Table of Contents

Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction Part I. The Global Policy Context 1. Lessons from International and Comparative Education - David Bainton and Michael Crossley 2. Education for All: A freedom-based approach - James Stanfield 3. Women's Education in the Developing World - Máiréad Dunne 4. Self-assessment in the Further Education College of a Small State - Gary Jones, Edward Sallis and Peter Hubert 5. The Contribution of European Programmes to Social Change - Simone Kirpal Part II. Community Integration and Inclusion 6. Social Marketing - Chahid Fourali 7. Basic Education Status of Afghan Refugees in Iran - Maryam Danaye Tousi and Alireza Kiamanesh 8. Respecting Difference in Early Childhood Centres in Northern Ireland - Siobhán Fitzpatrick 9. Elitism, Inclusion and the Specialist School - Carla Solvason 10. Higher Education and Civic and Community Engagement in the UK - John Annette Part III. Curriculum Reform 11. Beyond Borders: Expanding the uses of work based learning - Elda Nikolou-Walker and Lynn Fee 12. Government Policy and Teacher Education in Ghana - Kwame Akyeampong 13. Transforming China's Adult and Continuing Education - Ning Rong Liu 14. An 'Essential Attributes' Approach to Curriculum Reform - Francis Murphy 15. Reforming VET for Social Cohesion - George K Zarifis Part IV. Learning and Pedagogy 16. Transformative Learning for a Global Society - Doug Bourn and Sally Issler 17. Post-colonial and Post-critical ‘Global Citizenship Education' - Vanessa Andreotti 18. Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning in Europe - Manuel Souto-Otero 19. Transnational Cooperation in Learning Support for Disabled Learners - Val Chapman 20. Vocational Education - Erica Smith and Andy Smith Conclusions and Implications Selected Bibliography Selected Resources Index

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A timely consideration with an increased awareness of global issues and the role education can play in helping to resolve these concerns.

About the Author

Geoffrey Elliott is Professor of Lifelong Learning at the University of Worcester, UK. Chahid Fourali is an independent education and business consultant working in the UK and abroad.

Reviews

‘This is a collection of essays which not only ticks a lot of boxes, but also relates the boxes to each other, ranging a world wide spectrum of education from nursery, school, further and continuing education and higher education.'
*Higher Education Review*

Geoff Elliot and his fellow editors have delivered a useful and far reaching contribution to the globalisation debate and presented us with a publication that should appeal to the relative novice in this area of study and sate the appetite of the more dedicated and informed reader... There is a wealth of case study material and insight here and most readers should find this a useful addition to their collection. The book acts as both a useful introduction to this area and a launch pad into what would seem to be the central issue of educational debate over the next few decades.
*Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning*