Syllabus/achievement requirements

Barrett, Angeline, Rita Chawla-Duggen, John Lowe, Jutta Nikel, Eugenia Ukpo. (2006): The Concept of Quality in Education; Review of ‘international’ literature on the concept of quality in education. EdQual Working Paper, Quality No. 2 (16 pp). Electronically available here

 

Brock-Utne, Birgit and Holmarsdottir, Halla B. (2001): The Choice of English as Medium of Instruction and Its Effects on the African Languages in Namibia. International Review of Education. Vol. 47 (3-4). 293-322 (29 pp). Electronically available here

 

Buchert, Lene (1994): Education in the development of Tanzania: 1919-90. London, James Currey. Chapter 3. (15 pp)

 

Carnoy, Martin (1999): Globalization and educational reform: What planners need to know. UNESCO-IIEP. Fundamentals of Educational Planning, 63 (73 pp). Electronically available here

 

Crossley, Michael & Keith Watson (2003): Comparative and International Research in Education. Context and Difference. London: Routledge chapter 4 (19 pp)

 

Greaney, Vincent and Thomas Kellaghan (2008). National assessments of educational achievement. Washington, DC, World Bank. pages 7 – 52 (45 pp). Electronically available here

 

Kendall, Nancy (2008). "Vulnerability" in AIDS-affected states: Rethinking child rights, educational institutions, and development paradigms." International Journal of Educational Development 28(4): 365-383. (18 pp). Electronically available here

 

Kubow, Patricia K. and Paul R. Fossum (2007). Comparative education: exploring issues in international context. Upper Saddle River, N.J., Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall. Chapter 1, 3 and 4 (118 pp)

 

Mundy, Karen (2007). Education for All: Paradoxes and Prospects of a Global Promise. In: Baker, D. P. and A. W. Wiseman (Eds) Education for all: Global Promise, National Challenges. Pages 1-30 (30 pp)

 

Mølstad, Christina Elde (2008). Teacher education in Norway and Finland compared: what can Norway learn from the Finish teacher education about curriculum, recruitment and attitude to globalization? Institute for Educational Research. Oslo, University of Oslo. (88 pp). Electronically available here

 

Sahlberg, Pasi (2007). "Education policies for raising student learning: the Finnish approach." Journal of Education Policy 22(2): 147 - 171. (26 pp). Electronically available here

 

UNESCO (2010). Reaching the marginalized. EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010. Pp 135-213. (77 pp). Electronically available here

 

UNESCO (2009). Overcoming inequality: why governance matters. EFA Global Monitoring Report 2009. Chapter 3. (76 pp). Electronically available here

 

Watson, Keith (2007). "Language, education and ethnicity. What rights will prevail in an age of globalisation?". International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 252-265 (13 pp). Electronically available here

 

Total: 643 pages

 

 

Recommended additional reading:

UNESCO (2005). The quality imperative. EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010. Chapter 1 and 2. Electronically available here

 

Breidlid, A. (2010). “Sudanese Images of the Other: Education and Conflict in Sudan”. /Comparative Education Review/.November 2010, Vol. 54, No. 4: 555-579 Jeg har en pdf fil, men den er uten sidetall. Så prøv å få tak i den via HIOA.



Breidlid, A. (2012). “Indigenous epistemologies, sustainability and schooling: the case of South Africa” In /Sustainable Development / Book 2/. In Tech. Online chapter. Electronically available here

 

 

 


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