1st Edition

Centering Whole-Child Development in Global Education Reform International Perspectives on Agendas for Educational Equity and Quality

Edited By Jaekyung Lee, Kenneth K. Wong Copyright 2022
226 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume offers critical analysis of national school reform policies intended to align with global agendas to promote educational quality and equity. By uniquely foregrounding the need for education reform to nurture child well-being alongside traditional measures of academic achievement, the book identifies common challenges across the Global North and South and extends insights... Read more

Introduction

Jaekyung Lee and Kenneth K. Wong

Part I: Developing World

Section I-A: Africa

Ch. 1 Whole-Child/Youth Development Initiatives in the Ethiopian Education Policy Reforms and Practices: Lessons from the Past and Harnessing Future Intentions

Belay Tefera Kibret and Getnet Tizazu Fetene

Ch. 2 The Status of Early Childhood Education in South Africa: A Systematic Review on the Alignment of Policy and Practice for Whole-Child Development

Nosisi N. Feza and Shakespear M. Chiphambo

Section I-B: Asia

Ch. 3 Achieving Whole-Child Development in Nepal: Navigating through Equity within Diversity and Resource Limitation in Education

Prem Prasad Poudel and Tae-Hee Choi

Ch. 4 Education for Vietnamese Youth: Status, Challenges, and Development Issues in the Context of New Rural Development

Tran Thi Thai Ha and Ngo Thi Thanh Tung

Part II: Developed World

Section II-A: Asia

Ch. 5 Does the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) Contribute to Whole-Person Development? The Rise of the IBDP in Asia and Its Implications for Education Reform

Moosung Lee, Sejin Kim, Su Yon Choi, and Jinho Kim

Ch. 6 Singapore’s Student-Centered, Values-Driven Education System: A Case Study of Teacher Professional Learning

Shu-Shing Lee, Alexius Chia, Andrew Pereira, and Lee Yong Tay

Ch. 7 The Oxymoron of Free Semester Program (FSP) in Korea: Intended and Unintended Policy Consequences for Whole-Person Development

Daekwon Park, Sung Kyung Cho, and Kyoungjin Jang

Section II-B: Europe

Ch. 8 Fighting Social Inequalities at Schools and Whole-Child Development Approach: A Challenging Reconciliation in France

Nathalie Mons and Etienne Butzbach

Section II-C: Latin and North America

Ch. 9 The Long Chilean Road Towards an Inclusive Education System: From Laissez-faire to State Regulation and Constitutional Change

Javier González and Emiliana Vegas

Ch. 10 Re-envisioning American Education Reform: How and Why Whole Community Environment Matters for Whole-Child Development

Jaekyung Lee and Mengchen Su

Part III: Globe

Ch. 11 Policy Challenges and Promising Strategies: Lessons on Global Efforts to Advance Whole-Child Development

Kenneth K. Wong and Jaekyung Lee

Biography

Jaekyung Lee is Professor of the Graduate School of Education at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and Fulbright Global Scholar, U.S.A.

Kenneth K. Wong is the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Director of the Urban Education Policy Program, and Professor of Urban Studies, International and Public Affairs, and Political Science at Brown University, U.S.A.