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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Education and social inequality in the global culture. [New York] : Springer, c2008 (OCoLC)213112213 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph I Zajda; Karen Biraimah; William Gaudelli |
| ISBN: | 9781402069277 1402069278 9781402069260 140206926X 6611239510 9786611239510 |
| OCLC Number: | 261324803 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 209 p.) : ill. |
| Contents: | Foreword.- Preface, Joseph Zajda.- Contributors.- 1. Global Convergence and Divergence in Childhood Ideologies and the Marginalization of Children, Diane M. Hoffman, Guoping Zhao.- 2. Measuring Inequities in Secondary School Attendance: The Probability of Attending Secondary School for Primary School Graduates in Nicaragua, Caroline E. Parker.- 3. Religion, International Aid, and Used Clothing: Globalisation and Mayan Literacy Revival in Guatemala, Mary Holbrock.- 4. A New Understanding of Globalisation: The Case of the Roma , Victoria Miquel-Marti, Tere Sorde-Marti.- 5. Equity Considerations in the Access to Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe, Randal J. Zimmermann.- 6. The Process of Inclusion/Exclusion in Brazilian Schools: Data from Reality, Marta Luz Sisson De Castro, Janaina Specht Da Silva Menezes.- 7. Private Resources in Educational Finance and Equality Implications: Evidence from Peru, Mariana Alfonso.- 8. Defying the Odds: A Study of Grade 11 Female Students in Eritrea, Kara Janigan.- 9. Voices of Teachers in Academic and Vocational Secondary Schools in Egypt: Perceived Consequences of Educational Reform for Quality and Equality, Nagwa M. Megahed.- 10. Cultural Capital: What does it Offer Students? A Cross-National Analysis, Gillian Hampden-Thompson, Lina Guzman, Laura Lippman.- 11. The Institutionalization of Mass Schooling as Marginalization or Opportunity in Islamic Nation States, Alexander W. Wiseman.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects. |
| Series Title: | Globalisation, comparative education and policy research, 1. |
| Responsibility: | Joseph Zajda, Karen Biraimah, William Gaudelli, editors. |
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From the reviews: "The volume edited by Joseph Zajda, Karen Biraimah, and william Gaudelli offers 11 chapters that deal with the issue extremely critically. The book aims at discussing the factors determining social inequality in education in the context of global culture. ! It is fruitful because they show that the assumed direct relationship between cultural capital and school performance ! . offer valuable contributions to the subject of inequality in education." (Marcelo Caruso, Comparative Education Review, August, 2010) Read more...
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