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A world of difference? : comparing learners across Europe

Title: A world of difference? : comparing learners across Europe / Marilyn Osborn [and others].
Author: Osborn, Marilyn.
Publication: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2003.

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Description

xiv, 282 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

This volume compares the experience of young learners in England, France and Denmark in order to examine the relationship between national educational cultures, individual biographies and classroom practices in creating the context for learning.

Subject

Genre/Form

Cross-cultural studies.
Intercultural comparisons (form)

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-276) and index.

Contents

pt. 1. Introduction and methodology -- 1. Education for a changing world -- 2. New methodologies for comparative research? : the research designs of the ENCOMPASS study -- pt. 2. National cultural contexts : schools, teachers and classrooms -- 3. Culture, context and policy -- 4. School organization -- 5. Teacher perspectives -- 6. Classroom contexts as a reflection of national values -- pt. 3. Pupil experience and the development of learner identity -- 7. Constants and contexts in pupil experience : young learners' views of schooling, teaching and learning -- 8. Constructing identities -- 9. Young learners : what makes a difference? : the influence of socio-economic status, gender and ethnicity -- pt. 4. Conclusion : culture, context and policy -- 10. Conclusions : culture, context and policy.

ISBN

0335211011
9780335211012
033521102X
9780335211029

OCLC

ocm53848903
53848903
SCSB-1331146

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library