Alexander Clark Wiseman

Education for a Knowledge Society in Arabian Gulf Countries (International Perspectives on Education and Society)

The worldwide shift towards a knowledge society and informationbased economy requires educational policymakers to reevaluate their understanding of the knowledge and skills students need in order to achieve national development goals. This shift has influenced curriculum development, teacher prepara...

Global Trends in Educational Policy (International Perspectives on Education and Society)

This volume of "International Perspectives on Education and Society" highlights the valuable role that educational policy plays in the development of education and society around the world. The role of policy in the development of education is crucial. Much rests on the decisions, support, and most ...

Educational Leadership: Global Contexts and International Comparisons (International Perspectives on Education & Society) (International Perspectives on Education and Society)

This volume of "International Perspectives on Education and Society" investigates the changing face of educational leadership from comparative and international perspectives. Various definitions of leadership have transformed the way that educators around the world think about teaching, administrati...

The Worldwide Transformation of Higher Education (International Perspectives on Education and Society)

Higher education worldwide, including the university and other related academic programs, is currently undergoing intensive change and transformation perhaps as no other time in its long history. One factor contributing to this rapid transformation is the global expansion of higher education at unpr...

The Impact of Comparative Education Research on Institutional Theory, Volume 7 (International Perspectives on Education and Society)

This volume of "International Perspectives on Education and Society" explores how educational research from a comparative perspective has been instrumental in broadening and testing hypotheses from institutional theory. Institutional theory has also played an increasingly influential role in develop...

Comparative Sciences: Interdisciplinary Approaches (International Perspectives on Education and Society)

Examining various social science phenomena and comparative studies fields allows for a holistic approach to understanding rather than trying to achieve understanding as a conglomeration of isolated phenomena. This volume aims to build a conceptual infrastructure for comparative research. To do this,...

The Impact of International Achievement Studies on National Education Policymaking (International Perspectives on Education & Society) (International Perspectives on Education and Society)

Since the IEA's first international studies on mathematics and science achievement in the late 1960s, the availability and use of international achievement studies around the world has exploded. The most widely adopted studies, PISA and TIMSS, are now administered regularly and include participating...

Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2014 (International Perspectives on Education and Society)

The goal of the ARCIE volume is to examine current perspectives and future directions for the field using several essays as a context for discussion and analysis. Contributed Volume chapters begin by addressing the questions and themes discussed in these essays which will include: the use of new con...

Global Trends In Educational Policy

The Impact of Comparative Education Research on Institutional Theory

Education for All: Global Promises, National Challenges