Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa

This open access book presents a strong philosophical, theoretical and practical argument for the mainstreaming of indigenous knowledge in curricula development, and in teaching and learning across the African continent.

In Defense of Free Speech in Universities

In this book, Amy Lai examines the current free speech crisis in Western universities. She studies the origin, history, and importance of freedom of speech in the university setting, and addresses the relevance and pitfalls of political correctness and microaggressions on campuses, where laws on harassment, discrimination, and hate speech are already in place, along with other concepts that hav…

Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in Europe and Beyond

This edited volume offers a comparative analysis of adult education and lifelong learning across Europe and beyond. It draws on discussions from the 2015 Würzburg Winter School, examining educational policies, professionalization of adult educators, learner participation, quality assurance, and guidance and counselling in adult education. Each chapter delves into specific sub‑topics—such a…

Measuring and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Active Citizenship Education Pr…

The current Special Issue has been inspired by the Seventh Annual Conference on Citizenship Education that was held in Roehampton University London, on 26–27 September 2019. This conference explored how citizenship education can promote young people’s civic and political engagement, particularly those of disadvantaged backgrounds. Discussions focused on the effectiveness of diverse form…

Making Universities Matter

Universities have long been integral to society, fulfilling a vital role as institutions for knowledge development, exchange, and diffusion. Even though universities have only in recent decades been portrayed as bridging the gap between academia and society through interdisciplinary collaboration and engagement, they have always been founded on societal needs and thereby have also recognize…

Leadership for Sustainable and Educational Advancement Advancing Great Leader…

If the COVID-19 pandemic affirmed anything to the educational community, it was that professional lives are incredibly connected, and a disruption across the globe has real and tangible effects on the ability to deliver education, the core business of universities and schools alike. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced rapid restructuring of education to enable educational continuity, and insti…

Inclusive Education in Africa

This volume critically examines the complexities of implementing inclusive schooling across various African contexts, arguing that inclusion is neither instinctive nor guaranteed—it must be actively pursued. Drawing from diverse contributions on curriculum, pedagogy, representation, culture, school life, equity, and social justice, the book emphasizes questions of power, identity (class, gend…

Assessment Framework

This book introduces a comprehensive assessment framework designed to guide professionals in evaluating the needs of children and their families in a structured and evidence-based manner.

Socioeconomic Inequality and Educational Outcomes

This book explores how socioeconomic inequality affects educational outcomes, using two decades of data from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). It examines patterns across countries and over time, analyzing the relationship between students’ socioeconomic status and their academic performance. The authors provide evidence that educational inequality is persiste…

Leadership Approaches to Negotiate Challenges in a Changing Education Landscape

This volume was inspired by research on leadership in topperforming schools conducted by a research team in which two of the volume editors were involved. That research was in three articles published in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal in 2018.

Public Historyin Teacher Education A Dialogue with Many Voices

This edited volume investigates the transformative power of historical knowledge within teacher education, emphasizing the public history approach. It highlights how integrating historical perspectives helps pre-service teachers foster critical thinking, interdisciplinary awareness, and informed decision‑making. With historical understanding as both disciplinary knowledge and a transversal sk…

Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education

The book Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education examines the complex roles of African universities in knowledge production, development, and socio-economic transformation.

Iota Reliability Concept of the Second Generation

Content analysis, often the measure of choice, is required to meet quality criteria such as objectivity, reliability and validity. However, some of the reliability measures most frequently used have lately been discussed controversially, indicating that there is room for improvement. The first generation of the Iota concept caters to the idea of improved reliability measures for content analysi…

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Handbook of Teaching Competency Development in Higher Education

The increasing affordances of new technologies provide both new opportunities and challenges for teaching in higher education. Equipping instructors with the necessary teaching competencies to overcome these challenges in the digital era is imperative. This handbook serves as a reference for higher education stakeholders. It aims to cultivate high-quality instructors, improve higher education q…

International Students from Asia in Canadian Universities

this book responds to the growing need for new insights and perspectives on the institutional mechanisms adopted by universities to support international students from Asia in their academic and social integration to university life

Critial Human Rights, Citizenship, and Democracy Education

Critical Human Rights, Citizenship, and Democracy Education brings together a diverse, international body of scholars to treat human rights, citizenship, and democracy education as interconnected and critically examined fields. Through a blend of theoretical explorations and illuminating case studies, the book revisits these concepts from a justice-oriented lens, challenging the dominance of co…

