Alternative Education
Global Perspectives Relevant to the Asia-Pacific Region
Authors: Nagata, Yoshiyuki
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Alternative streams of education have been and remain an important but difficult theme for teachers, parents, policy-makers, and scholars. By focusing on case studies of six countries (Bolivia, Thailand, Australia, USA, The Netherlands, and Denmark), and by comprehensively analysing these by means of international comparative methodologies, the author approaches the nuts and bolts issues of alternative and mainstream education systems. The case studies include Charter Schools in the USA and Waldorf Schools in Australia. The study presents not only an insightful analysis of alternative forms of education with regard to actual issues in societies and also legal and administrative features of education. It provides insights into the kind of school development that could be appropriate in the 21st century and the types of educational communities we should seek to create in the age of globalisation.
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Alternative Education: An Overview
Pages 1-10
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Case Study: Bolivia A Free School at the Foot of the Andes
Pages 11-23
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Case Study: Thailand Alternative Schools in a Society Developing the Legal Framework for a Pluralistic Educational System
Pages 25-34
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Case Study: Australia Issues in Support Mechanisms Involving Alternative Schools
Pages 35-56
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Case Study: The Netherlands Alternative Education Shaken by Changes in its Basic Foundation
Pages 57-73
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Alternative Education
- Book Subtitle
- Global Perspectives Relevant to the Asia-Pacific Region
- Authors
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- Yoshiyuki Nagata
- Series Title
- Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
- Series Volume
- 10
- Copyright
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4020-4986-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4020-4986-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4020-4985-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-7245-0
- Series ISSN
- 1573-5397
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIII, 220
- Additional Information
- Jointly published with Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association
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