Understanding equity, quality and relevance (407pp)
Concepts, dimensions and interrelationships
Aikman, S. and E. Unterhalter (2013). Gender equality, capabilities and the terrain of qualityeducation. In Tikly, L. & A.M. Barrett (Eds.) Education Quality and Social Justice in the Global South. Challenges for policy, practice and research. London: Routledge, 25-39 (10pp)
Barrett, A., R. Chawla-Duggen, J. Lowe, J. Nikel, E. 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
Farrell, Joseph P. (2013). Equality of Education: A Half-Century of Comparative Evidence Seen from a New Millennium. In Arnove, R.E., C.A. Torres & S. Franz Comparative Education. The Dialect of the Global and the Local. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publisher, Fourth Edition, 149-174 (20pp)
Kabeer, N. (2000): Social Exclusion, poverty and discrimination. Towards an analytical framework. IDS Bulletin Vol. 31, No. 4, 83-97 (12pp).Electronically available here
Kendall, Nancy (2008). Vulnerability in AIDS-affected states: Rethinking cild rights, educational institutions and development paradigms. International Journal of Educational Development, 28. 365-383 (18pp). Electronically available here
Kubow, P. K. and P. R. Fossum. (2007): Comparative Education: Exploring Issues in International Context. New Jersey: Pearson Merill, Prentice Hall. Ch. 4, 125-156 (31p)
Le Fanu, G. (2013). Reconceptualising inclusive education in international development. In Tikly, L. & A.M. Barrett (Eds.) Education Quality and Social Justice in the Global South. Challenges for policy, practice and research. London: Routledge, 40-55 (12pp)
Lewin, Keith (2007). Diversity in convergence: access to education for all. Compare, Vol. 37, No.5. 577-599 (22pp). Electronically available here
Schweisfurth, M. 2013. Learner-centred education in international perspective. Whose pedagogy for whose development? London, Routledge, 37-57 (20pp)
Tikly, L. and A.M. Barrett (2013). Education quality and social justice in the global South: towards a conceptual framework. In Tikly, L. & A.M. Barrett (Eds.) Education Quality and Social Justice in the Global South. Challenges for policy, practice and research. London: Routledge, 11-24 (10pp)
Tomasevski, Katarina.2006. Human Rights Obligations in Education. The 4-A Scheme. Nijmegen, Wolf Legal Publishers, pp. 1-148 (148pp)
UNESCO. (2005). Education for All: the Quality Imperative. EFA Global Monitoring Report. Paris: UNESCO. 27-37 (10pp).Electronically available here
Youth, gender and social change (134pp)
Brown, P. (2003). The opportunity trap: education and employment in a global economy. European Educational Research Journal, 2 (1), 141-179 (38pp) Electronically available here
Fox, C. (2013). The question of identity from a comparative education perspective. In:.Arnove, R. F., A. Torres & S. Franz (Eds). Comparative Education; the Dialectic of the Global and the Local. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Fourth Edition, 133–147 (11pp)
Howard, K. A. S. (2011). Career aspirations of youth: Untangling race/ethnicity, SES, and gender. Journal of Vocational Behavior 79 (2011) 98–109 (11pp) Electronically available here
Liu, F. (2013) From degendering to( re)gendering self: Chinese youth negotiating modern womanhood. Gender and Education (17pp) Electronically available here
Pyke, K. D. and Denise L. Johnson. (2003). Asian American women and racialized femininities: ''Doing'' gender across cultural worlds. Gender & Society, 17 (1), pp. 33-53 (20pp) Electronically available here
Stromquist, N. P. (2013). Women’s Education in the Twenty-First Century. In Arnove, R.E., C. A. Torres & S. Franz Comparative Education.The Dialect of the Global and the Local. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publisher, 175-200 (22pp)
Thomson, R. (2009). Unfolding lives: Youth, gender and change, Chap. 3, pp. 29-44. UK: The Policy Press (15pp)
Teaching and learning (213pp)
Afitska, O. et al. (2013). Dilemmas of language choice in education in Tanzania. In Tikly, L. & A.M. Barrett (Eds.) Education Quality and Social Justice in the Global South. Challenges for policy, practice and research. London: Routledge, 168-180 (10pp)