Comparative Adult Education and Learning, Authors and Texts

Comparative Adult Education and Learning: Authors and Texts explores adult learning and education through a comparative research lens. It’s structured in two parts across four chapters: first, an analytical essay examining theoretical foundations and methods of comparison, followed by an anthology of key texts from diverse countries that illustrate varying perspectives, theories, and approach…

Coordination of Action in Adult Education Organizations

Coordination of Action in Adult Education Organizations (2024) explores how various actors across multiple levels in adult education systems collaborate to plan, manage, and deliver learning opportunities. Drawing on organizational theory, the volume brings together four empirical studies that highlight diverse actor constellations, coordination mechanisms, and context‑specific influences—f…

Integrated STEM and STEM Partnerships Teaching and Learning

The importance of partnerships is critical in educational arenas, but information on how partnerships form with the involvement of corporations, districts, and universities working in harmony is limited in the current literature.

Education for Sustaining Peace through Historical Memory

"Informed by the author’s long‑standing work on violent conflict, peace and education in countries of the Global South, particularly Colombia, this open access book presents a comprehensive narrative about the relationship between peace education, historical memory and the sustaining peace agenda, advocating for the adoption of a new perspective on education for sustaining peace through his…

Creativity in Education

Creativity is explored as both an educational tool and a socio-cultural phenomenon across all phases of schooling—from early years to higher education. This open-access volume brings together empirically grounded case studies from diverse global contexts, each followed by critical reflections from international contributors. These conversational responses examine how creative methods can be a…

Open and Distance Education in Australia, Europe and the Americas

This open-access volume presents comparative snapshots of open and distance education across six national higher education systems—Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States . It traces the historical development, institutional structures, and evolving policies shaping ODE in each country, highlighting how digital transformation has influenced access, pedago…

Human Rights Dissemination in Central Asia

This open access book explores the field of human rights dissemination in Central Asia. Offering a comparative perspective on five post‑Soviet Central Asian states—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan—it examines compliance with international human rights standards in these countries.

THE DREAM IS OVER

Simon Marginson traces the rise and decline of California’s landmark 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education—designed by University of California President Clark Kerr to ensure universal access, quality, and public accountability. The volume details how this model became a global benchmark, inspiring systems across the world, including China and East Asia. However, in California, the politica…

Higher Education Landscape 2030 A Trend Analysis Based on the AHEAD Internati…

This book presents the results of the AHEAD international horizon scanning initiative, which aimed to identify and analyze major trends that could shape the future of higher education by 2030. Through a rigorous methodology combining expert workshops, Delphi surveys, and thematic analyses, the book outlines key developments in technology, society, politics, economics, and ecology that may impac…

Higher Education Pathways South African Undergraduate Education and The Publi…

This edited volume explores the transformative potential of undergraduate education in South Africa and the conditions needed to translate access into meaningful learning and social impact.

Education to Build Back Better

This book examines how education systems around the world can be reformed and strengthened in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It draws on lessons from past educational reforms to inform how policymakers, educators, and institutions can "build back better" — making education systems more equitable, resilient, and future-oriented. The authors explore reforms at macro (policy), meso (curricul…

Improving teacher education for applied learning in the field of VET

In the field of vocational education and training (VET) quality has become one of the most relevant issues. As stated by the European Council, “the knowledge, skills and commitment of teachers, as well as the quality of school leadership, are the most important factors in achieving high quality educational outcomes” (European Council 2009, p. 2).

Education and Skills for Inclusive Growth, Green Jobs and the Greening of Eco…

This book explores how education and skills development can support inclusive growth and sustainable development in Asia, particularly through the promotion of green jobs and environmentally sustainable economies. Drawing on case studies from across the region, it highlights how governments, industries, and education providers are working to align curricula, vocational training, and workforce d…

Higher Education in Innovation Ecosystems

While higher education has been considered as both an ‘engine’ for innovation and a ‘catalyst’ for sustainability development, the integration of both the ‘innovation engine’ and ‘sustainability catalyst’ roles is best reflected in higher education’s engagement in innovation ecosystems—the theme of this special issue, including 16 articles dealing with the topic from various…

Gifted Education, Creativity and Leadership Development

Creativity, giftedness, and leadership are complex, important phenomena, especially in the threatening turbulence of 21st-century conditions; consequently, there is an increasing need to understand how to strengthen them. We can learn much about these phenomena from within the borders of specialized disciplines;

Family, Bullying and Cyberbullying

In recent years, the number of studies conducted on the influence of family variables on cyberbullying perpetration and victimization has increased, especially in terms of relational family processes.

