Learning and Teaching Around the World: Comparative and International Studies in Primary Education

Learning and Teaching Around the World: Comparative and International Studies in Primary Education
ISBN-10
1138485217
ISBN-13
9781138485211
Category
Comparative education
Pages
234
Language
English
Published
2018-07-09
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Kimberly Safford, Liz Chamberlain

Description

Learning and Teaching Around the World is a wide-ranging introduction to diverse experiences, practices and developments in global primary education. It explores different contexts for children's learning, and methods and purposes of primary education, in settings across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and Australasia, and addresses wider issues such as the rise of refugee learners and large multi-grade classes. With an explicit focus on comparative and international studies and improving the knowledge, understanding and practice of effective pedagogies for children's learning, this book reflects on key issues such as: Standards for learner-centred education Patterns of inclusion and exclusion Defining 'teacher professionalism' The impact of global education agendas Language policy for schooling and assessment Learning and Teaching Around the World is an essential text for those wishing to develop a critical understanding of the experiences of primary teachers and children around the world. Aimed at both undergraduate and postgraduate education studies students, the scope of this book will support all students in developing knowledge of primary education and of the diverse needs of learners in an era of global movement of children and families.

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