The Routledge international encyclopedia of education
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The Routledge international encyclopedia of education
Routledge, 2014
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"First published in paperback 2014. First published 2008"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Education is a unique and major resource for the field of education. It is a comprehensive, single-volume work, arranged alphabetically and comprising around 600 entries.
The entries range from definitions of key educational concepts and terms to biographies of key educators and specially written substantial essays on major educational topics. The volume includes authoritative and critical commentary on historical and contemporary themes; examinations of continuities, changes and emerging issues; and discussions of the educational traditions and features of major countries and continents. The following special features are also included:
Unrivalled coverage of education in a single volume
Entries by leading international educational researchers
Contributors drawn from all over the globe, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, India, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States
A distinguished international advisory board
Fully cross-referenced and indexed
Suggestions for further reading
Offering insight into the world of education in an interesting, informed and sometimes provocative way, The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Education is an invaluable work of reference for educators, students, researchers and policy makers in education and related fields internationally.
Table of Contents
- abacus
- Abeland, Peter
- ability grouping
- academic
- academic freedom
- academy
- access/admission
- accomplishments
- accountability
- accountancy
- accreditation of prior achievement/learning
- action research
- Addams, Jane
- adult education
- aegrotat
- Africa
- agriculture
- algebra
- alternative education
- alumni
- antiracist education
- apprenticeship
- approved school
- aptitude
- Argentina
- Aristotle
- arithmatic
- armed forces
- Arnold, Matthew
- Arnold, Thomas
- art
- art, college and school of
- Ascham, Roger
- Asia assessment (inc. continuous, criterion referenced, diagnostic, formative, norm referenced, summative)
- Association of University Teachers (AUT)
- astronomy
- athenaeum
- attainment
- attendance
- Australia
- Austria
- autodidact
- autonomy
- baccalaureate
- Baltic States
- baseline assessment
- basic skills
- Beecher, Catherine
- benchmarking
- Benelux countries
- Bernstein, Basil
- bicultural education
- bilingual education
- binary policy
- Binet, Alfred
- biology
- blind children, teaching of
- boarding school
- Bourdieu, Pierre
- boys, education of
- brain drain
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