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  title info:
    title: Secondary Education at the Crossroads
    sub title: International Perspectives Relevant to the Asia-Pacific Region
  name:
    name part: Hughes, Phillip.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2006
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XII, 272 p. online resource.
  abstract: Education is a universal priority. Currently, it is at a crossroad. In every society it is valued as a major road to produce more productive, more harmonious and healthier citizens. Yet, in every setting there is deep dissatisfaction with the overall performance of education and there are major moves towards reform, sometimes superficial but more often fundamental. These reform processes have had only moderate and very uneven success. Too often they are episodic, reflecting a short-term approach which is frequently changed for the latest enthusiasm or the most recent administration. In Asia and the Pacific countries many systems are in the process of construction or reconstruction. These issues and concerns are particularly true for secondary education which in many countries has become the weakest link in the education chain. Can we learn from the experiences of others when it comes to the reform of secondary education? Given the multiplicity of efforts at reform, and the variety of situations for reform, there may well be lessons we can learn from each other’s efforts and each others failures and successes. This book features contributions from experienced researchers who have worked in many different settings and bring their own insights to attack this universal problem.
  table of contents: What Can We Learn from Educational Reform? -- International Baccalaureate Programmes and Educational Reform -- Education Reforms in England and Wales -- A Global Endeavour: Education for All -- What We've Learned in the Small School Movement -- A Journey into High School Reform -- Education Reform in Europe -- Improving the Effectiveness, Efficiency and Equity of Education -- Lessons to be Learned from World-wide Education Reform.
  note: edited by Phillip Hughes.
  subject:
    topic: Education
  subject:
    topic: Curriculums (Courses of study)
  subject:
    topic: Education
    topic: Curricula
  subject:
    topic: Education
  subject:
    topic: Curriculum Studies
  classification: LB2806.15
  classification: 375
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns And Prospects ; 9
  identifier: 9781402046681
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4668-5
  record info:
    record creation date: 100301
    record change date: 20151111111424.0
    record identifier: 978-1-4020-4668-1