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Gender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David P. Parker, Alexander W. Wiseman
| Gender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David P. Parker, Alexander W. Wiseman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Bingley, UK], : Emerald Group Pub., 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (456 p.) |
| Disciplina | 371.822 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BakerDavid <1952 Jan. 5->
WisemanAlexander W. <1968-> |
| Collana | International perspectives on education and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational equalization
Sex discrimination in education Comparative education Education - International cooperation Education and globalization |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-77094-5
9786613681713 1-84855-095-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front cover; Gender, Equality and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Sex versus SES: A declining significance of gender for schooling in sub-Saharan Africa?; Chapter 2. The pedagogy of difference: Understanding Teachers' Beliefs and Practice of Gender Equity in Benin; Chapter 3. Learning from experience: Improving equality of access and outcomes for girls in Uganda's universal post-primary education and training initiative
Chapter 4. Sugar daddies and the danger of sugar: Cross-generational relationships, HIV/AIDS, and secondary schooling in ZambiaChapter 5. Limits of and possibilities for equality: An analysis of discourse and practices of gendered relations, ethnic traditions, and poverty among non-majority ethnic girls in Vietnam; Chapter 6. What matters for Chinese girls' behavior and performance in school: An investigation of co-educational and single-sex schooling for girls in urban China; Chapter 7 . Gender gap and women's participation in higher education: Views from Japan, Mongolia, and India Chapter 8 . Re-gendered education and society in the newly independent states (NIS) of Central AsiaChapter 9. Issues of gender, equality, education, and national development in the United Arab Emirates; Chapter 10. Gender segregation in student career aspirations in Norwegian secondary schools; Chapter 11. Gender differences in political efficacy and attitudes toward women's rights as influenced by national and school contexts: Analysis from the IEA Civic Education Study Chapter 12. Shifting gender effects: Opportunity structures, institutionalized mass schooling, and cross-national achievement in mathematicsAuthor Index; Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455279803321 |
| [Bingley, UK], : Emerald Group Pub., 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David P. Parker, Alexander W. Wiseman
| Gender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David P. Parker, Alexander W. Wiseman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Bingley, UK], : Emerald Group Pub., 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (456 p.) |
| Disciplina | 371.822 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BakerDavid <1952 Jan. 5->
WisemanAlexander W. <1968-> |
| Collana | International perspectives on education and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational equalization
Sex discrimination in education Comparative education Education - International cooperation Education and globalization Education Social groups Education - General |
| ISBN |
1-280-77094-5
9786613681713 1-84855-095-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front cover; Gender, Equality and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Sex versus SES: A declining significance of gender for schooling in sub-Saharan Africa?; Chapter 2. The pedagogy of difference: Understanding Teachers' Beliefs and Practice of Gender Equity in Benin; Chapter 3. Learning from experience: Improving equality of access and outcomes for girls in Uganda's universal post-primary education and training initiative
Chapter 4. Sugar daddies and the danger of sugar: Cross-generational relationships, HIV/AIDS, and secondary schooling in ZambiaChapter 5. Limits of and possibilities for equality: An analysis of discourse and practices of gendered relations, ethnic traditions, and poverty among non-majority ethnic girls in Vietnam; Chapter 6. What matters for Chinese girls' behavior and performance in school: An investigation of co-educational and single-sex schooling for girls in urban China; Chapter 7 . Gender gap and women's participation in higher education: Views from Japan, Mongolia, and India Chapter 8 . Re-gendered education and society in the newly independent states (NIS) of Central AsiaChapter 9. Issues of gender, equality, education, and national development in the United Arab Emirates; Chapter 10. Gender segregation in student career aspirations in Norwegian secondary schools; Chapter 11. Gender differences in political efficacy and attitudes toward women's rights as influenced by national and school contexts: Analysis from the IEA Civic Education Study Chapter 12. Shifting gender effects: Opportunity structures, institutionalized mass schooling, and cross-national achievement in mathematicsAuthor Index; Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777939003321 |
