Education 495 Contemporary Issues in Education  

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Encyclopedia of curriculum studies - Craig Kridel, editor

Call Number: REF LB2806.15 .E48 2010

ISBN: 1412958830

Key themes: biography and prosopography; concepts and terms; content descriptions; influences on curriculum studies; inquiry and research; nature of curriculum studies; organizations, schools, and projects; publications; theoretical perspectives; types of curricula.

Early childhood education : an international encyclopedia - edited by Rebecca S. New and Moncrieff Cochran

Call Number: REF LB1139.23 .E272 2007

ISBN: 0313331006

Aiming this work at students, policy analysts, and general readers, editors New (Tufts Univ.) and Cochran (Cornell) have assembled more than 300 international contributors to produce an encyclopedia of both breadth and depth. The first three volumes contain over 300 A-to-Z entries on early childhood development and education in the United States that cover major historical and contemporary issues, current research, and a variety of theoretical and policy perspectives.

Encyclopedia of American education - ed. Harlow G. Unger

Call Number: REF LB17 .U54 2007

ISBN: 0816068879

The only comprehensive reference to the development and present state of American education, Encyclopedia of American Education, Third Edition contains more than 2,000 entries spanning the colonial period to the present. This authoritative three-volume reference provides a wealth of up-to-date information on virtually every aspect of education, from the evolution of school curriculum, education funding, and church-state controversies to the latest debates on multiculturalism, prayer in school, and sex education.

Encyclopedia of education - James W. Guthrie, editor in chief

Call Number: REF LB15 .E47 2003

ISBN: 002865594X

This fully-revised second edition offers a complete view of the institutions, people, processes, roles and philosophies found in educational practice in the United States and throughout the world. Features include 140 biographies of influential educators; profiles of historic colleges and universities; profiles of organizations active in the field; and an appendix of full-text primary source documents including education-related legislation, international treaties and testing methods.

World education encyclopedia : a survey of educational systems worldwide - Rebecca Marlow-Ferguson, editor

Call Number: REF LB15 .W87 2002

ISBN: 0787655775

This country-by-country survey of educational systems provides detailed essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries. This updated and expanded edition gives users up-to-date coverage of reorganized educational systems and high-interest topics such as technological advances.