Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the contributors -- Introduction -- Part I: The Global Policy Context -- 1 Lessons from comparative and international education -- 2 Education for all: a freedom-based approach -- 3 Women's education in the developing world -- 4 Self-assessment in the further education college of a small state -- 5 The contribution of European programmes to social change -- Part II: Community Integration and Inclusion -- 6 Social marketing -- 7 Basic education status of Afghan refugees in Iran -- 8 Respecting difference in early childhood centres in Northern Ireland -- 9 Elitism, inclusion and the specialist school -- 10 Higher education and civic and community engagement in the UK -- Part III: Curriculum Reform -- 11 Beyond borders: expanding the uses of work-based learning -- 12 Government policy and teacher education in Ghana -- 13 Transforming China's adult and continuing education -- 14 An 'essential attributes' approach to curriculum reform -- 15 Reforming VET for social cohesion -- Part IV: Learning and Pedagogy -- 16 Transformative learning for a global society -- 17 Postcolonial and post-critical 'global citizenship education' -- 18 Validation of non-formal and informal learning in Europe -- 19 Transnational co-operation in learning support for disabled learners -- 20 Vocational Education -- Conclusions and implications -- Selected Bibliography -- Selected Resources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.