Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Comparative

This edited volume explores key challenges facing Vietnamese universities amidst digital transformation, navigating the intersection of technology and cultural values, competition, and open education. Chapters in this book offer insights into the current landscape of Vietnamese higher education, outlining strategies for institutional success and preparing students for post-graduation careers. Covering topics such as new teaching and research trends, online learning, course development practices, and support mechanisms for student success, this book provides essential guidance for both...

This edited volume builds upon a rich literature base on quality, equity, and education for all. It focuses on enrolment patterns in education and includes extensive, micro-level analytical data to support their findings. The chapters include evidence-based analytical methods with three global regions and eleven country case studies that contribute to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) Quality Education for All by 2030. The book offers valuable and practical learning materials for policymakers, field practitioners, researchers and research students specializing...

This book analyses dominant discourses of globalisation, multiculturalism and schooling. The chapters advance further the discussions on globalisation and its impact on cultural diversity and multiculturalism in a globalised world. 

Multicultural education, as presented in this volume, is seen in a broad context. It includes factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, culture, age, and physical ability, as well as a variety of beliefs and values. Zajda has argued that globalisation represents a synthesis of technology, ideology, and organisation, specifically...

Rapid modernization and the rise of English as a global language increasingly threaten East Asia's cultural diversity and long-standing Confucian traditions. De Bary argues that keeping Confucianism alive in China is not only a matter of "Chinese identity," but also a...

There is no doubt in my mind that this is the best book on the Japanese school, and especially on the underlying concepts. As such it is one of the most important books on Japanese society. "Peter Drucker"

Benjamin Duke knows both American and Japanese education intimately. His analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of each is compelling. Everyone interested in Japan's economic performance over the past generation--and the next--needs to examine The Japanese School. "Mike Mansfield, U.S. Ambassador to Japan"

This book, a fascinating comparison of the educational systems of East and West Germany, demonstrates how, since 1949, education has been used to create different and competing societies: East Germany has tried to create an ideal socialist state, while West Germany has sought to be a model of Western democracy. The authors argue that the German tradition of using education to attain social and political goals continues in the two Germanys of the postwar period. The authors draw a complete portrait of the constitutional and institutional differences between the systems and of the tensions...