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

• Main Author: Nagata, Yoshiyuki (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ; 10
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sociology of Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; International and Comparative Education.

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 o...

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.