Shadow Education in the Middle East

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of private supplementary tutoring, commonly known as shadow education, across 12 Arabic-speaking countries in the Middle East. It explores the educational and cultural commonalities among these nations, examining the drivers of demand and supply for shadow education, and assessing its impact on mainstream schooling. The study highlights the significan…

International and Comparative Studies in Adult and Continuing Education

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The Economic Impact of Christian Missionaries in Zambia

This open-access study explores how Christian missionaries shaped Zambian and broader sub-Saharan African development across nearly a century. It traces missionary interventions in Western-style education and healthcare, highlighting how these services were delivered unevenly across gender and regions. By examining missionary legacies, the book reveals how inequities in educational access and r…

Regional Governance and Lifelong Learning Policies

This volume presents a comparative study from the Precoll project, examining how regional governments across Europe—such as Catalonia, Andalusia, Tuscany, Wales, and Jämtland—can contribute to implementing lifelong learning strategies at the European level. Anchored in European cooperation and informed by Cedefop, the book assesses regional efforts and governance structures to support adul…

HIGHER EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC GOOD

This collection of essays, emerging from dialogues within the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good, examines how universities can revitalize their role as civic institutions serving societal needs. It explores themes like governance, curriculum, faculty roles, leadership, and cross-sector partnerships. The contributors argue that higher education must shift away from market-dr…

Education to Build Back Better

This open-access volume investigates the impact of the COVID‑19 pandemic on global education systems and underscores the urgent need for large-scale reforms, particularly across the Global South. Building on a theoretical model of educational change developed by Reimers, the book delves into major reform initiatives implemented in five countries: India, Egypt, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Senegal, an…

Educational Mobility of Second-Generation Turks

This study investigates educational inequalities among children of Turkish immigrants in Austria, France, and Sweden. Despite being one of the largest immigrant groups in these countries, Turks face discrimination and limited opportunities, which are reflected in educational outcomes. The research highlights that educational mobility is more pronounced in Sweden, less so in France, and least in…

How The Computer Went to School

How the Computer Went to School critically examines over three decades of Australian government policies promoting computers as educational tools. Beale explores the origins and development of the computer industry in the United States and its influence on educational computing in both the U.S. and Australia

Intercultural Approaches to Education

This open-access book provides an analysis of contemporary societies and schools shaped by cultural diversity, globalization, and migration. This diversity is necessarily reflected in education systems and requires the promotion of intercultural approaches able to improve learning processes and the quality of education. From an international and comparative perspective, this book first presents…

Education for Sustaining Peace through Historical Memory

This open-access book explores the connection between peace education and historical memory, offering a fresh lens on the UN’s “sustaining peace” agenda

KnowLedge, Policy and Practice in Education and The Struggle For Social Justice

This open-access volume gathers essays from prominent scholars in the sociology of education and critical policy studies, inspired by Geoff Whitty’s lifelong pursuit of social justice.

EDucation & GEnder

“Education and Gender” presents a comprehensive, global examination of how gender shapes—and is shaped by—educational systems.

Adult and Continuing Education in Belarus

This book offers a clear, systematic overview of the adult and continuing education system in Belarus. Veramejchyk analyzes key elements including educational institutions, funding structures, program offerings, participation rates, staffing, and international cooperation. She situates these within Belarus’s political, geographic, cultural, and economic framework. Serving as an introductory g…

Educating Students to Improve the World

This open-access book examines how to support students in discovering purpose and agency in a rapidly changing world. Reimers offers a visionary, multidimensional framework for global education—spanning cultural, psychological, professional, institutional, and political perspectives—and integrates extensive empirical research. He presents concrete curriculum examples and global citizenship …

Higher Education in the melting pot

This scholarly volume grew out of a 2018 Education Deans Forum in Johannesburg and critically examines the dual discourses of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and decolonisation in South African higher education. It explores how these discourses converge and diverge across epistemological, ontological, axiological, and methodological dimensions—sometimes competing for dominance in shapi…

Global Perspectives on Recognising Non-formal and Informal Learning

This volume explores the growing significance and validation of non‑formal and informal learning across education, workplace, and society. Recognizing such learning is increasingly central to policy and research agendas worldwide, as a means to address skill gaps, support marginalized groups, and foster a knowledge-based economy

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…

SAINS ISUE EDISI KEDUA 2017

Majalah Sains Isue Volume II No. 2 (2017) diterbitkan oleh Direktorat Jenderal Guru dan Tenaga Kependidikan (Bandung), berfungsi sebagai platform bagi guru dan widyaiswara untuk menerbitkan karya inovatif di bidang IPA. Edisi ini memuat artikel reflektif dan hasil penelitian guru mengenai praktik pembelajaran, pengembangan media, serta inovasi pedagogik yang relevan untuk pendidikan IPA di ti…

