International perspectives on education /
edited by Albert Rolls ; editorial advisor, Lynn M. Messina..
- [Bronx, NY] : H.W. Wilson Co.. 2007.
- viii, 200 p. ; 26 cm.
- The reference shelf ; v. 79, no. 4 .
- Reference shelf ; v. 79, no. 4. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index.
Business of schooling / Educating Amaretch: private schools for the poor and the new frontier for investors / Crowds of pupils but little else in African schools / Keeping the promise / A nation with a long memory, but a truncated history / Should we teach patriotism? / An education in Muslim integration / Strategies for teaching civic education: an international perspective / "A" is for Allah, "J" is for jihad / Preach your children well / New paradigms for 21st century education: an international perspective / College goes global / World transformed: how other countries are preparing students for the interconnected world of the 21st century / Rethinking education in the global era / Online high-school programs that work: five common strategies for making online high school programs effective in your school district / Technology in Ethiopian schools: connecting children from various cultures / Promise of open educational resources / Beyond the book: electronic textbooks will bring worldwide learning / Review of two mainline e-learning projects in the European Union / Schools making tough choices: an international perspective / Measure of learning / If you think we have problems...Japan's inferior university system / Freedom of choice can only make it better / Discounting education's value / George Kent -- James Tooley -- Sharon LaFraniere -- Birger Fredriksen -- Hassan M. Fattah -- Diane Ravitch -- Jay Tolson -- Kaye Pepper -- Craig Davis -- Amanda Gefter -- Victor Ordo�nez and Siegfried Ramler -- William R. Brody -- Vivien Stewart -- Marcelo M. Su�arez-Orozco -- M. D. Roblyer -- Judit Szente -- Marshall S. Smith and Catherine M. Casserly -- Parker Rossman -- H�useyin Uzunboylu -- C. Rotberg -- Alex Kingsbury -- Jane Barnes Mack-Cozzo -- Kevin Donnelly -- Anthony P. Carnevale.