
Education and the Law : International Perspectives.
Title:
Education and the Law : International Perspectives.
Author:
Stowbridge, Gerald.
ISBN:
9780203420836
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (267 pages)
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Editors' preface -- The law and education: economic development -- Legislation and minority rights in higher education: American and Kenyan case studies -- Education, legislation and economic performance: the case of Japan -- Improvements in work-force qualifications in Britain and France in the 1980s -- Law and vocational education and training of 16 19 year olds: the English experience since 1979 -- Legislation, university education and economic performance: the Nigerian experience -- Constraints on female participation in education in developing countries -- Greek education and its legislative framework -- Education laws and schooling: the case of the German Democratic Republic -- The law and education: institutions and the curriculum -- The judicial control of the curriculum and court intervention in aspects of education: cases from the international scene -- The education of prisoners -- Education for citizenship: school life and society -- British-European comparisons -- Teacher mobility and conditions of service in the European Community -- The changing roles and responsibilities of school governors -- Local management of schools: an English case study -- Opting out and legal challenge -- Name index -- Subject index.
Abstract:
This edited collection addresses a subject which is topical not only in Britain, where there has been a spate of laws and regulations affecting the structure and content of education, but also in developed and developing countries, where the overriding motivation in many cases has been to raise economic performance. The first part of the book deals with the way legislation affects education and training both directly and tangentially, and how the law through its influence on such things as participation rates, certification and employer involvement can affect the level and degree of economic activity. Contributors examine the education systems of the USA, Kenya, Japan, Germany, Nigeria, Britain and France to illustrate the interdependence of the elements involved. The second part focuses on the concept of curriculum control. Chapters take a comparative approach to what is taught in the classroom and how the implementation of legislation affects all aspects of a country's education system.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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