The education of diverse student populations : a global perspective / Guofang Wan, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wan, Guofang.

Series:

Explorations of educational purpose ; 2.

Explorations of educational purpose ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities in higher education.

Education and globalization.

Physical Description:

xii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Dordrecht] ; [London] : Springer, [2008]

Summary:

This book takes up the challenge of examining the thorniest educational issue from a global perspective. It contributes to the evidence-based conversation among policy makers, educators, and researchers around the world about what works to improve the education outcomes and what can make a bigger difference for the education of diverse students. The eleven countries included - the United Kingdom, Austria, Canada, the United States, South Africa, Ghana, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, and New Zealand are unique, and yet overlap in the sense that they all face similar challenges of teaching diverse students. The authors, being education and cultural insiders, discuss country-specific policies, efforts, and best practices in the education of diverse students; share stories of success and failure; and explore current best practices from global, social, political, and economic perspectives. Built on previous theories and research, it describes diverse students' experiences in the global and information age, and searches for effective policies and practices that help these students to perform better in school and in life.

Readers are forced to step outside of their own experiences and commonly held beliefs about education. Conscious recognition that there are other ways of doing things may result in new approaches that we have not explored before. We hope the insights, lessons, and conclusions drawn from examining this pressing education issue from a global perspective will help nations to better understand and deal with it in their own educational system.

Contents:

1 Research Evidence: Narrowing the Achievement Gaps / Guofang Wan 7

2 Centralization, Devolution and Diversity: Changing Educational Policy and Practice in English Schools / Jill Bourne 29

3 Education of Ethnic Minorities and Migrants in Austria / Mikael Luciak 45

4 Educating Ethnic Minority Children: The Case of Canada / Jazira Asanova 65

5 Meeting Challenges in US Education: Striving for Success in a Diverse Society / Celia Johnson 79

6 Education Policy Reform in Postapartheid South Africa: Constraints and Possibilities / Aslam Fataar 97

7 Education at the Crossroads: The Ghanaian Dilemma and Puzzle / Francis E. Godwyll 111

8 How China Best Educates Its Ethnic Minority Children: Strategies, Experience and Challenges / Guofang Wan, Yang Jun 139

9 Managing Diversity: The Singapore Experience / Jason Tan 159

10 Ethnicities and Education in Malaysia: Difference, Inclusions and Exclusions / Cynthia Joseph 183

11 Australian Multicultural Education: Revisiting and Resuscitating / Georgina Tsolidis 209

12 Searching for Equity and Social Justice: Diverse Learners in Aotearoa New Zealand / Baljit Kaur, Ruth Boyask, Kathleen Quinlivan, Jean McPhail 227

13 Making a Bigger Difference for Diverse Learners: The Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis Programme in New Zealand / Adrienne Alton-Lee 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781402082030

1402082037

OCLC:

213112232