Education as a Global Concern

ISBN-13: 9781441130280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 184 str.

Colin Brock

Opis

A discussion about the functions of education, drawing on a range of educational situations. It challenges the various functions of education as widely and conventionally perceived, and promotes the notion of education as a humanitarian response as the prime function.

Recenzje

'Colin Brock is one of Britain's most experienced and respected academics in the field of international education for development. In his new book, Education as a Global Concern, he gives us a typically lively and well-informed call to action. I recommend it to both teachers and to students.' W. John Morgan, UNESCO Chair of the Political Economy of Education, University of Nottingham, UK

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Why is Education a Global Concern? 2. Education as a Humanitarian Response 3. The Excluded and Marginalized Majority 4. Education and Disasters 5. The Dislocated and Dysfunctional Mainstream Conclusion

O autorze

Colin Brock was Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Durham, UK, and Visiting Professor of Geography at the University of Loughborough, UK. He was also UNESCO Chair of Education as a Humanitarian Response at the University of Oxford, UK. Colin Brock was Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Durham, UK, and Visiting Professor of Geography at the University of Loughborough, UK. He was also UNESCO Chair of Education as a Humanitarian Response at the University of Oxford, UK.