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