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The Power of Education

Education for All, Development, Globalisation and UNESCO

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Colin Power

    1. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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  • Equips readers with a deeper understanding of the challenges facing education and development agencies in the global knowledge society
  • Provides an insider’s account of the role played by the international community in supporting quality education for all, lifelong learning and education reform
  • Offers a uniquely global perspective on the power of education to change societies, trends in education policy and practice, and progress being made in achieving internationally-agreed education and development goals
  • Challenging and insightful, combines scholarly analysis with practical examples of how international programs contribute to building a more equitable, peaceful and sustainable world
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. The Power of Education

    • Colin Power
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Right to Education

    • Colin Power
    Pages 15-27

  4. Towards a Literate World

    • Colin Power
    Pages 29-44

  5. Education for All – A Quiet Revolution

    • Colin Power
    Pages 45-68

  6. Education for All – Milestones and Millstones

    • Colin Power
    Pages 69-88

  7. Education for the Twenty-First Century

    • Colin Power
    Pages 89-106

  8. Education – The Tree of Life

    • Colin Power
    Pages 107-124

  9. Towards a Culture of Peace

    • Colin Power
    Pages 125-141

  10. Education at the Crossroads

    • Colin Power
    Pages 143-162

  11. Higher Education: The Engine of Development

    • Colin Power
    Pages 163-186

  12. Games and Game-Changers in Teaching and Learning

    • Colin Power
    Pages 187-204

  13. Science, Technology, Health and Sustainable Development

    • Colin Power
    Pages 205-223

  14. On Building and Rebuilding Nations

    • Colin Power
    Pages 225-246

  15. Power, Policy Making and Globalisation

    • Colin Power
    Pages 247-266

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 267-280
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About this book

This book is about the power of education: the kind of education that simultaneously improves the quality of life both of individuals and the wider society. It explains why education must be viewed as a basic human right, as a value in and of itself, and reviews the evidence on how education builds the human resources that individuals and nations need to be productive, to continue to learn, to solve problems, to be creative, and to live together and with nature in peace and harmony. When nations ensure that such an education is accessible to all throughout their lives, education becomes the engine of sustainable development – economic, social, moral and cultural. The book is unique in that it covers the development of education at all levels in all countries of the Asia-Pacific region and beyond, using the latest international data bases, while blending in analyses of both quantitate and qualitative research.

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“one of the best I have read (on education and development) in the last decade.” 

“A wonderful story teller - engages readers in a way most authors are unable to do:”

“Well presented, both in terms of content, coverage, analysis and scholarship.”

“Strongest aspect of the work is the analytic framework defining the various chapters”

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  • University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Colin Power

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