Changing Educational Landscapes Educational Policies, Schooling Systems and Higher Education - a comparative perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mattheou, Dimitris. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Education.; Educational tests and measurements.; Education, Higher.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Higher Education.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Teaching and Teacher Education.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8534-4

Analyzing educational landscapes  the fundamental values, principles and institutions of the sector  is a highly complex and demanding task for any researcher. Like shifting desert sands, these aspects of education are in a constant state of flux, changing according to the unpredictable economic,...

Table of Contents:

• Changing Educational Landscapes - An Introduction
• Section 1. Knowledge: Epistemological and Ideological Shifts
• The Owl of Athena: Reflective Encounters with the Greeks on Pedagogical Eros and the Paideia of the Soul (Psyche)
• Implications of the New Social Characteristics of Knowledge Production
• University Reform in Greece: a Shift from Intrinsic to Extrinsic Values
• Universities and Pricing on Higher Education Markets
• Section 2. Access and Transitions
• Providing Access to Education: Intercultural and Knowledge Issues in the Curriculum
• Access and Transitions in Education
• Educational Inequalities in Greece, Sweden and the UK
• Section 3. Old and New Solidarities
• Public Education, Migration and Integration Policies in France
• The Inclusion of Invisible Minorities in the EU Member States: The Case of Greek Jews in Greece
• Section 4. Learning and Teaching, Quality and Assessment
• Education Quality: Research Priorities and Approaches in the Global Era
• Pupil Assessment in a Historical Perspective: Contribution to the Contemporary Debate
• Recent Trends in Early Childhood Curriculum: the Case of Greek and English National Curricula
• Pre-service Teachers' Intercultural Competence: Japan and Finland
• Section 5. Redefining Space
• Internationalising Higher Education: Debates and Changes in Europe
• Nation-state, Diaspora, and Comparative Education - the Place of Place in Comparative Education
• the Role of the Nation State Reconsidered
• Coda
• About the Editor
• About the Contributors
• Index.