| [Bingley, UK], : Emerald Group Pub., 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives / / edited by David P. Parker, Alexander W. Wiseman
| Gender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives / / edited by David P. Parker, Alexander W. Wiseman |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Bingley, UK], : Emerald Group Pub., 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (456 p.) |
| Disciplina | 371.822 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BakerDavid <1952 Jan. 5->
WisemanAlexander W. <1968-> |
| Collana | International perspectives on education and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational equalization
Sex discrimination in education Comparative education Education - International cooperation Education and globalization Education Social groups Education - General |
| ISBN |
1-280-77094-5
9786613681713 1-84855-095-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front cover; Gender, Equality and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Sex versus SES: A declining significance of gender for schooling in sub-Saharan Africa?; Chapter 2. The pedagogy of difference: Understanding Teachers' Beliefs and Practice of Gender Equity in Benin; Chapter 3. Learning from experience: Improving equality of access and outcomes for girls in Uganda's universal post-primary education and training initiative
Chapter 4. Sugar daddies and the danger of sugar: Cross-generational relationships, HIV/AIDS, and secondary schooling in ZambiaChapter 5. Limits of and possibilities for equality: An analysis of discourse and practices of gendered relations, ethnic traditions, and poverty among non-majority ethnic girls in Vietnam; Chapter 6. What matters for Chinese girls' behavior and performance in school: An investigation of co-educational and single-sex schooling for girls in urban China; Chapter 7 . Gender gap and women's participation in higher education: Views from Japan, Mongolia, and India Chapter 8 . Re-gendered education and society in the newly independent states (NIS) of Central AsiaChapter 9. Issues of gender, equality, education, and national development in the United Arab Emirates; Chapter 10. Gender segregation in student career aspirations in Norwegian secondary schools; Chapter 11. Gender differences in political efficacy and attitudes toward women's rights as influenced by national and school contexts: Analysis from the IEA Civic Education Study Chapter 12. Shifting gender effects: Opportunity structures, institutionalized mass schooling, and cross-national achievement in mathematicsAuthor Index; Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822163403321 |
| [Bingley, UK], : Emerald Group Pub., 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The worldwide transformation of higher education [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David P. Baker and Alexander W. Wiseman
| The worldwide transformation of higher education [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David P. Baker and Alexander W. Wiseman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, : JAI, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BakerDavid <1952 Jan. 5->
WisemanAlexander W. <1968-> |
| Collana | International perspectives on education and society |
| Soggetto topico | Education, Higher |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-77170-4
9786613682475 1-84950-543-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Worldwide Transformation of Higher Education; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Changes in access to higher education: From worldwide constraints to common patterns of reform?; 1. A common system of constraints; 2. Similar patterns of reform in contrasted national contexts; Notes; References; World University rankings; Introduction; Data envelope analysis (DEA); Conventional university rankings; A first DEA analysis; DEA using inputs and outputs; Critiques of DEA; A possible future for supranational rankings; References
Appendix. DEA analysis using staff/student ratio as an input variable - data for the top 200 universities in the Times Higher Education Supplement tableCorruption in higher education; Structure and dynamics of corruption in higher education; Measuring corruption: Widely used indicators; Estimating the relationship between corruption and national economic development: Econometric models; Fighting corruption in higher education; Conclusions; Recommendations; References; Women's studies as a global innovation; The emergence of the academic arm of the women's movement Women's studies in comparative perspectiveDefining and contextualizing women's studies; Theoretical perspective; Methods of analysis; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; The research university in context: the examples of Brazil and Germany; Embedded education - the case of the research university; Historical perspectives; Summary; Current perspectives; Conclusion; Notes; References; Historical legacies of soviet higher education and the transformation of higher education systems in post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia The ambiguous historical legacies of Soviet higher educationNew freedoms, systemic dysfunctions and policy choices since 1991; The reassertion of state power and new policy frameworks since 