Angela W Little
Biographic Data
| ID | 5240427 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Angela W Little |
| GIVEN NAMES | Angela W |
| FAMILY NAME | Little |
| SIGNATURE | LITTLE A W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Access to education revisited
Essays on pedagogy
by Robin Alexander, London, Routledge, 2008, 212 pp., £74.00, ISBN 0‐415‐45482‐4 (hardback), £17.98, 0‐415‐45483‐2 (paperback) In comparative education circles Robin Alexander is best known for his
Education policy reform in Sri Lanka
In 1997, the Government of Sri Lanka launched a comprehensive set of education reforms designed to promote equitable access to basic education and improvements in learning outcomes. The package of reforms arose as a political response to widespread youth unrest in the late 1980s and attracted considerable 'political will', a vague but much vaunted term in the international policy discourse. Yet, despite seemingly high levels of national political…
The policies, politics and progress of access to basic education
International and comparative education
Economic globalisation, youth expectations and social class
Successful globalisation, education and sustainable development
The growth of foreign qualification suppliers in Sri Lanka
Based mainly on a study of newspaper adverts for qualifications and tuition courses in Sri Lanka over a period from 1965 to 2000, this paper describes a decentralisation of control over the supply of qualifications. It is argued that this has occurred not through a deliberate policy mechanism to decentralise qualifications, but rather by default, through the more general liberalisation of the economy since 1978. Interviews and documentary analysi…
Comparative and international research in education
Motivating Learning and the Development of Human Capital
This paper revisits Schultz's concept of human capital. In both the South and the North the concept has been incorporated uncritically into policy discourses. The academic community has been less critical. Its theoretical, empirical and methodological critiques have generated at least two responses from the economists. The first is the extension and refinement of the conceptual and methodological frameworks of human capital. The second maintains …
Multigrade teaching
Globalisation and educational research
Educational Innovation in China
In 1985 the Communist Party of China announced the most wide-ranging reforms of education since the cultural revolution. This book explores the impact of these reforms on the process of schooling and higher education and identifies emerging issues and problems. The primary data for the book are drawn mainly from the experience of reform in Zhejiang Province. Secondary material is drawn from a variety of English and Chinese language sources to fac…
Learning and Working
Successful globalisation, education and sustainable development
Motivating Learning and the Development of Human Capital
This paper revisits Schultz's concept of human capital. In both the South and the North the concept has been incorporated uncritically into policy discourses. The academic community has been less critical. Its theoretical, empirical and methodological critiques have generated at least two responses from the economists. The first is the extension and refinement of the conceptual and methodological frameworks of human capital. The second maintains …
Multigrade teaching
Comparative and international research in education
Access to education revisited
The growth of foreign qualification suppliers in Sri Lanka
Based mainly on a study of newspaper adverts for qualifications and tuition courses in Sri Lanka over a period from 1965 to 2000, this paper describes a decentralisation of control over the supply of qualifications. It is argued that this has occurred not through a deliberate policy mechanism to decentralise qualifications, but rather by default, through the more general liberalisation of the economy since 1978. Interviews and documentary analysi…
Education policy reform in Sri Lanka
In 1997, the Government of Sri Lanka launched a comprehensive set of education reforms designed to promote equitable access to basic education and improvements in learning outcomes. The package of reforms arose as a political response to widespread youth unrest in the late 1980s and attracted considerable 'political will', a vague but much vaunted term in the international policy discourse. Yet, despite seemingly high levels of national political…
The policies, politics and progress of access to basic education
International and comparative education
Globalisation and educational research
Economic globalisation, youth expectations and social class
Learning and Working
Learning and Working
Globalisation and educational research
Educational Innovation in China
In 1985 the Communist Party of China announced the most wide-ranging reforms of education since the cultural revolution. This book explores the impact of these reforms on the process of schooling and higher education and identifies emerging issues and problems. The primary data for the book are drawn mainly from the experience of reform in Zhejiang Province. Secondary material is drawn from a variety of English and Chinese language sources to fac…
Multigrade teaching
Motivating Learning and the Development of Human Capital
This paper revisits Schultz's concept of human capital. In both the South and the North the concept has been incorporated uncritically into policy discourses. The academic community has been less critical. Its theoretical, empirical and methodological critiques have generated at least two responses from the economists. The first is the extension and refinement of the conceptual and methodological frameworks of human capital. The second maintains …
Comparative and international research in education
The growth of foreign qualification suppliers in Sri Lanka
Based mainly on a study of newspaper adverts for qualifications and tuition courses in Sri Lanka over a period from 1965 to 2000, this paper describes a decentralisation of control over the supply of qualifications. It is argued that this has occurred not through a deliberate policy mechanism to decentralise qualifications, but rather by default, through the more general liberalisation of the economy since 1978. Interviews and documentary analysi…
Economic globalisation, youth expectations and social class
Successful globalisation, education and sustainable development
International and comparative education
Access to education revisited
Essays on pedagogy
by Robin Alexander, London, Routledge, 2008, 212 pp., £74.00, ISBN 0‐415‐45482‐4 (hardback), £17.98, 0‐415‐45483‐2 (paperback) In comparative education circles Robin Alexander is best known for his
Education policy reform in Sri Lanka
In 1997, the Government of Sri Lanka launched a comprehensive set of education reforms designed to promote equitable access to basic education and improvements in learning outcomes. The package of reforms arose as a political response to widespread youth unrest in the late 1980s and attracted considerable 'political will', a vague but much vaunted term in the international policy discourse. Yet, despite seemingly high levels of national political…
The policies, politics and progress of access to basic education
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Economics (8 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (5 works) · Higher education (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (4 works) · Globalization (4 works)