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 - Mairead 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 - Siobhan 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.