Schooling Around the World: Debates, Challenges, And Practices

by Kas Mazurek, Margret A. Winzer

Written in a comprehensive, narrative style, Schooling Around the World acquaints students with the major debates, practices, and challenges facing teachers throughout the world today. Drawn from first-hand experience and knowledge, the authors include the latest, most up-to-date viewpoints on comparative and international education. Designed to give students in teacher education programs a global perspective on their future profession, the text is constructed around a solid framework--a consistent structural format for each chapter, and within each chapter--so students can easily draw thematic comparisons among the numerous case studies presented.

Genres: Education

384 pages, Paperback

First published October 17, 2005

Reviews

[Leanna Aker · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to give an overview of education in a myriad of countries. The structure of each chapter (each about a different country) is the same, which allows one to think about each country in relation to others. The book could have benefitted from a summary/comparison of the countries within each region, or perhaps a conclusions/implications chapter at the end. Otherwise, a good starting place if you're curious about educational systems around the world.

[Becka Ramaglia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating to learn about other country's school systems.

[Jackie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent resource for those interested in how educational systems in other countries work.