Educational Strategies & Policy

The Rise of High-Stakes Educational Testing in Denmark (1920-1970) is an attempt to determine why and how tests rose to prominence in an educationa...

An increasing number of universities either provide seminars regarding the uses of English in international contexts, or on how effective methodolo...

As United States policymakers and national leaders are increasing their attention to producing workers skilled in science, technology, engineering,...

Problematizing the "reason" of schooling as historical and political, in this book leading international and interdisciplinary scholars challenge t...

The education system is faced with many demands of justice. What these demands imply and how they are justified is, however, disputed. In this book...

Since the late 1970s, Sri Lanka has undergone a socio-economic transformation, from protectionism towards economic liberalisation and increasing in...

The purpose of this book is to explain higher education change and resistance to change. The book explores Giddens’ structuration theory and Archer...

The revival of madrasas in the 1980s coincided with the rise of political Islam and soon became associated with the "clash of civilizations" betwee...

The notion of thinking skills as a key component of a 21st century school education is now firmly entrenched in educational policy and curriculum f...

Education is a thoroughly political enterprise. The process of determining the purpose of education has always been highly controversial. It has re...

Evidence-based best practices that improve classroom environments and assessment techniques! If your goal is a smoother-running, participatory...

Education is a thoroughly political enterprise. The process of determining the purpose of education has always been highly controversial. It has re...

"The authors provide many instances in which educators have met or exceeded expectation for growth using the Success for All program, leaving the r...

The legacy of crimes committed during the Second World War in East Asia is still a stumbling block for reconciliation and trustful cultural relatio...

Assessment is omnipresent and multifaceted in contemporary institutions of higher education. This collection provides a sound and revealing overvie...

"Secondary teachers will find that this superb resource informs the teaching and learning of their students and provides many research-based strate...

Les liens entre anthropologie et interculturalité semblent « naturels » à première vue. Mais ces liens en fait ne vont pas de soi. C’est pourquoi c...

Diva, Prima Donna, Maestro, Virtuoso: creative geniuses with the ability to deliver artistic excellence. However this perception can serve to tilt ...

By analysing the proposals for teacher education drawn up by UNESCO, the World Bank and OECD, this book shows that even though each of these organi...