2001; References; The World Bank and higher education in the developing world: the cases of Uganda and Thailand; The global transformation of higher education; The World Bank; The Republic of Uganda; The Kingdom of Thailand; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; Rapid expansion of higher education in South Korea: political economy of education fever 1. Overview of the current higher education system in Korea2. Major characteristics of the Korean higher education system; 3. Historical development of the Korean education system before the massification of higher education in 19805; 4. Political economy of massification and its consequences; 6. Conclusions: theories of higher education expansion and the Korean experience; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; China's move to mass higher education: An analysis of policy making from a rational framework; 1. The incredible pace of expansion; 2. A brief overview of the rational framework 3. Mapping the policymaking of the expansion through the rational framework |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455058203321 |
| Bingley, : JAI, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The worldwide transformation of higher education [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David P. Baker and Alexander W. Wiseman
| The worldwide transformation of higher education [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David P. Baker and Alexander W. Wiseman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, : JAI, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BakerDavid <1952 Jan. 5->
WisemanAlexander W. <1968-> |
| Collana | International perspectives on education and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Education, Higher
Higher & further education, tertiary education |
| ISBN |
1-280-77170-4
9786613682475 1-84950-543-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Changes in access to higher education: from worldwide constraints to common patterns of reform? / Gaele Goastellec -- World university rankings / David Turner -- Corruption in higher education / John C. Weidman and Adiya Enkhjargal -- Women's studies as a global innovation / Christine Min Wotipka and Francisco O. Ramirez -- The research university in context: the examples of Brazil and Germany / Karin Amos, Lucia Bruno and Marcelo Parreira do Amaral -- Historical legacies of Soviet higher education and the transformation of higher education systems in post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia / Mark S. Johnson -- The World Bank and higher education in the developing world: the cases of Uganda and Thailand / Christopher S. Collins and Robert A. Rhoads -- Rapid expansion of higher education in South Korea: political economy of education fever / Sunwoong Kim -- China's move to mass higher education: an analysis of policy making from a rational framework / Jun Li and Jing Lin -- The impact of neo-liberalism on Taiwanese higher education / Chuing Prudence Chou -- America in the world: higher education and the global marketplace / Philip G. Altbach and Patti McGill Peterson. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778076103321 |
| Bingley, : JAI, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The worldwide transformation of higher education / / edited by David P. Baker and Alexander W. Wiseman
| The worldwide transformation of higher education / / edited by David P. Baker and Alexander W. Wiseman |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, : JAI, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BakerDavid <1952 Jan. 5->
WisemanAlexander W. <1968-> |
| Collana | International perspectives on education and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Education, Higher
Higher & further education, tertiary education |
| ISBN |
1-280-77170-4
9786613682475 1-84950-543-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Changes in access to higher education: from worldwide constraints to common patterns of reform? / Gaele Goastellec -- World university rankings / David Turner -- Corruption in higher education / John C. Weidman and Adiya Enkhjargal -- Women's studies as a global innovation / Christine Min Wotipka and Francisco O. Ramirez -- The research university in context: the examples of Brazil and Germany / Karin Amos, Lucia Bruno and Marcelo Parreira do Amaral -- Historical legacies of Soviet higher education and the transformation of higher education systems in post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia / Mark S. Johnson -- The World Bank and higher education in the developing world: the cases of Uganda and Thailand / Christopher S. Collins and Robert A. Rhoads -- Rapid expansion of higher education in South Korea: political economy of education fever / Sunwoong Kim -- China's move to mass higher education: an analysis of policy making from a rational framework / Jun Li and Jing Lin -- The impact of neo-liberalism on Taiwanese higher education / Chuing Prudence Chou -- America in the world: higher education and the global marketplace / Philip G. Altbach and Patti McGill Peterson. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814885403321 |
| Bingley, : JAI, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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