Creating The Desire Of Change In Higher Education

This open-access, evidence-informed volume explores strategies for fostering institutional change in higher education by strengthening the integration of research and teaching. Drawing on international scholarship and the Amsterdam model, editors and contributors present pathways toward sustainable “hybrid” institutions where both research and education are deeply intertwined.

Adult and Continuing Education in France

This open-access study offers a comprehensive overview of adult and vocational education in France. Tracing its historical foundations, it examines key political, legal, and financial frameworks, along with institutional structures, program offerings, participation trends, and characteristics of teaching staff.

Manifesting For A Post-Critical Pedagogy

This manifesto critiques the conventional critical pedagogy’s focus on revealing injustice and striving for an ideal future. Instead, it proposes an affirmative, present-focused pedagogy rooted in five core principles. These principles encourage educators and researchers to recognize and nurture what is already educational in current practices—anchored in love for the world and hope in the …

Scholarship of education and human rights in diversity

This open-access volume foregrounds the intersections of education, human rights, and diversity from a Global South vantage point. Edited by Serfontein, Wolhuter, and Naidoo, it critiques Western-dominated perspectives and reframes scholarship through African and SADC-region lenses. Chapters unpack themes such as citizenship education, human rights literacies, pedagogical approaches, school dis…

Education and Development in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa

This open-access edited volume analyzes the intertwined histories of education and development in 20th-century Africa. Covering the late 19th century to the 1980s, it examines how diverse actors—colonial governments, international organizations, religious groups, and local communities—shaped educational paradigms and development agendas. Through case studies from both colonial and postcolon…

The Transformative Politics of Music Education

This edited volume proposes a deeply ethical and political approach to music education, challenging institutional and structural norms that resist change. Drawing on insights from international scholars and renowned educational theorist Gert Biesta, it explores how music educators can embrace social and ecological responsibility in the 21st century.

Visions for Intercultural Music Teacher Education

This open-access volume explores how music teacher education can respond to increasing societal diversity and complexity. It argues that educators must become change agents capable of challenging entrenched traditions, hierarchies, and practices within music education. Drawing on international case studies—including intercultural collaborations and program-level initiatives—the book examine…

Equity Policies in Global Higher Education

This open‑access volume critically explores global policies and practices designed to promote equity in participation and attainment within higher education. Despite the mass expansion of university systems facilitating access for students from underprivileged backgrounds, significant socioeconomic inequalities persist—especially in admission to selective institutions and programs. The book…

Diversity and Inclusion in Global Higher Education

Diversity and Inclusion in Global Higher Education: Lessons from Across Asia is an open-access volume that offers pioneering insights and practical methods for promoting diversity and inclusion in higher education classrooms and curricula. It highlights the growing importance of international education programs in Asia and the value of understanding student diversity in a changing, evermore int…

Global Citizenship Education

This open-access volume provides a critical, international examination of GCE as it becomes mainstreamed globally. It focuses on issues like diversity and indigeneity, global inequality, human rights, and sustainability. While GCE is promoted as a way to equip youth for an inclusive world, the concept remains contested across different national and cultural contexts. Through geographically dive…

Critically Assessing The Reputation Of Waldorf Education In Academia And The …

Volume One brings together international perspectives to critically examine how Waldorf (Steiner) education was received and understood in academic and public discourse during its formative years, from 1919 to 1955. Spanning six countries—Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, and Finland—the book challenges the historical view of Waldorf as a uniformly “progressive educa…

Assessment Framework

An assessment framework defines the design and intent of an assessment by mapping the structure of the assessed curriculum and clarifying what it aims to measure. For example, the TIMSS framework outlines content domains in mathematics and science for grades 4 and 8, paired with cognitive domains—knowing, applying, and reasoning—to guide item development.

Creative Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Education

This open‑access volume investigates the synergy between artificial intelligence (AI) and education, highlighting its transformative potential on teaching and learning. It presents a creative engagement framework, spanning foundational theory, practical K‑12 applications, and innovations in higher education.

Educational Theory in the 21st Century

This open-access volume examines how scientific, technological, and social transformations of the twenty-first century are reshaping educational theory. The first section explores philosophical and technological foundations; the second analyzes shifts in conceptions of humanity and society and their implications for educational paradigms; and the final section addresses practical dimensions—s…

TWENTY YEARS OF EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION

This open-access volume offers a comprehensive review of the Gauteng Department of Education's (GDE) evolution over two decades, from 1994 to 2014. Comprising 15 essays by various specialists, the book examines the GDE's policies, resource allocation, and project implementations. It provides insights into the department's operations, decisions, and their consequences, presenting a balanced pers…

Technical Universities

This open-access volume critically examines the evolution and future of technical universities as independent, single-faculty institutions. Tracing their origins from polytechnical schools established during the industrial era, the book explores how these institutions have adapted to shifts in national higher education structures, academic disciplines, and governance models.