The Politics of Education in Developing Countries

This 2019 Oxford University Press volume investigates why many developing countries have improved school access without corresponding gains in learning outcomes—a phenomenon now termed the “learning crisis.” Applying a comparative framework across six countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda), the book argues that political factors—including elite commitm…

Educational Secularization Within Europe and Beyond

This edited volume stems from the 9th International Adult Education Academy (2022), featuring contributions from over 80 researchers, students, and practitioners representing nearly 20 countries

Comparative Research in Adult Education

This edited volume compiles eight empirical studies originating from the 9th International Adult Education Academy (2022), featuring contributions by over 80 researchers, students, and practitioners from nearly 20 countries

Crisis Response in Higher Education

This book explores how higher education institutions responded to the COVID-19 crisis, with a particular focus on governance, operations, teaching, and organization. Drawing on case studies from multiple countries, the volume examines the immediate and long-term institutional responses to the pandemic and their implications for the future of higher education. It considers how universities manag…

Critical Child Protection Studies

“Up until the latter years of the twentieth century, there was very little critical analysis of child protection policies and practices. The core assumption was that… child protection policies, practices, and systems… were assumed to be benign in both intent and impact. Increasingly, however, it has been recognised that a whole range of political, cultural, and sociological influences bea…

Smart Universities Education's Digital Future

This edited volume captures proceedings from the World Learning Summit and LINQ Conference held in June 2017 (Kristiansand, Norway), confronting how educational institutions at all levels are adapting to an ever-accelerating wave of digital transformatio

European Strategies in Lifelong Learning

This open-access study guide examines the evolution and complexity of lifelong learning and adult education policies within Europe. Drawing on the authors’ teaching experience in adult education at the University of Duisburg–Essen, it offers a structured introduction to key policy frameworks and political actors that shape the field

Change in Classroom Practice

Change in Classroom Practice explores how and why classroom practices change, focusing on the challenges faced by teachers attempting to implement educational reform. Drawing on case studies and real classroom experiences, the book examines the dynamics between policy demands, teacher beliefs, and institutional cultures. The authors analyze the tension between innovation and resistance, and how…

Researches in Adult Learning and Education: The European Dimension

This volume gathers a series of contributions that explore the paradigm shift from traditional adult/lifelong education to a more dynamic model of adult/lifelong learning. It examines both formal contexts—such as institutions and organized services—and informal contexts where adult learning occurs. Situated within the ESRALE project (European Studies and Research in Adult Learning and Educa…

Principles and Pedagogies in Jewish Education

“This book is aimed at improving contemporary educational practice by rooting it in clear analytical thinking. The book utilizes the analytic approach to philosophy of education to elucidate the meaning of the terms ‘education,’ ‘moral education,’ ‘indoctrination,’ ‘contemporary American Jewish education,’ ‘informal Jewish education,’ ‘the Israel experience,’ and ‘Is…

Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa

This open-access book presents a compelling philosophical, theoretical, and practical argument for integrating indigenous knowledge into curriculum development and teaching across Africa. It asserts that education rooted in learners' indigenous or environment-generated knowledge fosters a deeper connection to their lived realities, leading to introspection, creativity, and innovation. The book …

Education in Scotland

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Scottish education system, highlighting its distinctiveness within the UK context. It examines recent developments in legislation and practice, drawing comparisons with the English system. Key topics include administration and management, professional competence of teachers, early years education provision, the National Curriculum in Scotland, …

Uses of Technology in Lower Secondary Mathematics Education

This book explores the integration and impact of various technologies in lower secondary mathematics education. It examines how tools such as calculators, dynamic geometry software, and digital learning platforms are used to enhance students' understanding of mathematical concepts and improve engagement in the classroom. The contributors analyze both the pedagogical benefits and challenges of t…

Effective Use of Collective Peer Teaching in Teacher Education

The principal question this book seeks to explore is: does teaching indeed constitute the most potent form of learning?

Theories in and of Mathematics Education

Theories in and of Mathematics Education offers a comprehensive examination of the role and nature of theories within the field of mathematics education. This edited volume brings together international scholars who critically explore how theories from disciplines such as psychology, sociology, and philosophy are imported into mathematics education, as well as how unique theories have been deve…

Educator Reflections The Power of Our Stories

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who contributed to this monograph project. First and foremost, we thank our contributing authors for their willingness to share their stories, demonstrating vulnerability for the benefit of others

Time and The Rhythms of Emancipatory Education

This book argues that by rethinking our relationship with time, we can fundamentally rethink education itself. Moving beyond contemporary rhetoric of acceleration, speed, urgency, or slowness, it provides an epistemological, historical, and theoretical framework for critically reflecting on the relationship between the experience of time and emancipatory education. Drawing upon time and rhythm …