Global Voices in Education Ruth Wong Memorial Lectures, Volume II /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tan, Oon Seng (Editor), Wong, Hee Ong (Editor), Seng, Seok Hoon (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Teaching.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

This book (Volume II) brings together lectures given by eminent educationalists between 1983 and 2008 in memory of the work of Ruth Wong, an influential figure in the field of education in the 1970s and early 1980s. Addressing learning, schooling, teaching, teacher education, educational research an...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Beginning Literacy in Two Languages
• 2 A Vision of Education in the 21st Century
• 3 Music Education for National Development: The Philippine Experience
• 4 National Education and the Scientific Tradition
• 5 Approaching the New Millennium: Education at the Crossroads
• 6 Breaking the Cycle of Literacy Disadvantage in the 21st Century
• 7 Education Administration: Analysis, New Challenges and Responses
• 8 Education and Human Resources Development for the Knowledge Economy: A Personal Perspective
• 9 Women and Leadership in Institutions of Higher Learning
• 10 Motivation, Engagement and Educational Performance: International Perspective.