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Pasi Sahlberg - Hard Questions on Global Educational Change: Policies, Practices, and the Future of Education - 9780807758182 - V9780807758182
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Hard Questions on Global Educational Change: Policies, Practices, and the Future of Education

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Description for Hard Questions on Global Educational Change: Policies, Practices, and the Future of Education Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; JNC; JNF; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.

This new book, from internationally renowned education scholar Pasi Sahlberg and his colleagues, focuses on some of the most controversial issues in contemporary education reform around the world. The authors devote a chapter to each of these “hard questions”:

  • Does parental choice improve education systems?
  • Is there a future for teacher unions?
  • What is the right answer to the standardized testing question?
  • Can schools prepare children for the 21st-century workplace?
  • Will technology save schools?
  • Can anyone be a teacher?
  • Should higher education be for the public good?
  • What knowledge and skills should an educator have?

Each educational change question sheds much-needed light on today’s large-scale education policies and ... Read more

Book Features:

  • An in-depth look at the most contentious areas of contemporary education reform.
  • Concrete examples from across the globe.
  • Commentary from key experts, authorities, and organizations.
  • A consistent, accessible organization that will appeal to faculty and students.
  • Lessons learned that illuminate a good way forward to improve the educational experience of all students.
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Teachers´ College Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807758182
SKU
V9780807758182
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Pasi Sahlberg
Pasi Sahlberg is a professor of practice at the University of Helsinki and Arizona State University and author of Grawemeyer Award–winning Finnish Lessons (now in its Second Edition). He received the 2021 Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) Hedley Beare Award for Educational Writing and the 2021 ACEL Dr. Paul Brock Memorial Medal. Visit his website at www.pasisahlberg.com. Jonathan Hasak ... Read more

Reviews for Hard Questions on Global Educational Change: Policies, Practices, and the Future of Education
"In Hard Questions on Global Educational Change, Sahlberg, Hasak, and Rodriguez have provided a needed reminder that 21st Century education systems should be viewed within an international context, and that such systems will face ever changing hard questions. This reminder is particularly important for education students who wish to become change-makers . . . provides an excellent introduction to the ... Read more

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