Chapter 1 Conceptual and Empirical Issues In Educational Innovations, Nelly P. Stromquist; Part 1 Pedagogical Innovations; Chapter 2 Knowledge and Curriculum, Maria del Pilar O'Cadiz; Chapter 3 Improving the Quality of Basic Education? the Strategies of the World Bank, Rosa-María Torres; Chapter 4 Power, Culture, and Transformation Educational Reform in Namibia, Sydney R. Grant; Part 2 Technological Innovations; Chapter 5 The Impact of Impact a Study of the Dissemination of an Educational Innovation in Six Countries, H. Dean Nielsen, William K. Cummings; Chapter 6 The Adoption of the National System of Telesecondary in Mexico, Félix Cadena; Chapter 7 Training Teachers at a Distance the Case of Logos Ii in Brazil, João BatistaFrançois Araujo e Oliveira, Orivel; Chapter 8 Education for Development in a Context of Dependency, Michael L.Basile; Chapter 9 Innovation and Research, Michael L. Basile, Nelly P. Stromquist;