Avalos, B. and A.M. Barrett (2013). Teacher professionalism and social justice. In Tikly, L. & A.M. Barrett (Eds.) Education Quality and Social Justice in the Global South. Challenges for policy, practice and research. London: Routledge, 75-90 (11pp)
Halai, A. (2013) Implementing curriculum change: small steps towards a big change? In Tikly, L. & A.M. Barrett (Eds.) Education Quality and Social Justice in the Global South. Challenges for policy, practice and research. London: Routledge, 168-180 (10pp)
Hargreaves, A. (2006). 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. London: Oxford University Press, 673-691 (18 pp)
Kubow, P K. and P. R. Fossum (2007). Comparative Education: Exploring Issues in International Context. New Jersey. Pearson Merill, Prentice Hall. Chapter 6: Teacher Professionalism, 209-59 (50pp)
Lingard, B., Hayes, D. and Mills, M. 2003. Teachers and productive pedagogies: Contextualising, conceptualizing, utilizing. Culture and Society 11, (3), 399-424 (25pp)
Schweisfurth. M. (2013). Learner-centred education in international perspective. Whose pedagogy for whose development? London: Routledge, 10-36, 86-115 (55pp)
Watson, K. (2007). Language, education and ethnicity. What rights will prevail in an age of globalisation. International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 27, No. 4, 252-65 (13 pp). Electronically available here
Governance, planning and management (186pp)
Inglis, C. (2008). Planning for cultural diversity. Fundamentals of Educational Planning. No. 87. Paris: UNESCO/IIEP. Introduction, Chapters 1, 2, 3. (47pp) Electronically available here
McGinn, N. and T. Welsh (1999). Decentralization of Education: Why, what, when and how? Fundamentals of Educational Planning, No 64. Paris: UNESCO/IIEP. Chapters 1, 2 and 4 (50pp). Electronically available here
Patrinos, H. A., F. Barrera-Osorio, J. Guaqueta (2009). The Role and Impact of Public-Private Partnerships in Education.Working Paper, The World Bank. Washington, D.C. Chapter 3 and Conclusion (20 pp). Electronically available here
Silova, I. and G. Steiner-Khamsi (eds) (2008). How NGOs React. Globalization and Education Reform in the Caucasus,Central Asia and Mongolia. Kumarian Press. 1-29 and Chapter 6 (50 pp)
UNESCO (2009). Overcoming inequality: Why governance matters. EFA Global Monitoring Report. 132-151 (19 pp) Electronically available here
Linkages and levels of education (201pp)
Daun, H. and G. Walford (eds.) (2004). Educational Strategies among Muslims in the Context of Globalisation. Some National Case Studies. Leiden: Brill, Chapter 1. (25 pp) Electronically available here
Farrell, J. and A. Hartwell (2008). Planning for successful alternative schooling; a possible route to Education for All. IIEP Research Paper, Quality Education for All. Paris: UNESCO-IIEP (38 pp) Electronically available here
Hoppers, W. (2011).The Politics of Diversifying Basic Education Delivery. A Comparative Analysis from East Africa. International Journal of Educational Polic, Vol. 26, No. 4, 529-542 (19pp) Electronically available here
King, K. and C. Martin (2002). The vocational school fallacy revisited: education, aspiration and work in Ghana 1959-2000. International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 22, No. 1, 5-25 (20 pp) Electronically available here
Lauglo, J. (2005): Vocationalised Secondary Education Revisited. In: J. Lauglo and R. McLean (eds) The vocationalisation of secondary education revisited, UNESCO-UNEVOC, 3-47 (44 pp) Electronically available here
Martin, C. (2009). Popular education innovations in the hierarchical world of Mexican policy. International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 29, Issue 2, pp. 125-132 (7 pp) Electronically available here
Menchaca, M. P. and A. T. Bekele (2008). Learner and instructor identified success factors in distance education. Distance Education, Volume 29, No. 3, pp. 231–252 (21pp). Electronically available here
Salmi, Jamil, 2002. Constructing knowledge societies: New challenges for tertiary education, 2002.
The World Bank, 7-42 (35 pp). Electronically available here
Total: 1060pp
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Updated November 2013.