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 Educational Policy Borrowing in China: Looking West or looking East? By Charlene Tan 2016 | 226 Pages | ISBN: 0415743249 | PDF | 4 MB For over a decade, Mainland China has been embarking on an ambitious nation-wide education reform ('New Curriculum Reform') for its basic education. The reform reflects China's propensity to borrow selected educational policies from elsewhere, particularly North America and Europe. Chinese scholars have used a local proverb "the West wind has overpowered the East wind" to describe this phenomenon of 'looking West'.But what do we mean by educational policy borrowing from the West?What are the educational policies in China's new curriculum reform that are perceived to be borrowed from the West?To what extent have the borrowed educational policies in China's new curriculum reform been accepted, modified, and rejected by the various educational stakeholders?How does culture influence the various educational stakeholders in China in interpreting and mediating educational policy borrowing from the West?How do the findings of this study on China's education reform inform and add to the existing theories on and approaches to on cross-cultural educational policy borrowing?This book answers the above questions by critically discussing China's policy borrowing from the West through its current reform for primary and secondary education. It presents the latest in-depth research findings from a three-year empirical study (2013-2015) with school principals, teachers, students and other educational stakeholders across China. This study offers new insights into China's educational policy borrowing from the West and international implications on cross-cultural educational transfer for academics, policymakers and educators.  Education in Movement Spaces: Standing Rock to Chicago Freedom Square By Alayna Eagle Shield (editor), Django Paris (editor), Rae Paris (editor), Timothy San Pedro (editor) 2020 | 174 Pages | ISBN: 0367344610 | PDF | 2 MB This book amplifies the distinct, intersecting, and coalitional possibilities of education in the spaces of ongoing movements for Native and Black liberation. Contributors highlight the importance of activist-oriented teaching and learning in community encampments and other movement spaces for the preservation and expansion of resistance education. With chapters from scholars, educators, and organizers, this volume offers lessons taken from these experiences for nation-state schools, classrooms, and spaces of teaching and learning that are most commonly experienced by Native and Black children and educators. Through attention to recent social movements across the United States―from Standing Rock to Black Lives Matter―this book demonstrates the vital connections between Native and Black communities' educational futures.
 Education and the State: International perspectives on a changing relationship By Carla Aubry (editor), Michael Geiss (editor), Veronika Magyar-Haas (editor), Jürgen Oelkers (editor) 2014 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 1138777854 | PDF | 3 MB In most countries in the world, school education is the business of the state. Even if forms and functions differ, the imparting of elementary knowledge is universally regarded as a public function. Yet this is neither self-evident nor self-explanatory. The degree of involvement of state agencies in the supervision, financing and organization of the school system sometimes varies so much that the usual assumption of a common understanding of 'the state' seems to be an illusion.Making international comparisons and focusing strongly on the historical conditions of the current form of state education, this volume paints a nuanced picture of how the relationship between 'education' and 'state' has been and is conceptualized. Insights into this relationship are gained by considering and analysing both specific processes such as financing and bureaucracy; and conceptual ideas, for example community, authority, and political utopias. The book presents comparative studies and analyses of regional and local conditions, arguing that the history of each country or region is critical to educational success, and the relationship between the education and the state must be reconsidered, both internationally and historically, in order to be of actual conceptual value.Education and the State presents a broad variety of approaches and examples that provide a significant contribution to the understanding of the relationship between education and the state. It will be of key value to academics and researchers in the fields of the history of education, the politics of education, and educational administration.  Educating for Democracy in England and Finland: Principles and culture By Andrea Raiker (editor), Matti Rautiainen (editor) 2016 | 176 Pages | ISBN: 1138640824 | PDF | 2 MB With the growth of terrorism, instability in the EU following recession, and the acceleration of support for right-wing political parties in Europe, discussions on the nature of democracy and democratic citizenship have never been more important. Exploring the relationship between democratic values, classroom practices and neo-liberalist ideology in England and in Finland, Educating for Democracy argues that it is the role of governments and the education systems they support to create teachers and students who can voice critically appraised judgements to guide their citizenship.With chapters co-written by English and Finnish authors, this book analyses the history and current state of education systems in England and Finland, with reference to other European countries, in order to establish whether they are effective in creating democratically-minded citizens. Recent years have seen decreasing control of educator professionalism as governments have become more concerned about economic growth, and in some cases, survival. The contributors to this volume question whether educators are becoming less effectual as a result, exploring the idea that democracy is a dying concept, and asking whether educators are now simply creating cogs for the neo-liberalistic/capitalist machine.This book will be essential reading for academics and researchers in the fields of teacher education, education studies and comparative education. It will also be of great interest to those concerned with issues surrounding citizenship, democracy and the role of the government in education.  Educating Adolescent Girls Around the Globe: Challenges and Opportunities By Sandra L. Stacki (editor), Supriya Baily (editor) 2015 | 306 Pages | ISBN: 113878110X | PDF | 2 MB While many initial education benchmarks are being met, new and continuing challenges exist for adolescent girls in the developing world. Discrimination, violence, marginalization, and health-related issues prevail, making proper education at the middle school level crucial during this unique development time. As we continue to see the expectations for girls grow, education for girls must also find a new place within the evolving norms of political, economic, cultural and social life. This volume takes a global look at the obstacles and enablers in girls' education that can have lasting institutional, psychological and social consequences. It looks at many complex issues affecting education for adolescent girls around the world, including the underlying global demands for women in the formal workforce and the universal impact of gender-based violence, and provides a critical framework through which researchers may explore and critique these complexities.  Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean M. Flynn, "Economics, 22nd Edition" English | ISBN: 1260226778, 1260570614, 1264112270 | 2020 | EPUB/PDF | 960 pages | 58 MB/57 MB Optimize your outcomes.  Daniel S. Hamermesh, "Economics is Everywhere" English | ISBN: 1429287756 | 2011 | 272 pages | PDF | 1190 KB Economics Is Everywhere, Fourth Edition, presents 400 vignettes inspired by everyday events from news articles, films, family and popular culture. Professor Hamermesh also employs his interactions with students, frequently featuring student insight in these short scenes. Economics Is Everywhere helps students to apply what they are learning in their introductory microeconomics courses by examining economics examples that can be found in day-to-day life. In covering topics such as opportunity costs, trade-offs, supply and demand, elasticity, competitive markets and monopoly Dan Hamermesh on Freakonomics
 Sylvain Pioch, "Eco-design of Marine Infrastructures: Towards Ecologically-informed Coastal and Ocean Development" English | ISBN: 1786307111 | 2021 | 288 pages | PDF | 54 MB This book offers an insight into how to create aesthetically pleasing, environmentally integrated, multi-functional developments in the ocean or on the coastline.  Easy Trifle Cookbook (Trifles Cookbook, Trifles Recipes, Trifle Cookbook, Trifle Recipes, Trifles) by Chef Maggie Chow English | October 16, 2015 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B016SGEIC0 | 90 pages | EPUB | 0.33 Mb An Elegant Dessert of Luxury fit for Royalty. Infused with sweet fruits, filled with delicious puddings, and layered with lush cake. Trifles are the prized dessert of the English and these are the easiest ways to make them. . .  Easy Quesadilla Cookbook by Chef Maggie Chow English | October 17, 2015 | ISBN: 151866993X | 71 pages | EPUB | 0.24 Mb The number of ways to prepare a quesadilla may be infinite. BUT these are the best and simplest quesadillas. This is authentic Latin cuisine. |
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