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Book SynopsisHighlights the valuable role that educational policy plays in the development of education and society around the world. The role of policy in the development of education is crucial. Much rests on the decisions, support, and most of all resources that policymakers can either give or withhold in any given situation.
Table of ContentsThe Worldwide Explosion of Internationalized Education Policy; The History and Problems in the Making of Education Policy at the World Bank, 1960-2000; Implementing Educational Transformation Policies: Investigating Issues of Ideal Versus Real in Developing Countries; Education Decentralization in Africa: Great Expectations and Unfulfilled Promises; Free Primary Education in Malawi: The Practice of Global Policy in Aid-Dependent States; Re-Positioning Females in the International Educational Context: Theoretical Frameworks, Shared Policies and Future Directions; Education on the Transnational Stage: A Shared Spotlight, A Pocket of Hope; Globalization of Education and Stigma: A Senegalese Case Study; Metatheory Analysis of Comparative, International, and Development Education (CIDE) Research; Global Perspectives for Teacher Education; The World Council of Comparative Education Societies: A Preliminary History.