Adult and Continuing Education in Norway

This book provides an introduction to the Norwegian system of adult and continuing education, detailing its key features such as political and legal frameworks, participation schemes, provision and financing, trends in professionalization, research areas, and transnational linkages. Through the lens of adult and continuing education, the author offers a comprehensive overview of Norway's lifelo…

METASASTRA

Jurnal ini memuat kajian ilmiah tentang sastra Indonesia dan dunia, termasuk analisis karya sastra bergenre gotik, kritik feminis terhadap autobiografi transgender, serta studi naratif cerita rakyat Nusantara. Penelitian difokuskan pada isu budaya, gender, dan identitas dalam karya sastra kontemporer.

Politics of Quality in Education

This open-access book examines the evolving concept of "quality" in education, focusing on Brazil, China, and Russia—key members of the BRICS group. Drawing from a four-year research project, it offers a comparative, sociohistorical, and transnational analysis of political relations in education, emphasizing the policies and practices of Quality Assurance and Evaluation (QAE). The contributor…

SEAMETRICAL (SEAQIM Tribune on Mathematics and Life)

EAMETRICAL adalah buletin ilmiah yang diterbitkan oleh SEAMEO QITEP in Mathematics, menyediakan wadah bagi guru dan pendidik matematika di Asia Tenggara untuk berbagi pengalaman mengajar, praktik terbaik, serta inovasi dalam pembelajaran matematika. Setiap edisi mencakup rubrik seperti Focus, Best Practice, Math Around Us, dan Development & Innovation, diisi dengan artikel reflektif berbasis ke…

Activism in Language Teaching and Language Teacher Education

Activism in Language Teaching and Language Teacher Education, edited by Amber N. Warren and Natalia A. Ward, is an open-access volume that explores the intersection of activism and language education. Drawing from diverse global contexts, the contributors examine how language educators engage in and embrace activism within their professional practices. The chapters highlight innovative pedagogi…

A Socially Critical View of The Self-Managing School

A Socially Critical View of the Self-Managing School, edited by John Smyth, critically examines the shift from centralized educational control to school-based management—a transition widely regarded as enhancing democracy and participation. The contributors, hailing from various international contexts, delve into the underlying realities of this shift, questioning its purported benefits. They…

A New Dawn

The analysis of its aims enables the initial understanding of any education system or education project. Therefore, in order to understand that education system or education project, one should start at understanding its aims within the context of their inter-relationship with the internal and external functioning of that education system or education project. In studying the aims of the …

Lingkar Mutu Pendidikan (Jurnal)

Edisi ini membahas berbagai upaya peningkatan mutu pendidikan melalui inovasi pembelajaran, pengembangan profesional guru, serta peran manajemen sekolah dan partisipasi masyarakat.

Mathematics Teacher Education in the Andean Region and Paraguay

This Open Access book is an excellent synthesis of the initial and continuing preparation for Mathematics Teaching in Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, from which comparative analyses can be made that show similarities and differences, and highlight various perspectives.

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 …

Design Science and Its Importance in the German Mathematics Educational Discu…

This open-access ICME-13 Topical Survey provides an in-depth exploration of design science within the German mathematics education discourse. It begins by examining the historical roots and scope of design science, followed by two case studies focusing on substantial learning environments from both student and teacher perspectives. The book discusses how empirical research can be conceptualized…

Debu dan Partikel dalam Udara Ambien dari Permukaan Tanah

Buku ini membahas kajian ilmiah tentang partikel debu yang tersuspensi di udara ambien, khususnya yang berasal dari permukaan tanah.

Higher Education Financing in East and Southem Afrika

This nine-country study explores higher education financing policies in East and Southern Africa, focusing on Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Mauritius. The book examines the nature and extent of public sector funding, the growth of private financing—including household contributions and private institutions—and the evolving mix of financin…

On the Politics of Educational Theory

This book examines the political significance of educational theory as a specific genre of public discourse. It explores the role of educational theories in constructing collective and political identities, analyzing them as rhetorical strategies operating as political discourses. Defining the methodological framework through the perspectives of Michel Foucault and Ernesto Laclau, each chapter …

Shaping The Future of South Africa's Youth

This book examines South Africa's post-school education and training system, focusing on the challenges faced by youth in transitioning from education to employment. Despite significant progress in school enrolment and the restructuring of Further Education and Training (FET) colleges, approximately three million young people remain not in education, employment, or training (NEET). The authors …

Jurnal Pengembangan Profesi

Buku ini membahas strategi dan pendekatan dalam pengembangan profesionalisme guru, mencakup peningkatan kompetensi pedagogik, penguatan etos kerja, serta penerapan pelatihan berkelanjutan.

Higher Education (in Portuguese Speaking African Countries)

This publication is the result of a baseline study of the state of the higher education systems in the five Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa (PALOP): Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe. The project was undertaken by an African international expert in the field of higher education studies and was fully sponsored and supported by the Association for…

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN EDUCATION

This book examines the central role of teachers in determining educational quality and addresses the pressing need for 'excellent' teachers and teacher education. It presents a model for teachers' professional development, focusing on three key themes: (1) professionalism of teacher educators, (2) professional development of (student) teachers, and (3) (student) teacher practices. The chapters,…

Dynamics in Education Politics

This book introduces the Comparative Analytics of Dynamics in Education Politics (CADEP), a theoretical framework that examines the relational dynamics between policy threads, actors, and institutions in education politics. Applying CADEP, the authors analyze the "Finnish Educational Miracle," focusing on the complexities, contingencies, and transnational influences shaping Finland's education …

Linking Higher Education and Economic Development

Finland, South Korea, and North Carolina (USA) effectively harnessed higher education in national economic strategies. In each case, success stemmed from strong alignment between economic and education planning, quality public schooling, high tertiary participation with clear institutional roles, responsiveness to labour-market needs, collaborative networks, and broad consensus on the role of t…

Research and Development in Adult Education

For a long time, research in the fields of Adult Education (AE) and Lifelong Learning (LLL) was mostly limited to the national level. Only in recent years have transnational research projects begun to overcome this fragmented vision and to work towards a shared European vision of adult education, supported by a variety of EU policies, programmes, and actions. This study guide has been desig…

Bumi Rafflesia (Jurnal) 2021

Seri Pengenalan Budaya Nusantara: Bumi Rafflesia yang Mempesona memperkenalkan budaya dan flora khas daerah Bengkulu, khususnya bunga langka Rafflesia. Buku ini menyajikan perpaduan antara kearifan lokal dan ilmu pengetahuan botani, membahas sejarah, makna budaya, serta keunikan morfologi Rafflesia arnoldii

Bumi Rafflesia 2018 (Jurnal)

Dicotyledonous flowering plants including Rafflesiaceae (seperti Rafflesia). Klasifikasi ini tepat untuk buku yang membahas secara ilmiah struktur, taksonomi, ekologi, siklus hidup, dan konservasi genus Rafflesia

JURNAL TEKNOKDIK Vol.22

urnal Teknodik Volume 22 Nomor 2 (Desember 2018) menyajikan berbagai artikel ilmiah yang mengkaji inovasi dan praktik terbaik dalam pengajaran dan teknologi pendidikan. Artikel-artikel tersebut mencakup topik-topik seperti pengembangan perangkat pembelajaran, pemanfaatan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi (TIK) dalam pendidikan, serta evaluasi dan implementasi teknologi dalam proses pembelajara…

Adult and Continuing Education in Cyprus

Adult and Continuing Education in Cyprus, edited by Maria Gravani and Alexandra Ioannidou, provides a comprehensive overview of the adult and continuing education system in Cyprus. Drawing from empirical research, the volume examines key aspects such as institutional structures, financing mechanisms, program offerings, participation rates, staffing, quality assurance, and certification processe…

Being a Presence for Students

This chapter explores two central themes Miller develops in his philosophy of education: presences and morale. Miller argues that a teacher has to establish presence to be effective, and this chapter explores what presence in the classroom is. Then the chapter turns to morale. Miller argues that in our modern age we’ve lost morale, and he suggests that reclaiming presences in the classr…

SMOC Soft Open Method of Coordination

MOC: Soft Open Method of Coordination, edited by Paolo Federighi and Francesca Torlone, presents a collaborative report by seven European regional governments, alongside EARLALL and various universities and research centers. Published in 2011 by Firenze University Press, this volume focuses on the implementation of European Lifelong Learning Strategies within the framework of the Europe 2020 St…

JURNAL TEKNODIK Vol.19

Jurnal Teknodik Volume 19 Nomor 3 (Desember 2015) menyajikan berbagai artikel ilmiah yang mengkaji inovasi dan praktik terbaik dalam pengajaran dan teknologi pendidikan. Artikel-artikel tersebut mencakup topik-topik seperti pengembangan perangkat pembelajaran, pemanfaatan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi (TIK) dalam pendidikan, serta evaluasi dan implementasi teknologi dalam proses pembelajar…

History of Mathematics Teaching and Learning

History of Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Achievements, Problems, Prospects, edited by Alexander Karp and Fulvia Furinghetti, provides a comprehensive overview of the field of mathematics education history. Published as part of the ICME-13 Topical Surveys series, this work examines the evolution of research methodologies and the interdisciplinary connections that have shaped the discipline.

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

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…

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…