Alternative Education: Global Perspectives Relevant to the Asia-Pacific Region
Alternative streams of education have been and remain an important but difficult theme for teachers, parents, policy-makers, and scholars. By focusing on case studies of six countries (Bolivia, Thailand, Australia, USA, The Netherlands, and Denmark), and by comprehensively analysing these by means of international comparative methodologies, the author approaches the nuts and bolts issues of alternative and mainstream education systems. The case studies include Charter Schools in the USA and Waldorf Schools in Australia. The study presents not only an insightful analysis of alternative forms of education with regard to actual issues in societies and also legal and administrative features of education. It provides insights into the kind of school development that could be appropriate in the 21st century and the types of educational communities we should seek to create in the age of globalisation.

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Alternative Education: Global Perspectives Relevant to the Asia-Pacific Region
Alternative streams of education have been and remain an important but difficult theme for teachers, parents, policy-makers, and scholars. By focusing on case studies of six countries (Bolivia, Thailand, Australia, USA, The Netherlands, and Denmark), and by comprehensively analysing these by means of international comparative methodologies, the author approaches the nuts and bolts issues of alternative and mainstream education systems. The case studies include Charter Schools in the USA and Waldorf Schools in Australia. The study presents not only an insightful analysis of alternative forms of education with regard to actual issues in societies and also legal and administrative features of education. It provides insights into the kind of school development that could be appropriate in the 21st century and the types of educational communities we should seek to create in the age of globalisation.

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Alternative Education: Global Perspectives Relevant to the Asia-Pacific Region

Alternative Education: Global Perspectives Relevant to the Asia-Pacific Region

by Yoshiyuki Nagata
Alternative Education: Global Perspectives Relevant to the Asia-Pacific Region

Alternative Education: Global Perspectives Relevant to the Asia-Pacific Region

by Yoshiyuki Nagata

Overview

Alternative streams of education have been and remain an important but difficult theme for teachers, parents, policy-makers, and scholars. By focusing on case studies of six countries (Bolivia, Thailand, Australia, USA, The Netherlands, and Denmark), and by comprehensively analysing these by means of international comparative methodologies, the author approaches the nuts and bolts issues of alternative and mainstream education systems. The case studies include Charter Schools in the USA and Waldorf Schools in Australia. The study presents not only an insightful analysis of alternative forms of education with regard to actual issues in societies and also legal and administrative features of education. It provides insights into the kind of school development that could be appropriate in the 21st century and the types of educational communities we should seek to create in the age of globalisation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789048172450
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 11/25/2010
Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects , #10
Edition description: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Pages: 220
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Alternative Education: An Overview.- Case Study: Bolivia A Free School at the Foot of the Andes.- Case Study: Thailand Alternative Schools in a Society Developing the Legal Framework for a Pluralistic Educational System.- Case Study: Australia Issues in Support Mechanisms Involving Alternative Schools.- Case Study: The Netherlands Alternative Education Shaken by Changes in its Basic Foundation.- Case Study: The State of Oregon in the United States of America A Pluralistic Education System and Alternative Education Supported by the Law and the Key Initiators.- Case Study: Denmark Alternative Education Fostered by Support Mechanisms Cultivated Through the History of the Common People.- How Much Alternative Education Is There?.- Quality Assurance in Alternative Education: Current Circumstances and Issues.- The State of Alternative Education in Different Countries.
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