| Description |
1 online resource (901 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Figure: Global Demographical Data Based on Income Level; I. Topics in International Education; Introduction; Table: Topics in International Education: Introduction; Sociopolitical and Cultural Issues in Education; Terms Associated with Race and Culture in Education; Table: The Four Levels of Human Society; Education and Racial Discrimination; Racial Diversity (Multiculturalism), Education, and Progress; Children's and Adolescents' Rights Worldwide; Children's Physical Health Issues |
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Children's Mental HealthParenting; Drugs and Alcohol; Poverty and Education; Table: Comparison of Countries Based on Seven Indicators; Child Labor and Education; Violence, War, and Education; Table: Child Soldiers in Countries Throughout the World; Gender and Education; Gender Disparity Worldwide; Globalization, Gender, and Education; Gender and Achievement; Educational Access and Opportunities; Gendered Mind; Formal Education; Curriculum; Instruction; Figure: Schematic of Cognitive Domain of Bloom's Taxonomy; Table: Six Instructional Taxonomies in Perspective; Assessment |
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Early Childhood EducationPrimary Education; Secondary Education; Tertiary Education; International Comparisons in Academic Subjects; Table: Comparisons of TIMSS Mathematics Scale Scores of Eighth-Grade Students and PISA Mathematics Scale Scores of Students Age 13 by Country, 2003 ; Figure: Correlation of Mathematics Scores of Countries That Appear on Both TIMSS 2003 and PISA 2003 ; Accreditation and Licensure; Teacher Preparation Around the World; Informal Education; Experiential Education; Expert/Novice Situations; Home, Museums, and Libraries; Issues and Challenges of Informal Education |
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Learning at WorkOut-of-School-Time Programs; Content, Curriculum, and Resources; Curriculum in Education from a Historical Perspective; Figure: Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Ethnomathematics; Table: Codification of Ethnomathematical Conceptions; Ethnoscience; Humanities, Arts, and Education; Worker Education, Education for Emancipation, and Education Unions; Intellectual and Motor Development; Cognition and Learning: An International Perspective; Basic Cognitive Functions; Figure 1: Visual Perception: Circle; Figure 2: Visual Perception: Ellipse |
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Figure 3: Visual Perception: CylinderComplex Cognitive Functions; Linguistic Development; Levels of Intellectual Development; Psychomotor Development; Quantitative Development; Figure 1: Baillargeon's Pictures of Objects On/Off the Table; Figure 2: Grouping by Threes to the Number 17 ; Figure 3: The Task of Conservation of Equivalent Relations; Spatial Development; Technologies and Global Education; History and Development of Technology Education; Information and Communication Technologies and Challenges; Synchronous and Asynchronous E-Learning; The Internet |
| Summary |
This encyclopedia is the most current and exhaustive reference available on international education. It provides thorough, up-to-date coverage of key topics, concepts, and issues, as well as in-depth studies of approximately 180 national educational systems throughout the world. Articles examine education broadly and at all levels--from primary grades through higher education, formal to informal education, country studies to global organizations |
| Notes |
Technology in Rich and Poor Countries |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lin, Chia-Ling
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| ISBN |
9781317467519 |
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1317467515 |
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