A study of higher education expansion and quality in the world's four largest developing economies-Brazil, Russia, India, and China-that asks how each state actively develops its higher education system, including achieving mass expansion and aiming for greater -quality,- in the context of the many forces, global and local, that impinge on its society, including on its existing higher education institutions.
A study of higher education expansion and quality in the world's four largest developing economies-Brazil, Russia, India, and China-that asks how each...
This edited book is a unique comprehensive discussion of 21stcentury skills in education in a comparative perspective. It presents investigation on how eight very different countries (China, Canada, England, Finland, Poland, South Korea, the USA and Russia) have attempted to integrate key competences and new literacies into their curricula and balance them with the acquisition of disciplinary knowledge. Bringing together psychological, sociological, pedagogical approaches, the book also explores theoretical underpinnings of 21stcentury skills and offers a scalable solution to align multiple...
This edited book is a unique comprehensive discussion of 21stcentury skills in education in a comparative perspective. It presents investigation on ho...