Edited by Carl A. Grant, this volume examines the evolution of multicultural education research in the United States. It argues that multicultural perspectives have historically been marginalized within mainstream scholarship and seeks to bring these voices to the forefront.
This open-access volume examines rural school improvement initiatives across four developing contexts—China, Myanmar, Uganda, and Kenya. It investigates the challenges these rural schools face, the models and interventions applied to address them (such as teacher professional development, community partnerships, technology integration, and leadership training), and evaluates their effectivene…
This open-access book examines the intricate relationships between governance, evaluation, and knowledge within Swedish higher education. It delves into the origins, logics, and mechanisms of evaluation and quality assurance reforms, analyzing their dynamic interactions with institutional, national, and European policy contexts. Through extensive empirical studies, the chapters provide detailed…
Open Education: International Perspectives in Higher Education is an insightful collection of essays that explores how open education can democratize access to higher education globally.
This book presents a comparative analysis of Germany and Great Britain to demonstrate how national institutional frameworks influence the labor market outcomes of higher education graduates. It identifies four key institutional dimensions—higher education system structure, study content, graduate labor market organization, and labor market flexibility—that shape these transitions.
The Global South and Comparative and International Education proposes and elaborates on the construct of “Criticism against Northern Hegemony” within the field. The author, Charl C. Wolhuter, integrates diverse critical strands—including critiques of development theories, foreign aid regimes, globalization, neoliberal economics, racism, and calls for decolonization—to argue for the …
Dissens and Sensibility introduces the concept of a pedagogy of dissensus, an educational approach grounded in the disruptive and critical potential of art. Drawing on theorists such as Rancière, Biesta, Atkinson, and Eng, Lisbet Skregelid explores how art creates space for resistance to dominant norms, fosters new perspectives on self and society, and encourages democratic engagement through …
Education Systems and Inequalities explores how various national education systems shape and perpetuate social disparities. It examines mechanisms through which education systems generate unequal outcomes based on factors like social background, gender, ethnicity, migration status, and ability. Drawing on international comparative research, the book analyzes structural features—such as tracki…
This doctoral research explores how indigenous heritage is represented and taught in Caribbean school social studies, focusing on the Dominican Republic, Dominica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Through analyses of educational policies and classroom practices, Aguilar centers teachers' interpretations of heritage content, pedagogical methods, and their relationships with the past.
This interdisciplinary volume offers an authoritative account of modern Catholic educational philosophy, bridging education, religious studies, philosophy, and theology