Education & Development Books

New and Published Books

1. Education Outcomes and Poverty

   A Reassessment

   Edited by Christopher Colclough

   Series: Education, Poverty and International Development

   What do we know about the outcomes of education in developing countries? Where are the gaps in our knowledge, and why are they important to fill? What are the policy challenges that underlie these knowledge gaps, and how can education best contribute to eliminating the problem of widespread poverty...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
2. Higher Education and National Development

   Universities and Societies in Transition

   Edited by David Bridges, Palmira Juceviciene, Roberta Jucevicius, Terence H. Mclaughlin, Jolanta Stankeviciute

   Universities and societies around the world are involved in significant transition. Universities are now invited to expand their central aims and purposes in order to embrace a role in relation to the development of the societies in which they are located. This change of focus has major...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
3. Audit Education

   Edited by Karen Van Peursem, Elizabeth Monk, Richard M.S. Wilson, Ralph Adler

   Series: Special issue books from 'Accounting Education: an international journal'

   Audit professionals are valued members of society and are expected to be both skilled and ethical in their decision-making. The role of the auditor extends far beyond that of counting beans by demanding a social and political awareness, a technical knowledge, ethical principles and relationship...

   Published January 29th 2012 by Routledge
4. Personal Transferable Skills in Accounting Education

   Edited by Kim Watty, Beverley Jackling, Richard M.S. Wilson

   Series: Special issue books from 'Accounting Education: an international journal'

   The development of generic skills (often referred to as ‘soft skills’) in accounting education has been a focus of discussion and debate for several decades. During this time employers and professional bodies have urged accounting educators to consider and develop curricula which provide for the...

   Published January 26th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Interface of Accounting Education and Professional Training

   Edited by Elaine Evans, Roger Juchau, Richard M.S. Wilson

   Series: Special issue books from 'Accounting Education: an international journal'

   Over many decades the global development of professional accounting education programmes has been undertaken by higher education institutions, professional accounting bodies, and employers. These institutions have sometimes co-operated and sometimes been in conflict over the education and/or...

   Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge
6. Postcolonial Perspectives on Global Citizenship Education

   Edited by Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, Lynn Mario T. M. de Souza

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This volume bridges the gap between contemporary theoretical debates and educational policies and practices. It applies postcolonial theory as a framework of analysis that attempts to engage with and go beyond essentialism, ethno- and euro-centrisms through a critical examination of contemporary...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
7. Education and Poverty in Affluent Countries

   Edited by Carlo Raffo, Alan Dyson, Helen Gunter, Dave Hall, Lisa Jones, Afroditi Kalambouka

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   For the first time, researchers, policymakers and practitioners across the world will have access to a comprehensive mapping of research evidence and policy strategies about education and poverty in affluent countries. Although there is widespread agreement that poverty and poor educational...

   Published May 15th 2011 by Routledge
8. Economic Development, Education and Transnational Corporations

   By Mark Hanson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   This book focuses on the questions of: why do some economically disadvantaged nations develop significantly faster than others, and what roles do their educational systems play? As case illustrations, in the early 1960s Mexico and South Korea were both equally underdeveloped agrarian societies....

   Published May 9th 2011 by Routledge
9. Using Story

   In Higher Education and Professional Development

   By Jennifer A. Moon

   Story is everywhere in human lives and cultures and it features strongly in the processes of teaching and learning. Story can be called narrative, case study, critical incident, life history, anecdote, scenario, illustration or example, creative writing, storytelling; it is a unit of communication,...

   Published June 23rd 2010 by Routledge
10. WTO/GATS and the Global Politics of Higher Education

    By Antoni Verger

    Series: Studies in Higher Education

    Since the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) was created in 1995, there has been international pressure towards the liberalization of education all over the world, as well as new challenges to the traditional internationalization rationale in the field of higher education. Nevertheless,...

    Published September 13th 2009 by Routledge