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Power, Voice and the Public Good
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 542

Power, Voice and the Public Good

Focuses on such themes as - attention to the definitional and theoretical underpinnings of globalization; the ubiquitous nature and topical display of globalization; and, the possibilities of understanding, redefining and rethinking aspects of globalization with the backdrop of issues that relate to education, and the pursuit of public good.

The Power of Resistance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 508

The Power of Resistance

This book is guided through the powerful ideological frameworks of culture and social reproduction and looks specifically to the role of schooling as a vehicle for catalysing change.

As the World Turns
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 502

As the World Turns

Examines two of the major problems confronting higher education in this modern world. This volume compares discriminated, underrepresented and excluded groups in universities around the globe; identifying personal, group, institutional and societal factors related to persistent inequality.

Global Perspectives on Educational Testing
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 210

Global Perspectives on Educational Testing

This book provides a refined definition of standardized educational test fairness that can be utilized in multiple contexts to better understand the experiences and perspectives of diverse groups of test takers.

The Obama Administration and Educational Reform
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 391

The Obama Administration and Educational Reform

The Obama Administration and Educational Reform seeks to situate, problematize, and bring to light the goals, accomplishments, experienced blockades, and disappointments of the Obama administration's educational policies.

International Feminist Perspectives on Educational Reform
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 347

International Feminist Perspectives on Educational Reform

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-05-18
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Originally published in 1996. This volume brings together articles by Gail Paradise Kelly spanning a twenty-year period. It represents an aspect of the history of the feminist movement as related to education. Early articles from 1970 onwards consider experiences of the students’ campus feminist movement of the late ‘60s and then move on to focus on education of women in the Third World. Some co-authored articles are included which looked at school process and directions for research. As a whole the articles input to the discussion on how to study education and its meaning in society, with particular reference to feminist thinking.

Health Disparities Among Under-served Populations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 333

Health Disparities Among Under-served Populations

An anthology that critically examines the devastating impact of race, class, and gender on the health and health care of African Americans, Latinos and American Indians, with particular focus on children and adolescents. It includes chapters that focus on issues such as: substance abuse, psychological coping, trauma, infant mortality, and racism.

Black Colleges Across the Diaspora
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 315

Black Colleges Across the Diaspora

This book examines colleges and universities across the diaspora with majority African, African-American, and other Black designated student enrolments. It engages the diversity of Black colleges and universities and explains their critical role in promoting academic excellence in higher education.

The Athens of West Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 573

The Athens of West Africa

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004-03-01
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces the College's development through periods of missionary education (1816-1876), colonial education (1876-1938), and development education (1938-2001).

Living on the Boundaries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 645

Living on the Boundaries

From the first chapter to the last, this immensely insightful anthology richly details and informs us about the human condition, from multidisciplinary perspectives, about urban life in global contexts. It examines the complex, often controversial issues impacting those who live on the margins of society in our densely populated cities.