Global Perspectives on Education Research

Editors:Hill, Lori Diane and Levine, Felice J.
Publication Year: 2018
Publisher: Routledge

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ISBN: 978-0-8153-5625-7
Category: Social Sciences - Education
Image Count: 57
Book Status: Available
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Global Perspectives on Education Researchechoes the breadth and scope of education research worldwide. It features the work of established and emerging scholars from a range of universities and research institutions in Africa, Europe, and North America.

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction - Lori Diane Hill and Felice J. Levine
  • PART I Global Perspectives on Education Policy
  • 1 Literacy and Language Diversity: Challenges for Education Research and Practice in the 21st Century - Ingrid Gogolin
  • 2 Framing Global Education in the United States: Policy Perspectives - Laura C. Engel and Megan M. Siczek
  • 3 The Education of Refugee Children: Human Rights Enactment and Educational Policy Discourses in Italy and the UK - Valentina Migliarini
  • 4 Differentiation in Middle-Class Identities, Values and Responses: Parental Choice in a Working-Class, Multi-Ethnic School - Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir
  • PART II Teaching and Learning
  • 5 Education as a Community Project: Understanding Place-Based Learning - Wenche Rønning, Bronwen J. Cohen, and Jennifer Wood Adams
  • 6 “The Children Come and Go”: How Educating Military-Connected Students Impacts the Work of School Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators - Joanna K. Garner and John A. Nunnery
  • PART III School Context Links to Student Outcomes
  • 7 Social Inequality in Attitudes and Behavior: The Implications of the Flemish Tracking System for Equity - Jannick Demanet, Laura Van den Broeck, and Mieke Van Houtte
  • 8 A Transnational Analysis of Students’ Interests in Science and Science-Related Research Careers - George L. Wimberly
  • PART IV Assessment and Measurement
  • 9 Exploring Possible Effects of Differential Item Functioning on Reading Achievement across Language Subgroups: A South African Perspective - Surrette van Staden
  • 10 The Conceptualization and Measurement of Student Engagement in Science: A Cross-Cultural Examination from Finland and the United States - Justina Spicer, Barbara Schneider, Katariina Salmela-Aro, and Julia Moeller
  • List of Contributors