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Foreword
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Preface
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References
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Acknowledgements
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Contents
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Contributors
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Part I Main Trends and Issues in Equity, Access and Democracy
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Globalization, Comparative Education and Policy Research: Equity and Access Issues
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1.1 Introduction: Globalization and Education
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1.2 Access an Equity Issues in Schooling
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1.3 The Global Futures and Global Social Stratification
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1.4 Gender Inequality
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1.5 Gender Inequality Globally
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1.6 Globalization, Comparative Education and Policy Research: Equity and Access Issues
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1.7 Conclusion
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References
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Interruptive Democracy in Education
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2.1 Introduction
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2.2 The Relationship Between Education and Democracy
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2.3 Critiques of Democracy
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2.4 Interruptive Democracy
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2.5 Conclusion: The Interruptive School
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References
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The Role of Education and Training in the Empowerment and Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees
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3.1 Introduction
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3.2 Defining Migrants and Refugees
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3.3 The Right to Education
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3.4 Education in Humanitarian Emergencies
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3.5 Empowerment and Inclusion
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3.6 The Children of Migrants and Refugees
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3.7 Adult Migrants and Refugees
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3.8 Conclusion
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References
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Equity and Democratic Education in Ghana: Towards a Pedagogy of Difference
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4.1 Introduction
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4.2 Theorizing ‘Post-Colonial’ Education
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4.3 Study Methodology
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4.4 Subject Narratives
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4.5 Evaluation
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4.6 Conclusion
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References
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Access Denied: A Story of Resistance
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5.1 Introduction
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5.2 Language as Culture
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5.3 Resistance to Mother-Tongue Education
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5.4 Why Am I [a] Chinese and I Can’t Speak or Write Good Chinese? ( Secondary One Student, Hong Kong, 2004)
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5.5 Ideological Invisibility
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5.6 Post-colonial Hong Kong
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5.7 Ideology in the Pejorative Sense: An Interpretive Analysis Using Fiction as Data
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5.8 Robinson Crusoe
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5.9 Pygmalion
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5.10 Access Denied
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5.11 Conclusion
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References
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Part II
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Part II Race, Gender, and Equity
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Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Swedish Education: Policy Discourses and Dangers
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6.1 Policy and Research Context
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6.2 Education and Gender in Sweden
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6.3 Education and Ethnicity in Sweden
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6.4 Evaluation
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6.5 Conclusion
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References
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The Gender Agenda: The Limits and Possibilities of Global and National Citizenship Education
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7.1 Current Issues in Gender Equality and the Development of Nation- State Citizenship Education
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7.2 English and Welsh Citizenship Educational Initiatives
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7.3 Gender and the Global Citizenship Education Agenda: Unexplored Terrain
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7.4 Global Education Traditions in England
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7.5 Engaging Women’s Agency Nationally and Globally
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7.6 Conclusion
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References
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Globalization, Education Reforms and Immigrant Students in Canada
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8.1 Education Policy Shifts and Neo-liberal Rhetoric in Ontario in the 1980s
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8.2 Implications of Meaning Shifts in Educational Language
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8.3 Standardized Testing and Public Education
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8.4 Standardized Testing in Canada
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8.5 Immigration and Refugee Students in the Canadian Educational System
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8.6 Evaluation
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8.7 Conclusion
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References
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Globalising the Universal: Equity, Policy and Planning
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9.1 Introduction
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9.2 ‘Universal’ Provision
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9.3 Human Rights
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9.4 Conclusion – Global Context and Emergent Precepts
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References
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Teacher Candidates’ Racial Identity Formation and the Possibilities of Antiracism in Teacher Education
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10.1 Introduction
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10.2 Conceptual Framework
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10.3 Critical Race Theory
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10.4 An Adaptation of J. Helms’ (1995) Racial and Ethnic Identity Development Model
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10.5 Study Design and Implementation
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10.6 Study Setting and Participants
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10.7 Analysis of Data
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10.8 Findings
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10.9 Post-program Reflections on Theory and Practice
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10.10 Conceptualizing “Antiracism”
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10.11 Candidates’ Understanding of “Colourblindness”
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10.12 From Theory to Classroom Practice
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10.13 Evaluation
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10.14 Theoretical and Conceptual Issues
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10.15 Conclusion
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References
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Education for Equitable Outcomes or Educational Inequality: A Critical Analysis of UNESCO’S Education for All and the United States’ No Child Left Behind Programs
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11.1 Introduction
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11.2 A Comparative Analysis of EFA and NCLB: Models of Neocolonialism and Internal Colonialism
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11.3 Measurement, Assessment and Accountability Models
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11.4 “Best Practices” and Knowledge Control
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11.5 Economic Models and Financial Aid to Control Education Agendas
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11.6 Conclusion
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References
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Gender and the Case of Girls’ Education: Organizational Learning in International Development Agencies
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12.1 Introduction
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12.2 Gender and Development
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12.3 Organizational Learning
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12.4 A Conceptual Framework
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12.5 Research Objectives
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12.6 Mode of Inquiry
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12.7 Responses to Gender by IDAs
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12.8 Organizational Structures Relating to Learning
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12.9 Process-Related Aspects of Learning
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12.10 Organizational Culture
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12.11 Obstacles to Knowledge Acquisition, Distribution, and Use
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12.12 The Promise of an Institutional Memory
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12.13 Evaluation
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12.14 Conclusion
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References
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Index
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