Understanding China’s School Leadership

This open-access book explores the unique terminology of school leadership in China, providing insights into its political, legal, financial, administrative, and cultural contexts. By analyzing key terms used in Chinese educational policies, laws, and school practices, the author offers a comprehensive understanding of how school leadership operates within China's educational system

Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives

This volume brings together 37 authors from 14 countries to examine how the social purposes of adult education are (re)interpreted across time and contexts—from the Global North to the Global South. Inspired by the inclusive, post-colonial vision of Lalage Bown

Changing The Course Of AIDS

Changing the Course of AIDS offers an in-depth evaluation of a grassroots educational approach to mitigating the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Drawing upon six years of research in major South African workplaces, the author, David Dickinson, reveals how ordinary workers serving as peer educators can be as—if not more—effective at promoting behavioral change than traditional expert-led interventions. T…

Research & Multicultural Education From The Margins To The Mainstream

Edited by Carl A. Grant, this volume examines the evolution of multicultural education research in the United States. It argues that multicultural perspectives have historically been marginalized within mainstream scholarship and seeks to bring these voices to the forefront.

Rural School Improvement in Developing Countries

This open-access volume examines rural school improvement initiatives across four developing contexts—China, Myanmar, Uganda, and Kenya. It investigates the challenges these rural schools face, the models and interventions applied to address them (such as teacher professional development, community partnerships, technology integration, and leadership training), and evaluates their effectivene…

The Governing- Evaluation- Knowledge Nexus

This open-access book examines the intricate relationships between governance, evaluation, and knowledge within Swedish higher education. It delves into the origins, logics, and mechanisms of evaluation and quality assurance reforms, analyzing their dynamic interactions with institutional, national, and European policy contexts. Through extensive empirical studies, the chapters provide detailed…

Open Education International Perspectives in Higher Education

Open Education: International Perspectives in Higher Education is an insightful collection of essays that explores how open education can democratize access to higher education globally.

Smooth Path or Long and Winding Road?

This book presents a comparative analysis of Germany and Great Britain to demonstrate how national institutional frameworks influence the labor market outcomes of higher education graduates. It identifies four key institutional dimensions—higher education system structure, study content, graduate labor market organization, and labor market flexibility—that shape these transitions.

THE GLOBAL SOUTH AND COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

The Global South and Comparative and International Education proposes and elaborates on the construct of “Criticism against Northern Hegemony” within the field. The author, Charl C. Wolhuter, integrates diverse critical strands—including critiques of development theories, foreign aid regimes, globalization, neoliberal economics, racism, and calls for decolonization—to argue for the …

Dissens and Sensibility Why Art Matters

Dissens and Sensibility introduces the concept of a pedagogy of dissensus, an educational approach grounded in the disruptive and critical potential of art. Drawing on theorists such as Rancière, Biesta, Atkinson, and Eng, Lisbet Skregelid explores how art creates space for resistance to dominant norms, fosters new perspectives on self and society, and encourages democratic engagement through …

Education systems and inequalities

Education Systems and Inequalities explores how various national education systems shape and perpetuate social disparities. It examines mechanisms through which education systems generate unequal outcomes based on factors like social background, gender, ethnicity, migration status, and ability. Drawing on international comparative research, the book analyzes structural features—such as tracki…

HERITAGE EDUCATION

This doctoral research explores how indigenous heritage is represented and taught in Caribbean school social studies, focusing on the Dominican Republic, Dominica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Through analyses of educational policies and classroom practices, Aguilar centers teachers' interpretations of heritage content, pedagogical methods, and their relationships with the past.

Philosophies of Catholic Education

This interdisciplinary volume offers an authoritative account of modern Catholic educational philosophy, bridging education, religious studies, philosophy, and theology

Translating Human Rights in Education

This open-access monograph examines how Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)—which enshrines the right to inclusive education—has been implemented in two very different contexts: Nigeria and Germany. Despite formal commitment to inclusive education, both nations have paradoxically upheld segregated schooling systems: Nigeria due to a lack of fo…

Empowering At-Risk Youth in and Through Vocational Education

This open-access book presents insights into the resilience strategies of at-risk vocational education and training (VET) students in the fields of learning, employment, and social integration across the Baltic countries and Norway. It investigates how VET can enhance the social inclusion of at-risk youth by combating school dropout rates and promoting transitions between various learning conte…

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…

Young Adults and Active Citizenship

This open-access book explores the complex interdependencies between adult education, young adults in vulnerable situations, and active citizenship. It examines how adult education can engage and re-engage young adults, facilitating their life chances and social inclusion, thereby contributing to active citizenship within their societal contexts. The collection addresses social inclusion issues…

Consorting and Collaborating In the Education Market Place

This book examines how schools and educational institutions have established new collaborative relationships in the competitive educational marketplace. Through case studies, it describes examples of collaborative structures, such as educational consortia, which serve as vehicles for professional and curriculum development, sources of mutual support, and conditions for mutual survival. As local…

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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…

Education and Climate Change

Education and Climate Change critically examines the role of education in addressing climate change, emphasizing the need for transformative learning to confront environmental and social challenges.

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