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Higher Education in Korea
Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 165.00This definitive collection takes an in-depth look at the higher education system in Korea. The editors and contributors present a fundamentally Korean view of the important issues for the Korean higher education system. In systematic, well written essays, they construct theoretical perspectives to analyze the development of the higher education system... more...
Athens of West Africa
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 176.00This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces the College's development through periods of missionary education (1816-1876), colonial education (1876-1938), and development education (1938-2001). more...
Nyansapo (The Wisdom Knot)
RoutledgeFalmer 2003; US$ 160.00This study examines the issues of indigenous philosophies, which are embedded in different aspects of the socialization process among the Akan of Ghana. more...
Whose Education For All?
Taylor and Francis 2000; US$ 145.00Since 1990, when the phrase "education for all" was first coined at the World Bank conference in Jomtien, Thailand, a battle has raged over its meaning and its impact on education in Africa. In this thought-provoking new volume, Dr. Brock-Utne argues that "education for all" really means "Western primary schooling for some, and none for others." Her... more...
China's universities, 1895-1995
Taylor and Francis 1996; US$ 160.00This first comprehensive account of Chinese higher education during the modern period examines the first hundred years of the development of universities in China. more...
The Power of Position
University of California Press 2004; US$ 65.00Throughout the twentieth century, Beijing University (or Beida) has been at the center of China's greatest political and cultural upheavals?from the May Fourth Movement of 1919 to the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s to the tragic events in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Why this should be?how Beida's historical importance has come to transcend that of... more...
Britain's Educational Reform
Taylor and Francis 1990; US$ 200.00This book questions many of Britain's idiosyncratic attitudes towards education. Dimensions missing from Britain's recent reforms, but present in Japan are highlighted. The author argues that Britain could learn a lot from Japan in order to improve education and vocational training considerably. more...
Education and Training for Development in East Asia
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 195.00The East Asian miracle, or its supposed demise, is always news. The Four Tiger economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea have experienced some of the fastest rates of economic growth ever achieved. This book provides the first detailed analysis of the development of education and training systems in Asia, and the relationship with... more...
Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco
Springer 2005; US$ 139.99This book shows how colonial and postcolonial forces have worked to reconstruct the national identity of Morocco, and North Africa in general, on the basis of cultural representations and ideological constructions closely related to nationalist and ethno linguistic trends. more...
Schooling for the Knowledge Era
Australian Council for Educational Research 2006; US$ 34.95This book challenges people to re-think the role of schools in a global knowledge society. It reflects on the new standards required for young people to be successful in the Knowledge Era. For educators, parents, politicians and business people this book transcends current education practices that were largely established a century ago. It identifies... more...









