This book examines how literary fiction depicts multilingual practices and incorporates them on the level of the text. Multiple languages surround us today, rendered more visible in the digital and globalized age. In literature, too, languages intermingle, often to striking effect. The early twenty-first century has seen a new fascination with the age-old phenomena of literary multilingualism a…
At a time in history when humanity has placed its trust in education to take on any challenge in the world and has, as a result, made massive investments in education, education leaves much to be desired. Whether in terms of supplying access for all in institutions of education, ensuring quality education for all, ensuring equity or equality in education or succeeding in ac…
Academic education plays an important role in the development of professionalism of adult educators. Given the interconnectedness of adult education with global and international developments, this international and comparative study illustrates the need for a systematic and comprehensive internationalisation of adult education programmes and the relevance of international teaching and learning…
Onderzoek naar de effectiviteit van voor-en vroegschoolse educatie (vve) laat zien dat voorschoolse educatie eraan kan bijdragen dat onderwijsachterstanden van kinderen uit laagopgeleide gezinnen en kinderen met een migratieachtergrond verminderen, maar dat de kwaliteit van voor-en vroegschoolse educatie voor verbetering vatbaar is (Leseman & Veen, 2016; Veer, Luijten, Van Tuijl, & Sleegers, 20…
The arts are organised expressions of ideas, feelings and experiences in images, in music, in language, in gesture and in movement. They provide for sensory, emotional, intellectual and creative enrichment and contribute to the child’s holistic development. Much of what is finest in society is developed through a variety of art forms which contribute to cultural ethos and to a sense of well-b…
This book investigates the ways in which the social purposes of adult education are (re)interpreted over time, and between the global south and global north. It brings together thirty-seven authors from fourteen countries with extensive experience as academics and/or practitioners in the field. The book is inspired by the work and life of Lalage Bown, a leading proponent of post-colonial and in…
Is historical knowledge important for education? How can we build a shared historical knowledge with schools, communities, and education professionals? The book responds to these questions by suggesting the public history approach, as applied in education and, more generally, to all professions that are based on human relations. The public history of education refers directly to North American …
One of the first questions that students have when they start reading Study Secrets is ‘what actions should I take first?’. This book is packed with so much helpful information that it can be difficult to know where to start. A student who can read, but doesn’t act upon their reading, is really the same as a student who never reads at all. Acting upon the secrets you learn is the only way…
Political demography, or the systematic study of population changeand politics, public policies and polities, sees population dynamics (struc-ture and change) as one of the main drivers of politics at the meso-and macro-level. As an approach, it can be defined as the study of thedynamics in the size, composition and distribution of populations andtheir effects on political and policy processes.…
This book invites us to critically reflect on the value of research in, on and for teacher education. It explores the nature and role of teacher education research and identifies ways to enhance its value for policy and practice. It gathers together studies that deploy a wide range of methodologies, including small-scale practitioner-focused research and large-scale empirical studies, consideri…