International Perspectives on the Goals of Universal Basic and Secondary Education (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Cohen, Joel E.; Malin, Martin B.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Although universal schooling has been adopted as a goal by international organizations, national governments, and non-profit organizations, little sustained international attention has been devoted to the purposes or goals of universal education. This book offers diverse views from experts around the world on the purposes of universal education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135840716
• Artikelnr.: 49984517

Autorenporträt

Joel E. Cohen is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Populations at the Rockefeller University, New York. He heads the Laboratory of Populations at the Rockefeller and Columbia Universities. At Columbia University, New York, he is Professor of Populations in the Earth Institute, with appointments in the Departments of International and Public Affairs; Earth and Environmental Sciences; and Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology. Martin B. Malin is the Executive Director of the Managing the Atom Project at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University. He is a former Program Director at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. About the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. Current Academy research focuses on: science and global security; social policy; the humanities and culture; and education. With headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Academy's work is advanced by its 4,600 elected members, who are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business and public affairs from around the world.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Goals of Universal and Basic Secondary Education Joel E.
Cohen. Educational Goals for Tomorrow's Society 2. Education for All, But
for What? Kai-ming Cheng 3. Goals of Universal Primary and Secondary
Education in the 21st Century: Reviving the Spirit of Socrates. Kishore
Mahbubani 4. What Will Be the Near-Future Goals of Education? William K.
Cummings. Educational Priorities in Poor Countries 5. Quality Education:
The Work of Optimists Beryl Levinger 6. Achieving Education of High Quality
in Islamiyya Schools of Nigeria Mallam Bala Ahmed 7. Nurturing Learning
Ability: The Goals of Universal Primary and Secondary Education Camer
Vellani 8. Quality, the Heart of Equity Vimala Ramachandran. Empowering
Children through Art and Science 9. The dia Program: The Development of
Intelligence through Art Claudia Madrazo 10. Educational Goals: Art,
Science, Love, and the Importance of Binocular Vision Joel E. Cohen. The
Special Role of Skepticism as Universal Educational Goal 11. What Does
"Universal" Education Mean? James Carroll 12. Teaching Tolerance and
Open-Minded Approaches to Understanding Sacred Texts Mohamed Charfi and
Hamadi Redissi 13. Educating All the People for Democratic Governance: A
U.S. Perspective Deborah Meier. Educating Global Citizens 14. Educating for
Global Competency Fernando Reimers 15. Education and the Globalization
Paradigm Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco. Perspectives on Assessment and
Educational Goals 16. Evaluating Basic and Secondary Education Ana Carolina
Letichevsky 17. For What Should Schools Be Held Accountable? Richard
Rothstein and Rebecca Jacobsen Defining Educational Quality as a Basis for
Educational Policy 18. Quality Education: A UNESCO Perspective Mary Joy
Pigozzi 19. Quality Education - What Is It and Who Decides? Briefing Paper
for a Policy Maker George M. Ingram. 20. The Challenge of Defining a
Quality Universal Education: Mapping a Common Core Laura Hersh Salganik and
Stephen J. Provasnik