Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform
Contributions by Gérard Bonnet, Mary Canning, Kai-ming Cheng Emeritus Professor, The U, Terry J. Crooks, Luis Crouch, Ori Eyal, Eva Forsberg, Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew Nanyang Technological Uni, Ratna Ghosh Distinguished James McGill Professor and W.C. Macdonald Professor of Educat, Martin Gustafsson, Batia P. Horsky, Dan Inbar, Barbara M. Kehm, Stephen T. Kerr, Allan Luke The University of Queensl, Ulf P. Lundgren, Robert W.McMeekin, Adam Nir, Peter Schrag, Hasan Simsek, Ryo Watanabe, Alison Wolf, Ali Yildirim Edited by Iris C. Rotberg
Publication date:
16 April 2010Length of book:
454 pagesPublisher
R&L EducationDimensions:
238x165mm7x9"
ISBN-13: 9781607095002
In Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform, Rotberg brings together examples of current education reforms in sixteen countries, written by "insiders". This book goes beyond myths and stereotypes and describes the difficult trade-offs countries make as they attempt to implement reforms in the context of societal and global change. In some countries, reforms are a response to major political or economic shifts; in others, they are motivated by large upsurges in immigration and increased student diversity. Irrespective of the reasons for education reform, all countries face decisions about resource allocation, equality of educational opportunity across diverse populations, access to higher education, student testing and tracking, teacher accountability, school choice, and innovation.
The essays in this volume reveal:
·the policy choices about the school reforms made by countries throughout the world
·the consequences associated with these choices
·the role that societal values, historical antecedents, and political structures play in facilitating or constraining reform
Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform is an invaluable resource for policymakers, faculty, students, and anyone interested in how decisions made about the education system ultimately affect the quality of education, educational access, and social justice.
The essays in this volume reveal:
·the policy choices about the school reforms made by countries throughout the world
·the consequences associated with these choices
·the role that societal values, historical antecedents, and political structures play in facilitating or constraining reform
Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform is an invaluable resource for policymakers, faculty, students, and anyone interested in how decisions made about the education system ultimately affect the quality of education, educational access, and social justice.
The book is, in essence, a world tour of public education in the early twenty-first century. For every teaching and learning issue that divides this country, the book shows that several other countries are having the same argument. For every cry of despair at the assorted failures of American schools, Rotberg introduces a host of nations—including some that American critics admire—who are hearing the same complaints about their education systems from their own experts.