Gebundenes Buch

Policy Debates in Comparative, International, and Development Education

Beschreibung

The complementary areas of comparative, international, and development education occupy a critical part of the landscape in educational policy debates in a global context. This volume brings together a distinguished group of international scholars and practitioners who focus on key policy issues in a variety of national settings throughout the regions of Asia/Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, North America, and Latin America. The topics they address are critical for the future of education in a globalized context and include issues such as social justice, quality assurance, governance, access and equity, marketization, and the role of new media and technology, among others.

Autor

John N. Hawkins is Professor Emeritus at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, and Co-Director of the Asian Pacific Higher Education Research Partnership (APHERP) at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Hawkins is a specialist on higher education reform in the US and Asia and the author of several books and research articles on education and development in Asia. He was the Dean of International Studies at UCLA for thirteen years, and has served as a Director of the UCLA Foundation Board and Director of the East-West Center Foundation Board. He has served as President of the Comparative International Education Society and Editor of the Comparative Education Review. His latest publications include Changing Education: Leadership, Innovation, and Development in a Globalizing Asia Pacific, and Policy Debates in Comparative, International and Development Education. He has published several books and articles on

Produktdetails

• International and Development Education
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-62067-4
• 2011
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 146mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9780230620674
• ISBN-10: 0230620671
• Artikelnr.: 29931480