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| Title: | International Perspectives on Education Policy
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| Author: | Ralph Rotte (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1600210937 : 9781600210938 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 150 |
| Weight: | .507 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - October 2006 |
| List Price: | 52.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | EDUCATION |
This volume aims to provide an interdisciplinary and pragmatic, policy-oriented contribution to the current debate about educational reform. It assembles articles by experts on education and educational policy from various scientific disciplines and professional backgrounds. Based on a section considering general pedagogical, economic, political and methodological aspects, a number of country-specific contributions cast some light on the differing frameworks, approaches and experiences in recent education policy and education reform in number of countries of the western world.
Introduction: Education Policy and School Reform -- A Multitude of Perspectives and Experiences; What Can we Learn from International Performance Studies? Some Methodological Remarks; International Tests and Comparisons in Education Performance: A Pedagogical Perspective on Standards, Core Curricula and the Quality of Schooling; The Political Economy of Educational Reform; French Educational Reform: Challenges and Problems; Improving School Performance: A Dutch Perspective; Challenges and Measures of Educational Reform in the UK: The Case of Scotland; The Belgian Education System after PISA: Reform Approaches in the French Speaking Community of Belgium; Education Reform in Germany: Efforts and Experiences in Bavaria; Balancing National and State Interests in Education Reform in Australia; Index.
