Full Description
With contributions from international authors, this text demonstrates that education systems, and what it is to be educated, are in transition and that societies and economies are changing dramatically. The contributors explore expanding university systems, financial responsibilities and curricula.
Contents
Chapter 1 Fine-tuning educational earthquakes?, Robert Cowen; Chapter 2 Education in times of transition, David Coulby; Chapter 3 Bolivia, Sheila Aikman; Chapter 4 Brazil, Candido Alberto Gomes; Chapter 5 Education in transition, Jon Young, Ben Levin; Chapter 6 Greece, Evie Zambeta; Chapter 7 Transitions in Hungary, Katalin Kovacs; Chapter 8 Iran, Jan Derry; Chapter 9 Mexico's difficult double transition, Charles Posner; Chapter 10 Competitive contractualism, Susan Robertson, Roger Dale; Chapter 11 Poland in transition, Janusz J Tomiak; Chapter 12 The Russian Federation in transition, Janusz J Tomiak; Chapter 13 Education in transition, Mirjam M Hladnik; Chapter 14 The new South Africa, Nick Taylor, Penny Vinjevold; Chapter 15 South Korea, Terri Kim; Chapter 16 Change as normality, Crispin Jones; Chapter 17 Education in the United Kingdom, Nigel Grant; Chapter 18 Crisis and reform in US education, Andreas M Kazamias;
