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  • A Maze of Stars and Spring Water

    by Bing Xin ...
    A Maze of Stars & Spring Water is a collection of poems directly inspired by the poetic forms that emerged after the May Fourth Movement. Specifically, the “mini poem,” which by Bing Xin’s own admission, hadn’t quite existed before she started experimenting with its form. Inspired by Tagore’s Stray Birds, she started gathering her “scattered and fragmentary thoughts,” not originally intended as ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Science Education in Countries Along the Belt & Road

    Future Insights and New Requirements

    Series series Education (R0)
    This book aims to highlight science education in countries along the Belt and Road. It consists of 30 chapters divided into three main parts, namely Arab and African countries, Asian countries and European countries,. We invited science education experts from 29 “Belt and Road” countries to introduce the current status of science education in their countries and the new requirements with the rapid ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Development As Leadership-Led Change: A Report For The Global Leadership Initiative

    Development involves change, but many development initiatives produce unimpressive results. The authors ask why and consider how to close the gap between the intended change and what we actually see in the evidence.This paper presents the findings of a study, initiated by the multi-donor Global Leadership Initiative and led by the World Bank Institute (WBI), to examine leadership in the change ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Quality Education

    The book Quality Education is an effort to highlight many individuals and innovative organizations in the world who are making progress and improving millions of people’s lives through quality education. The book gives a strong message that Quality Education is, the biggest gift we can give to the next generation. Each and every child deserves it. ... Read more

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  • Democracy's Double-Edged Sword

    How Internet Use Changes Citizens' Views of Their Government

    "Playing into the hands of neither the cyber-optimists nor the cyber-pessimists . . . this book makes a major contribution to our understanding." —Talia Stroud, author of Niche News: The Politics of News ChoiceThe beauty of democracy is not only that citizens can vote a candidate into office but that they can also vote one out. As digital media has grown omnipresent, it becomes more important for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Global Information Society

    Technology, Knowledge, and Mobility

    Series series Human Geography in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Applications
    We have been living and working in the information society for decades, yet still we struggle to understand and keep up in the face of its constant flux and vast scope. In this unique interdisciplinary text, three scholars at the forefront of this dynamic field provide a clear conceptual framework and interpretation of the global information society. They explain the three pillars of the ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • Issues in Upper Secondary Science Education

    Comparative Perspectives

    by Neil Taylor ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides a comparative look at key issues that characterize and contextualize upper secondary science education in sixteen countries in Oceania, South America, Asia, Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East, incluing links with elementary and early science, final assessment, and the secondary/tertiary education interface. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Arabian Gulf States

    Opportunities, Aspirations, and Challenges

    Series series Educational Policy and Leadership in the Middle East and North Africa
    This book takes a closer look at the relation between current issues and trends in higher education and scientific research in the Arab World and in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states of Qatar and United Arab Emirates (UAE).This thoroughly researched text traces the development of higher education in the GCC area as it continues to be positioned in an intersection of international and local ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Education for a Knowledge Society in Arabian Gulf Countries

    Series Book 24 - International Perspectives on Education and Society
    The worldwide shift towards a knowledge society and information based economy requires educational policy makers to re-evaluate their understanding of the knowledge and skills students need in order to achieve national development goals. This shift has influenced curriculum development, teacher preparation, and the role of formal schooling in creating lifelong learners and an educational culture, ... Read more

    $159.99 USD

  • Education to Build Back Better

    What Can We Learn from Education Reform for a Post-pandemic World

    This open access book examines the implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for education systems and argues that major education reforms will be necessary, particularly in the Global South, to address the learning loss caused by the pandemic. To inform those reforms, knowledge about the implementation reforms in the Global South is necessary, and such knowledge is seriously lacking as the existing ... Read more

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  • Taming the Wild Horse of Shadow Education

    The Global Expansion of Private Tutoring and Regulatory Responses

    by Wei Zhang ...
    Zhang analyses the phenomenon of private supplementary tutoring from a global perspective. The expansion of such tutoring alongside schooling is among the striking global shifts since the turn of the century. In many countries over half of the relevant cohorts of children receive private tutoring, with that proportion in some locations exceeding 80%. The sector has far-reaching implications for ... Read more

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  • Higher Education in Saudi Arabia

    Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities

    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides the first academically rigorous description and critical analysis of the Higher Education system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and of the vision, strategies and policy imperatives for the future development of Saudi universities. The government of Saudi Arabia has recognized in both policy and practice the necessity of developing its university system to world-class standard. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD