Education and Social Change Connecting local and global perspectives

Tables and Figures \ Acknowledgements \ Notes on the Contributors \ Introduction \ Part I. The Global Policy Context \ 1. Lessons from International and Comparative Education - David Bainton and Michael Crossley \ 2. Education for All: A freedom-based approach - James Stanfield \ 3. Women's Education in the Developing World - Máiréad Dunne \ 4. Self-assessment in the Further Education College of a Small State - Gary Jones, Edward Sallis and Peter Hubert \ 5. The Contribution of European Programmes to Social Change - Simone Kirpal \ Part II. Community Integration and Inclusion \ 6. Social Marketing - Chahid Fourali \ 7. Basic Education Status of Afghan Refugees in Iran - Maryam Danaye Tousi and Alireza Kiamanesh \ 8. Respecting Difference in Early Childhood Centres in Northern Ireland - Siobhán Fitzpatrick \ 9. Elitism, Inclusion and the Specialist School - Carla Solvason \ 10. Higher Education and Civic and Community Engagement in the UK - John Annette \ Part III. Curriculum Reform \ 11. Beyond Borders: Expanding the uses of work based learning - Elda Nikolou-Walker and Lynn Fee \ 12. Government Policy and Teacher Education in Ghana - Kwame Akyeampong \ 13. Transforming China's Adult and Continuing Education - Ning Rong Liu \ 14. An 'Essential Attributes' Approach to Curriculum Reform - Francis Murphy \ 15. Reforming VET for Social Cohesion - George K Zarifis \ Part IV. Learning and Pedagogy \ 16. Transformative Learning for a Global Society - Doug Bourn and Sally Issler \ 17. Post-colonial and Post-critical ‘Global Citizenship Education' - Vanessa Andreotti \ 18. Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning in Europe - Manuel Souto-Otero \ 19. Transnational Cooperation in Learning Support for Disabled Learners - Val Chapman \ 20. Vocational Education - Erica Smith and Andy Smith \ Conclusions and Implications \ Selected Bibliography \ Selected Resources \ Index