Education: Evaluation, Reform and Policy
Edited by John E. Kesner
ISBN: 978-960-9549-70-7, 254 pages
First
published in 2012 by ATINER
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Table of Contents
1. |
Educational Evaluation, Reform and Policy in an
Age of Internationalization |
1 |
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John E. Kesner |
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Part I: Societal and
Political Influences |
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2. |
Misconceptions
and Misinformation about Education in Ron Phillips |
7 |
3. |
Local
Politicians’ Perspectives of Education for Citizenship in Margaret
Penketh |
17 |
Part II: Evaluation and
Reform |
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4. |
Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing
Schools: A Diagnostic and Conceptual Framework Olajide O. Agunloye |
31 |
5. |
Barriers
to the Implementation of whole School Evaluation at Selected Primary Schools
in the Southern Free State Wendy Ν. Setlalentoa |
47 |
6. |
Knowledge
Management Practices in the Polish Education System Jan Fazlagić |
59 |
Part III: Students |
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7. |
Attitudes
and Opinions of Students towards Science Course: The Comparison of Surveys in
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 1999 and 2007 Sevilay Kilmen, Nükhet Demirtaşli and
Safiye Bilican |
79 |
8. |
Aggression
in Junior High School Students as One of the Discipline Problems of Polish
Schools Monika Stachowicz-Piotrowska |
93 |
Part IV: Curriculum Issues |
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9. |
Vocational
Upper-Secondary Education Learning Outcomes and Other Factors Determining the
Prestige of Vocational Upper-Secondary Education Gunta Kinta |
105 |
10. |
Religion and Citizenship: Is there a Conflict Inherent within
this Curricular Relationship within Faith-based Schools? Carolyn King |
119 |
11. |
Foreign
Languages in Mico Poonoosamy |
129 |
Part V: Higher Education |
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12. |
Teacher
Education Programme Development as a Metamorphic Experience Jennifer Yamin-Ali |
149 |
13. |
Effects
of the Field of Higher Education on the Prevalence of Over-education in
European Countries Alexander Tarvid |
167 |
14. |
Cultural and Structural Barriers to Upper-Level Leadership for Women in
Higher Education Julia Ballenger |
185 |
15. |
Public
versus Private Monopoly in the Higher Education Market Bralind Kiri |
201 |
16. |
Driving
Innovation and Business Creation among Malaysian Universities: Lessons from Kamarulzaman Ab. Aziz, Mohd Fadzil
B. Mohd Idris and Nor Azlina Ab.
Aziz |
219 |
Part VI: Creativity and
Aesthetics |
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17. |
Creating
Community with Education, Performance, and Technology Manuel Bustamante and Ann Marie Elder |
233 |
18. |
The
Price of Proper Placement: Risk, Spontaneity and the Compulsion towards
Orderliness in the Aesthetic Experiences of Visually Impaired People David
Feeney |
239 |