology; Comenius, Johann Amos; common school; Commonwealth of Learning (COL); community college; community education; comparative education; compensatory education; comprehension; comprehensive education; comprehensive school; compulsory education; computer assisted learning; computing; Condorcet, Marie Jean; constructivism; continued professional development; continuing education; cookery; core curriculum; corporal punishment; correspondence course; correspondence theory; Council for Education in World Citizenship (CEWC); Council of Europe; counselling; crafts; cramming; creche; credentials; critical pedagogy; cultural capital; curriculum; curriculum development; dame school; dance; day release; day school; dean; degree; delinquency; dentistry; department; Department for International Development (DfID); deschooling; detention; development plan; Dewey, John; didacticism; didactics; diploma; diploma disease; discipline; discovery method; distance education/learning; domestic science; don; drama; driving; Duke of Edinburgh's Award; dunce; Durkheim, Emile; early childhood education; Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (UK); economics; economics of education; Edgeworth, Maria; education; education policy; educational broadcasting; educational management; educational media; educational priority areas; educational profiles; educational publishing; educational research; Educational Resources Information Centre (ERIC); educational studies; educational technology; educational theory; egalitarianism; Egypt; elementary school; Eliot, Charles W.; elitism; Elyot, Thomas; endowment; engineering; England; English; environmental studies; equality of opportunity; ethnography; ethos; Europe; European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP); European Union (EU); evaluation; examinations; excellence; experimental learning; expulsion; extra-mural classes; faculty; family; Ferry, Jules; Forster, William; Foucault, Michel; France; Freire, Paulo; freshman; Froebel, Friedrich; further education; Galton, Francis; games; geography; geology; geometry; Germany; giftedness; girls, education of; globalisation; governor; grades; graduate; grammar; grammar school; Greece; Guizot, Francois; Harris, William
The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Education is a unique and major resource for the field of education. It is a comprehensive, single-volume work, arranged alphabetically, of around 400,000 words. The 600 entries range from definitions of educational concepts, terms and biographies of key educators to substantial, authoritative essays on major educational topics specially contributed by leading international researchers. The volume includes critical, and sometimes provocative, examinations of historical and contemporary themes, examinations of continuities, changes and emerging issues, and discussions of the educational traditions and features of major countries and continents. The work includes suggested items for further reading and a full index.
The encyclopedia has a distinguished international advisory board and contributors are drawn from from all over the globe, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. It will be an invaluable work of reference for teachers, students and policy makers in education and related areas around the world.
Table of contents:
abacus; Abeland, Peter; abolity grouping; academic; academic freedom; academy; access/admission; accomplishments; accountability; accountancy; accreditation of prior achievement/learning; action research; Addams, Jane; adult education; aegrotat; Africa; agriculture; algebra; alternative education; alumni; antiracist education; apprenticeship; approved school; aptitude; Argentina; Aristotle; arithmatic; armed forces; Arnold, Matthew; Arnold, Thomas; art; art, college and school of; Ascham, Roger; Asia assessment (inc. continuous, criterion referenced, diagnostic, formative, norm referenced, summative); Association of University Teachers (AUT); astronomy; athenaeum; attainment; attendance; Australia; Austria; autodidact; autonomy; baccalaureate; Baltic States; baseline assessment; basic skills; Beecher, Catherine; benchmarking; Benelux countries; Bernstein, Basil; bicultural education; bilingual education; binary policy; Binet, Alfred; biology; blind children, teaching of; boarding school; Bourdieu, Pierre; boys, education of; brain drain; Brazil; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); British Council; Buddhist education; bullying; Burt, Cyril; business; business school; Cambodia; Canada; careers guidance; Caribbean; Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teachingcase study; catchment areas; Catholic school; Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI); certification; chancellor; character training; charities, educational; charter school; chemistry; child centred education; child development; child guidance; children's literature; China; church; civics; class size; classical education; classical studies/classics; classroom; classroom management; coeducation; cognition; Colet, John; college; college of advanced technology; Comenius, Johann Amos; common school; Commonwealth of Learning (COL); community college; community education; comparative education; compensatory education; comprehension; comprehensive education; comprehensive school; compulsory education; computer assisted learning; computing; Condorcet, Marie Jean; constructivism; continued professional development; continuing education; cookery; core curriculum; corporal punishment; correspondence course; correspondence theory; Council for Education in World Citizenship (CEWC); Council of Europe; counselling; crafts; cramming; creche; credentials; critical pedagogy; cultural capital; curriculum; curriculum development; dame school; dance; day release; day school; dean; degree; delinquency; dentistry; department; Department for International Development (DfID); deschooling; detention; development plan; Dewey, John; didacticism; didactics; diploma; diploma disease; discipline; discovery method; distance education/learning; domestic science; don; drama; driving; Duke of Edinburgh's Award; dunce; Durkheim, Emile; early childhood education; Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (UK); economics; economics of education; Edgeworth, Maria; education; education policy; educational broadcasting; educational management; educational media; educational priority areas; educational profiles; educational publishing; educational research; Educational Resources Information Centre (ERIC); educational studies; educational technology; educational theory; egalitarianism; Egypt; elementary school; Eliot, Charles W.; elitism; Elyot, Thomas; endowment; engineering; England; English; environmental studies; equality of opportunity; ethnography; ethos; Europe; European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP); European Union (EU); evaluation; examinations; excellence; experimental learning; expulsion; extra-mural classes; faculty; family; Ferry, Jules; Forster, William; Foucault, Michel; France; Freire, Paulo; freshman; Froebel, Friedrich; further education; Galton, Francis; games; geography; geology; geometry; Germany; giftedness; girls, education of; globalisation; governor; grades; graduate; grammar; grammar school; Greece; Guizot, Francois; Harris, William