Understanding equity, quality and relevance (454 pp)
Barrett, A., R. Chawla-Duggen, J. Lowe, J. Nikel, E. Ukpo: The Concept of Quality in Education. Review of ‘international’ literature on the concept of quality in education, 2006. EdQual Working Paper, Quality No. 2. (16 pp). Electronically available here.
Farrell, Joseph P: Equality of Education: A Half-Century of Comparative Evidence Seen from a New Millennium. In: Arnove, Robert E. and Carlos Alterto: Comparative Education.The Dialect of the Global and the Local, 2007. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publisher. 129-150 (21pp).
Howard, K. A. S: Career aspirations of youth: Untangling race/ethnicity, SES, and gender, 2011. Journal of Vocational Behavior 79 (2011) 98–109 (11pp). Electronically available here. .
Kabeer, N: Social Exclusion, poverty and discrimination. Towards an analytical framework, 2000. IDS Bulletin Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 83-97 (12 pp). Electronically available here.
Kendall, Nancy: Vulnerability in AIDS-affected states: Rethinking cild rights, educational institutions and development paradigms, 2008. . International Journal of Educational Development, 28. 365-383 (18pp). Electronically available here.
Kubow, P. K. and P. R. Fossum: Comparative Education: Exploring Issues in International Context, 2007. New Jersey: Pearson Merill, Prentice Hall. Ch. 4, pp. 125-156 (31p).
Lewin, Keith: Diversity in convergence: access to education for all, 2007. Compare, Vol. 37, No.5. 577-599 (22pp). Electronically available here.
Pyke, K. D. and Denise L. Johnson: Asian American women and racialized femininities: ''Doing'' gender across cultural worlds, 2003. Gender & Society, 17 (1), pp. 33-53 (20pp). Electronically available here..
Thomson, R: Unfolding lives: Youth, gender and change, Chap. 3, pp. 29-44, 2009. UK: The Policy Press (15pp).
Tikly, L. and A. M. Barrett : Social justice, capabilities and the quality of education in low income countries, 2011. International Review of Education, Vol. 31, No. 1. 3-14 (9 pp). Electronically available here.
Tomasevski, Katarina: Human Rights Obligations in Education. The 4-A Scheme. Nijmegen, 2006. Wolf Legal Publishers, pp. 1-148 (148pp).
UNESCO: Education for All: the Quality Imperative. EFA Global Monitoring Report, 2005. Paris: UNESCO. 27-56 (29 pp). Electronically available here.
UNESCO: Reaching the marginalized. EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010, 2010. Paris: UNESCO, pp. 135-213 (78 pp). Electronically available here.
Unterhalter, E: Gender, Schooling and Social Justice. Foundations and Futures of Education, 2007. Abingdon, Routledge, pp. 39-73 (24pp).
Teaching, learning and language (236 pp)
Bekele, T. A. and Menchaca, M. P: Critical thinking and problem solving skills in blended learning in Africa: The Ethiopian experience, 2010. Journal of the World Universities Forum, 3(1), pp. 105-119 (14 pp).
Hargreaves, A: Four Ages of Professionalism and Professional Learning. In: P. B. Lauder, P. Brown, J.A. Dillabough, A.H. Halsey (eds). Education, Globalisation and Social Change, 2006. London: Oxford University Press. 673-691 (18 pp).
Kubow, P.K. and P.R. Fossum: Comparative Education: Exploring Issues in International Context, 2007. New Jersey: Pearson Merill, Prentice Hall. Chapter 3, Purposes of schooling, pp. 73-124 (51 pp).
Kubow, P.K. and P.R. Fossum: Comparative Education: Exploring Issues in International Context, 2007. New Jersey. Pearson Merill, Prentice Hall. Chapter 6: Teacher Professionalism, pp. 209-59 (50 pp).
Lingard, B., Hayes, D. and Mills, M: Teachers and productive pedagogies: Contextualising, conceptualizing, utilizing, 2003. Culture and Society 11, (3), pp. 399-424 (25pp). Electronically available here.
Liu, F: The Internet in the Everyday Lifeworld. A Comparison between High School Students in China and Norway, 2010. Comparative Education, 46, 4. 527-50 (23 pp). Electronically available here.
Pelgrum, W.J. and N. Law : ICT in education around the world: trends, problems and prospects. Fundamentals of Educational Planning, 2003. Paris: UNESCO/IIEP. 19-29 and 87-104 (27 pp). Electronically available here.
Sawyer, W. and Van den Ven, P.H: Starting points: Paradigms in mother tongue education, 2006. Educational Studies in Language and Literature Vol. 7 (1), pp. 5-20 (15 pp). Electronically available here.
Watson, K: Language, education and ethnicity. What rights will prevail in an age of globalisation, 2007. International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 252-65 (13 pp). Electronically available here.
Vocational, higher and alternative forms of education (174 pp)
Daun, H. and G. Walford (eds.): Educational Strategies among Muslims in the Context of Globalisation. Some National Case Studies, 2004. Leiden: Brill, Chapter 1. (25 pp). Electronically available here.
Farrell, J. and A. Hartwell: Planning for successful alternative schooling; a possible route to Education for All, 2008. IIEP Research Paper, Quality Education for All. Paris: UNESCO-IIEP (38 pp). Electronically available here.
Hoppers, W: The Politics of Diversifying Basic Education Delivery. A Comparative Analysis from East Africa, 2011. International Journal of Educational Polic, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 529-542 (19 pp). Electronically available here.
Lauglo, J: Vocationalised Secondary Education Revisited. In: J. Lauglo and R. McLean (eds) Vocationalised Education Revisited, 2005. UNESCO-UNEVOC, pp 3-47 (44 pp). Electronically available here.
Levin H. M. and Z. Xu: Issues in the Expansion of Higher Education in the People’s Republic of China. In: Lauder, H., P. Brown, J.A. Dillabough, A. H. Halsey (eds). Education, Globalisation and Social Change, 2006. Oxford University Press. 909-922 (13 pp).
Salmi, Jamil: knowledge societies: New challenges for tertiary education, 2002, 2002. The World Bank. pp. 7-42 (35 pp). Electronically available here .
Governance, planning and management (243 pp)
Bray, M: Control of Education: Issues and Tensions in Centralization asnd Decentralization. In: R. F. Arnove and Alberto Torres, C (Eds). Comparative Education; the Dialectic of the Global and the Local, 2007. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Third Edition. 175–196 (19 pp).
Brown, P: The opportunity trap: education and employment in a global economy, 2003. European Educational Research Journal, 2 (1), 141-179 (38pp). Electronically available here.
Inglis, C: Planning for cultural diversity. Fundamentals of Educational Planning, 2008. . No. 87. Paris: UNESCO/IIEP. Introduction, Chapters 1, 2, 3. (47 pp). Electronically available here.
McGinn, N. and T. Welsh: Decentralization of Education: Why, what, when and how? Fundamentals of Educational Planning, 1999. No 64. Paris: UNESCO/IIEP. Chapters 1, 2 and 4 (50 pp). Electronically available here.
Miller-Grandvaux, Y., Welmond, M. & Wolf, J: Evolving Partnerships: The Role of NGOs in Basic Education in Africa, 2002. . United States Agency for International Development: Bureau for Africa, Office of Sustainable Development. Chapters, 2, 3, 6 (42 pp). Electronically available here.
Patrinos, H. A., F. Barrera-Osorio, J. Guaqueta : The Role and Impact of Public-Private Partnerships in Education, 2009. Working Paper, The World Bank. Washington, D.C. Chapter 3 and Conclusion (20 pp). Electronically available here.
UNESCO: Overcoming inequality: Why governance matters, 2009. EFA Global Monitoring Report. 132-151 (19 pp). Electronically available here.
Total: 1099 pp