Systems of Education: Theories, Policies and Implicit Values

A comprehensive treatment of the current concern with values in education. In six volumes, a team of over 120 contributors and experts from around the world examine the issues and place them in a context of culture and diversity. Volumes 1 to 3 provide a wide-ranging consideration of the diversity of values in education at all levels, and thus represents a framework for the focus of Volumes 4 to 6, which focus more specifically on values education (moral, religious, spiritual and political). Overall the six volumes bring together the fundamental domain of values with the important issue of pluralism and the world of independent cultural traditions, to generate new, fruitful and progressive reflection and exemplars of good practice. Handomsley bound and printed they are an essential reference tool and represent a significant contribution of interest and benefit to educators, policy makers, parents, academic, researchers and student teachers. Volume 1 is concerned with the theoretical and conceptualframework for reflecting about values, culture and education and thus provides an introduction to the series as a whole. It provides state and policy level analysis across the world.

Csaba Banfalvy: Head of Department of Social Sciences, Barczi Gustav College of Special Education, Budapest Heesoon Bai: Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada Donald A. Biggs: Professor and Director of Urban Education, University at Albany, New York, USA Lawrence A. Blum: Professor of Educational Psychology, School of Education, University of Massachusetts, USA Mike Bottery: Senior Lecturer in Education, School of Education, University of Hull, UK Karen Caple: Coordinator, Schools Values Project, Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia, Australia Stephen Chilton: Associate Professor in Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, USA Ann Chinnery: Doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Education, Curriculum Theory and Implementation Program, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada Robert Colesante: Assistant Professor of Education, Seina College, New York, USA David Crosier: Staff member of the Higher Education Section, The Council of Europe at Strasbourg Karin Franzsen: Senior Lecturer in the Department of Secondary School Teacher Training, University of South Africa Jennie Harre Hindmarsh: Associate Director, National Services, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand Elna van Heerden: Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education Studies, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg Terry Hyland: Lecturer in Continuing Education, Department of Continuing Education, University of Warwick, UK Ken Kempner: Associate Professor in Education, College of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA Mal Leicester: Senior Lecturer in Continuing Education, Warwick University, UK Lorraine M. Ling: Deputy Head, Graduate School of Education, La Trobe University, Bundoora Anne Meyer: Undergraduate student, University of Minnesota, USA Celia Modgil: Senior Lecturer in Education, Goldsmiths College, London University, UK Sohan Modgil: Reader in Educational Research and Development, University of Brighton, UK Imanol Ordorika: Associate Professor of Social Sciences and Education, Institute for Economic Research, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Josep M. Puig Rovira: Senior Lecturer in Theory and History of Education, Faculty of Pedagogy, University of Barcelona, Spain Peter A. Roberts: Reader in Linguistics, Department of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of West Indies, West Indies Clinton D. W. Robinson: Director, International Programmes, SIL UK, UK Basil R. Singh: Reader in Education, University of Sunderland, UK Joshua Smith: Advisement Services Center, University of Albany, New York, USA Paulo Renato Souza: Head of Cultural Section, Brazilian Embassy, London, UK Keith Sullivan: Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean of Postgraduate Students in Education, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Elza Venter: Lecturer in the Department of Secondary School Teacher Training, University of South Africa Maggie Woodrow: Executive Director, European Access Network, University of Westminister, UK