Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : "close up" and "wide angle" lenses on primary education / Kimberly Safford -- Primary education : why and how to compare? / Kimberly Safford -- Quality education for refugees in Kenya / Mary Mendenhall, Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Lesley Bartlett, Caroline, Ndirangu, Rosemary Imonje, Daniel Gakunga, Loise Gichuhi, Grace Nyagah, Ursulla Okoth and Mary Tangelder -- Multigrade pedagogies : Africa's response to Education for All / Charles Kivunja and Margaret Sims -- Thinking about a community of provision / Jonathan Rix -- Shadow education and its implications for social justice / Mark Bray and Ora Kwo -- Primary school medium of instruction policies in Ghana and India / Elizabeth J. Erling and Lina Adinolfi -- English language as an inclusion tool : the case of Syrian refugees in UK primary schools / Juliete Thondhlana and Roda Madziva -- Unpacking teachers' language ideologies in schools in Alsace, France / Andrea S. Young -- Negotiating worlds : a young Mayan child developing literacy at home and at school in Mexico / Patricia Azuara and Iliana Reyes -- What languages do you speak? : a reflexive account of research with multilingual pupils / Geri Smyth -- Indigenous ways with literacies in an Australian primary school / Kathy A. Mills, John Davis-Warra, Marlene Sewell and Mikayla Anderson -- Young British Muslims explore their experiences of primary school and "othering" / Alison Davies -- Is this the right school for my gender nonconforming child? / Graciela Slesaransky, Lisa Ruzzi, Connie DiMedio and Jeanne Stanley -- The challenges of realising inclusive education in South Africa / Dana Donohue and Juan Bornman -- Ongoing exclusion within universal education : why education for all is not inclusive / John Parry and Jonathan Rix -- Defining "teacher professionalism" from different perspectives / Nihan Demirkasimoglu -- Developing inclusive learning environments in rural classrooms in India / Freda Wolfenden -- Early childhood pre-service teachers engage in collegial dialogue / Kym M. Simoncini, Michelle Lasen and Sharn Rocco -- Teacher education in Sub-Saharan Africa and in one school in Kenya : macro challenges and micro changes / Kris Stutchbury, Joan Dickie and Patricia Wambugu -- Learning assistants in Sierra Leone : community support for future teachers / Martin Crisp and Kimberly Safford -- Is the grass always greener? / the effect of the PISA results on education debates in Sweden and Germany / Johanna Ringarp and Martin Rothland -- Creativy and education in the European Union and the United Kingdom / Dominic Wyse and Anusca Ferrari -- New teachers and corporal punishment in Ghanaian primary schools / Alison Buckler -- The Gambia : the intersection of the global and the local in a small developing country / Michele Schweisfurth -- Globalising education and the shaping of global childhoods / Nicola Ansell.

"Learning and Teaching Around the World is a wide-ranging introduction to diverse experiences, practices and developments in global primary education. It explores different contexts for children's learning, and methods and purposes of primary education, in settings across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and Australasia, and addresses wider issues such as the rise of refugee learners and large multi-grade classes. With an explicit focus on comparative and international studies and improving the knowledge, understanding and practice of effective pedagogies for children's learning, this book reflects on key issues such as: Standards for learner-centred education; Patterns of inclusion and exclusion; Defining 'teacher professionalism'; The impact of global education agendas; Language policy for schooling and assessment. Learning and Teaching Around the World is an essential text for those wishing to develop a critical understanding of the experiences of primary teachers and children around the world. Aimed at both undergraduate and postgraduate education studies students, the scope of this book will support all students in developing knowledge of primary education and of the diverse needs of learners in an era of global movement of children and families" -- From the publisher.

College of Education Graduate Studies Master of Arts in Education major in Administration and Supervision

College of Education Graduate Studies Master of Arts in Education Major in Teaching Elementary School Subjects

College of Education Graduate Studies Master of Arts in Education Major in Teaching Secondary School Subjects

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