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245 0 0 _aQuality and qualities :
_btensions in education reforms /
_cedited by Clementina Acedo, Don Adams and Simona Popa.
264 1 _aRotterdam ;
_aBoston :
_bSense Publishers.
264 4 _cc2012.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aComparative and international education: a diversity of voices ;
_vv.16
490 0 _aEducational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 0 _tPreliminary Material /
_rClementina Acedo , Don Adams and Simona Popa --
_tIn Search of Quality Education /
_rDon Adams , Clementina Acedo and Simona Popa --
_tEducation Reform and the Discourse of Quality in Argentina /
_rJorge M. Gorostiaga and Adrián Ferreira --
_tThe Quest for Educational Quality in Egypt /
_rNagwa Megahed , Mark Ginsburg , Antar Abdellah and Ayman Zohry --
_tQuality Tensions and Endogenous Development /
_rMatthew Rhodes --
_tA New Government’s Policy Initiatives for School Reform in Korea /
_rChong Jae Lee --
_tImproving Educational Quality Through English-Medium Instruction in Mathematics and Science /
_rGeok Hwa Kee --
_tThe Development of Higher Education, and its Quality Assurance, in Vietnam /
_rLam Quang Thiep and Vu Thi Phuong Anh --
_tEducation Development in Kenya /
_rMacrina C. Lelei and John C. Weidman --
_tGlobalization, Decentralization, and Equity /
_rRebecca A. Clothey --
_tEducation Quality /
_rFrancisco Téllez and María José Ramírez --
_tQuality Education /
_rDon Adams , Clementina Acedo and Simona Popa --
_tNotes on Contributors /
_rClementina Acedo , Don Adams and Simona Popa.
520 _aQuality and Qualities: Tensions in Education Reforms is a provocative call for understanding and further exploring the elusive concept of quality in education. Although education quality has acquired high priority in the past few decades, the multiplicity of conceptualizations of quality also reflects the concerns and foci of multiple stakeholders. Coming to an understanding of quality education involves careful analysis of the context from which any particular reform or program emerges and of the continuing struggle to define and achieve it. Two main questions persist: who benefits from particular policies focused on quality? And what are the potential tradeoffs between a focus on quality, equitable distribution of education, and inclusion of various traditional expectations? This book explores notions of quality as understood within various systems of national, formal, and nonformal education. Also it considers the tensions that arise with the introduction of new standardized notions of quality in relation to international measures and educational reforms in developing countries. In all cases, specific national issues and concerns compete with global agendas. Challenges to quality that are given particular attention in the book chapters include changing definitions of quality, high expectations for education and issues with implementation, and the introduction of English as a means to achieve quality in a globalizing world. Special attention is also given to possible actions that support a more equitable education without ignoring the requisite of quality. The final chapter suggests three models/choices for seeking higher quality and guiding the educational future of nations. Cover image: View of Hong Kong by Ana Cristina (7 years old), Costa Rica, 2007.
650 0 _aEducational planning.
650 0 _aEducational change.
700 1 _aAcedo, Clementina.
700 1 _aAdams, Donald K.,
_d1925-
700 1 _aPopa, Simona.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tQuality and Qualities: Tensions in Education Reforms
_dLeiden ; Boston : Brill | Sense, [2012],
_z9789460919503
830 0 _aComparative and International Education: Diversity of Voices
_v16.
830 0 _aEducational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-951-0
999 _c21751
_d21751