Education reform in societies in transition : : international perspectives / / edited by Jaya Earnest and David F. Treagust.

Framed against the background of educational change, this book proposes to examine the relationship between curriculum change, teacher professional development, policy reform and the processes of educational change. The main aims of the book are to: (1) focus on educational changes and reconstructio...

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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam, Netherlands ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2006]
2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Jaya Earnest and David F. Treagust
  • Setting the Scene: Providing the Framework and Context / Jaya Earnest and David Treagust
  • Issues and Challenges facing Education in Turkey / Necmi Aksit and Margaret Sands
  • The Israeli Educational System's Response to Current Societal, Economic, and Political Changes / Billie Eilam and Miriam Ben-Peretz
  • From Innocence to Passion: Bhutan's Tryst with Education / Thakur Singh Powdyel
  • Venezuela: A Permanent Question to Education / Rosa Lopez de D'Amico and Alba Gonzalez
  • Educational Changes in Estonia: Case Study of the University of Tartu / Madhumita Bhattacharya and Tomas Tenno
  • Envisioning Transition towards Transformative Mathematics Education: A Nepali Educator's Autoethnographic Perspective / Bal Chandra Luitel and Peter Charles Taylor
  • Strengthening Science and Mathematics Education in the Philippines / Ed van den Berg , Marilou R. Gallos and Jocelyn R. Locaylocay
  • Science Education Reform in a Transitional Society: The Case of Rwanda / Jaya Earnest
  • Starting from the Beginning: Primary Teacher Education in East Timor / Margie Beck
  • Reconceptualising the Professional Development of In-Service Science Teachers in Pakistan / Nelofer Halai
  • Using Information and Communication Technology for Teacher Learning and Curriculum Development in Tanzania and Zimbabwe / Susan McKenney
  • Educational Reform at a Time of Change: The Case of Lebanon / Saouma BouJaoude and Ghazi Ghaith
  • Challenges to Education in Tajikistan: The Need for Research-Based Solutions / Sarfaroz Niyozov and Stephen Bahry
  • Perceptions of Classrooms in Kashmir: A State of Continuous Unrest in Northern India / Rekha B Koul and Darrell L Fisher
  • The South African's Educational System's Evolution to Curriculum 2005 / Tulsi Morar
  • Biographies / Jaya Earnest and David F. Treagust.