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Lemmer, Eleanor M. Pretoria, 2007 1st ed 2007.

Comparative education: education systems & contemporary issues / editors. C.C. Wolhuter, E.M. Lemmer, N.C. de Wet - 1st ed. - Pretoria: Van Schaik, 2007. - xvii, 267 pages Colour illustrations, maps 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Education has been dramatically reformed worldwide over the last few decades. In this age of globalisation; student teachers; Education students and scholars of the social sciences in general need to take careful note of these changes. Comparative Education: education systems and contemporary issues contain separate chapters in which a selection of education systems - South Africa; Botswana; the United States; Australia and India; as well as the emerging education dispensation of the European Union - are discussed. Each of these chapters is written by a renowned specialist of comparative education residing and working in the particular country. The other chapters of the book deal with issues in education: values and ideologies in education; cultural diversity; gender issues; higher education; curricular reform and violence in schools. The book commences with an outline of the historical evolution of comparative education and its significance

Adult

ISBN: 9780627 026751

Subjects--Personal Names:
CC Wolhuter, EM Lemmer and NC de Wet (editors)

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Van Schaik Publishers

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Creating success

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Kabbala

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Accreditation (Education)--South Africa

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South Africa

Subjects--Facted Index Terms:
Education--South Africa

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Adult Non-Fiction

Index Terms--Curriculum Objective:
Education

Dewey Class. No.: 370.9 COMP