This volume addresses important issues to do with access to higher education and different models of its financing in the East Asia region. It is enriched by diverse perspectives from vastly different starting points and by the historical and institutional settings in the region. The issues are set out in the context of the value of higher education in economic development and how it contribute…
Citizenship is often assumed to be a clear-cut issue— either one has it or one does not. However, as the contributors to Citizenship in Question demonstrate, citizenship is not self-evident; it emerges from often obscure written records and is interpreted through ambiguous and dynamic laws. In case studies that analyze the legal barriers to citizenship rights in over twenty countries, the con…
Cultivating Racial and Linguistic Diversity in Literacy Teacher Education examines how English and literacy teacher education—a space dominated by White, English-monolingual, middle class perspectives—shapes the experiences of preservice teachers of color and their construction of a teacher identity.Significant and timely, this book focuses attention on the unique needs and perspectives of …
ntroduction Globalization is a powerful force with far reaching impacts on education and education policy. The growth of large scale international surveys of student achievement and the increasing role played by intergovernmental agencies in education means that the influence that globalization exerts on education is likely to increase even further in the future. This open access book provides …
This study addresses the most important legal issues when implementing an open access e-infrastructure for research data. It examines the legal requirements for different kinds of usage of research data in an open access infrastructure, such as OpenAIREplus, which links them to publications. The existing legal framework regarding potentially relevant intellectual property (IP) rights is analyse…
What is at stake for how the Internet continues to evolve is the preservation of its integrity as a single network. In practice, its governance is neither centralised nor unitary; it is piecemeal and fragmented, with authoritative decision-making coming from different sources simultaneously: governments, businesses, international organisations, technical and academic experts, and civil society.…
Apa yang terlihat jelas melalui Praktik Pedagogi Kritis: Pengaruh Joe L. Kincheloe, serta teks/situs lainnya (Teaching Joe L. Kincheloe, International Journal of Critical Pedagogy, dan The Freire Project), adalah dampak mendalam Joe, warisannya yang abadi, dan lebih kuat lagi panggilannya untuk hadir/berpikir / melakukan, untuk solidaritas kritis. Kedalaman intelektual dan maksud pedagogisnya s…
Di sebagian besar negara dengan ekonomi industri maju, ketentuan pendidikan tinggi sekarang semakin diarahkan pada hasil yang terkait dengan pekerjaan tertentu dan kemampuan kerja lulusan dalam pekerjaan tersebut. Dengan cara yang berbeda, program universitas semakin memberikan pertimbangan yang lebih besar pada dunia kerja di luar pendidikan tinggi, dan, dalam banyak kasus, pada persyaratan kh…
Bullying merupakan masalah yang signifikan bagi anak-anak dan remaja. Satu dari tiga anak di Amerika Serikat terlibat dalam bullying. Oleh karena itu, sangat mungkin bahwa orang tua, dokter, dan anggota organisasi yang melayani anak-anak kemungkinan besar akan menjumpai anak-anak yang telah diintimidasi, yang telah ditindas orang lain, atau keduanya. Laporan media baru-baru ini telah menarik ba…
This report provides an overview of policy strategies on early childhood education settings (from birth to primary schooling) in eight countries. Data were collected using a policy questionnaire addressed to and completed by the National Research Coordinator(s) (NRC) of Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Poland, the Russian Federation and the United States. The countries that p…