Research Catalog

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Description

1. xiv, 282 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

1. This volume compares the experience of young learners in England, France and Denmark in order to examine the relationship between national educational cultures, individual biographies and classroom practices in creating the context for learning.

Subject

1. High school students > Europe
2. Education > Europe > Cross-cultural studies
3. 81.07 comparative education
4. Enseignement secondaire
5. Systèmes d'enseignement
6. Elèves
7. Etudes de cas
8. Analyse comparative
9. Education
10. High school students
11. Internationaler Vergleich
12. Schule
13. Voortgezet onderwijs
14. Leren
15. Onderwijssociologie
16. Wetenschappelijke technieken
17. Interculturele vergelijkingen (vorm)
18. Royaume-Uni
19. France
20. Danemark
21. Europe
22. Dänemark
23. Europa
24. Frankreich
25. Großbritannien

Genre/Form

1. Cross-cultural studies.
2. Intercultural comparisons (form)

Contents

1. pt. 1. Introduction and methodology -- 1. Education for a changing world -- 2. New methodologies for comparative research? : the research designs of the ENCOMPASS study -- pt. 2. National cultural contexts : schools, teachers and classrooms -- 3. Culture, context and policy -- 4. School organization -- 5. Teacher perspectives -- 6. Classroom contexts as a reflection of national values -- pt. 3. Pupil experience and the development of learner identity -- 7. Constants and contexts in pupil experience : young learners' views of schooling, teaching and learning -- 8. Constructing identities -- 9. Young learners : what makes a difference? : the influence of socio-economic status, gender and ethnicity -- pt. 4. Conclusion : culture, context and policy -- 10. Conclusions : culture, context and policy.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-276) and index.