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Education in North America / edited by D.E. Mulcahy, D.G. Mulcahy and Roger Saul.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Education Around the World
- Education around the world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Canada.
- Education.
- Education--North America--Cross-cultural studies.
- Education--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Education in North America is a concise and thorough reference guide to the main themes in American and Canadian education from their historical roots to the present time. The book brings a global awareness to the discussion of local issues in North American education and sheds light on the similar and different ways that Canada and the United States have moved in light of political and social changes. Scholarly contributions made by active researchers from the region provide an overview of each country's education system, the way in which it arose, and its current state of affairs
- Contents:
- Introduction and regional overview
- D.E. Mulcahy, D.G. Mulcahy, and Roger Saul
- Canada
- Educational history: themes, movements, and moments
- Theodore Michael Christou and Sean Cousins
- Transforming indigenous education in Canada: a turning tide
- Fiona Walton
- Difference, educational equity and social justice in Canada: critical analyses
- Ali A. Abdi
- Canadian teacher training reconsidered: community-based education as a response to changing times
- Roger Saul and Naomi Nichols
- Moving towards a more independent and collaborative (online) school culture
- Maryam Moayeri
- The United States of America
- Contemporary schooling: an overview
- Kelly Kolodny
- Turning points: critical periods in educating the United States of America
- John l. Rury
- Demographic change and suburban school policy challenges
- Ronnie Casella
- Education for social justice in the United States of America: the peculiar case of mathematics education
- Kurt Stemhagen
- The internet in education: developments and challenges
- Leonard J. Waks
- World language education: connecting with the rest of the world
- Audrey L. Heining-Boynton and Mary Lynn Redmond
- International outreach in education
- Anthony C. Ogden and Sharon Brennan
- Fifty years of American higher education, 1963-2013: a faculty member's point of view
- Wayne J. Urban
- Presidents and policies in American education, 1981-2013
- D. E. Mulcahy and D. G. Mulcahy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781472593498
- 1472593499
- 9781784027599
- 1784027596
- 9781472505156
- 1472505158
- 9781472510709
- 1472510704
- OCLC:
- 870245667
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