Education in North America. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by D.E. Mulcahy, D.G. Mulcahy and Roger Saul.
• Other Names: Mulcahy, D. E contributing editor.; Mulcahy, D. G (Donal G.) contributing editor.; Saul, Roger 1976- contributing editor.
• Contents: Introduction and regional overview / D.E. Mulcahy, D.G. Mulcahy, and Roger Saul -- Canada -- Educational history: themes, movements, and moments / Theodore Michael Christou and Sean Cousins -- Transforming indigenous education in Canada: a turning tide / Fiona Walton -- Difference, educational equity and social justice in Canada: critical analyses / Ali A. Abdi -- Canadian teacher training reconsidered: community-based education as a response to changing times / Roger Saul and Naomi Nichols -- Moving towards a more independent and collaborative (online) school culture / Maryam Moayeri -- The United States of America -- Contemporary schooling: an overview / Kelly Kolodny -- Turning points: critical periods in educating the United States of America / John l. Rury -- Demographic change and suburban school policy challenges / Ronnie Casella -- Education for social justice in the United States of America: the peculiar case of mathematics education / Kurt Stemhagen -- The internet in education: developments and challenges / Leonard J. Waks -- World language education: connecting with the rest of the world / Audrey L. Heining-Boynton and Mary Lynn Redmond -- International outreach in education / Anthony C. Ogden and Sharon Brennan -- Fifty years of American higher education, 1963-2013: a faculty member's point of view / Wayne J. Urban -- Presidents and policies in American education, 1981-2013 / D.E. Mulcahy and D.G. Mulcahy.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 370.97; Education -- Comparative; EDUCATION -- Essays; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; EDUCATION -- Reference; Education; Education -- Multicultural Education; Multicultural education; Education -- North America -- Cross-cultural studies; Education -- Canada; Education -- United States; Canada; North America; United States; Electronic books; Cross-cultural studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472505156; 1472505158; 9781472510709; 1472510704
• Related ISBNs: 9781472505521; 1472505522; 9781472510709
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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