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Teachers' Identities and Life Choices
This book discusses issues related to teachers’ identities and life choices when globalisation and localisation are enmeshed. It examines how competing cultural traditions and …
Asian Migrants and Education
education is and what its functions should be. As Thomas explains, migrant communities need a culture-sensitive education, that is, an education that can both accommodate their …
Educating in the Arts
When I was first asked to edit this book, the researcher in me delighted at the opportunity to provide case studies from different cultural traditions with a team of like-minded …
Active Ageing, Active Learning
This book is concerned with the general issues of ageing, learning and education for the elderly and then with the more specific issues of why, how and what elders want to learn. …
Childhood, Philosophy and Open Society
?The purpose of this book is to develop a theory and practice of education from Karl Popper’s non-justificationist philosophy for promoting an open society. Specifically, the book …
Higher Education and Belief Systems in the Asia Pacific Region
This book underscores the role of belief and knowledge that are outside the canons of science, as they are not often considered within the core functions of a university. It …
Secondary Education at the Crossroads
Education is a universal priority. Currently, it is at a crossroad. In every society it is valued as a major road to produce more productive, more harmonious and healthier …
Engaging in Educational Research
This book reflects the paradigm shift now manifesting in Bangladesh’s education system by highlighting recent empirical research. It shares essential insights by presenting …
Reforming Vietnamese Higher Education
This book deepens readers’ conceptual understanding of and provides practical insights into Vietnam’s higher education reforms. Globalisation has had profound impacts on higher …
New Paradigm for Re-engineering Education
In response to the challenges of globalization and local development, educational reforms are inevitably becoming one of the major trends in the Asia-Pacific Region or other parts …
Powering a Learning Society During an Age of Disruption
This open access book presents contemporary perspectives on the role of a learning society from the lens of leading practitioners, experts from universities, governments, and …
International Students in the Asia Pacific
This book documents the growing mobility of international students in the Asia Pacific. International students comprise over 2.7m students and it is estimated by the OECD that this …