Full Description
Educational Traditions Compared (1995) is a comparative treatment of the educational curricula - their content, pedagogy and assessment - in schools and higher education institutions in industrial countries throughout the world. The emphasis is on differences between the major international blocs - Europe, North America and East Asia - and how these arise from distinctive cultural and historical traditions. Particular attention is given to intra-European differences, for example between Britain, France, Germany and Eastern Europe.
Contents
1. The Global Educational Challenge Part 1. Educational Traditions 2. Views of Knowledge 3. Norms of Educational Access 4. Political Cultures and the Control of Education Part 2. Contemporary Responses: Content, Teaching and Learning 5. Schooling 2-16 6. Upper Secondary Institutions: General and Vocational 7. Higher Education 8. Conclusion
