"This is the first biography in English of an uncommon American, Dr. David Murray, a professor of mathematics at Rutgers College, who was appointed by the Japanese government as Superintendent of Education in the Empire of Japan in 1873. The founding of the Gakusei--the first public school system launched in Japan--marks the beginning of modern education in Japan, accommodating all children of elementary school age. Murray's unwavering commitment to its success renders him an educational pioneer in Japan in the modern world. Benjamin Duke has compiled this comprehensive biography of David Murray to showcase Murray's work, both in assisting around 100 samurai students in their studies at Rutgers, and in his unprecedented role in early Japanese-American relations. This fascinating story uncovers a little-known link between Rutgers University and Japan, and it is the only book to conclude that Rutgers made a greater contribution to the development of modern education in the early Meiji Era than any other non-Japanese college or university in the world"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction
• Excellence
• Speech
• Diversity
• Memory
• Epilogue.

"The former dean of Yale Law School surveys the full sweep of recent campus controversies to show how these disputes threaten the best of America's intellectual traditions--including democracy itself. In his tenure at Yale, Anthony Kronman has watched students march across campus to protest the names of buildings and seen colleagues resign over emails about Halloween costumes. He is no stranger to recent confrontations at American universities. But where many see only the suppression of free speech, the babying of students, and the drive to bury the imperfect parts of our history, Kronman recognizes in these on-campus clashes a threat to our democracy. As Kronman argues in The Assault on American Excellence, the founders of our nation learned over three centuries ago that in order for this country to have a robust democratic government, its citizens have to be trained to have tough skins, to make up their own minds, and to win arguments not on the basis of emotion but because their side is closer to the truth. In other words, to prepare people to choose good leaders, you need to turn them into smart fighters, people who can take hits and think clearly so they're not manipulated by demagogues. Kronman is the first to tie today's campus debates back to the history of American values, drawing on luminaries like Alexis de Tocqueville and John Adams to show how these modern controversies threaten the best of our intellectual traditions. His tone is warm and optimistic, that of a humanist and a lover of the humanities who is passionate about educating students capable of living up to the demands of a thriving democracy. Incisive and wise, The Assault on American Excellence makes the radical argument that to graduate as good citizens, college students have to be tested in a system that isn't wholly focused on being good to them"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction - The politics of curriculum reforms in Asia: Inter-referencing discourses of power, culture and knowledge Leonel Lim and Michael W. Apple
• 1. Subterfuge hegemony: The simmering politics of the shelved Hong Kong moral and national education debates in the media Aaron Koh
• 2. Educators as transformative intellectuals: Taiwanese teacher activism during the national curriculum controversy Cheng-Yu Hung
• 3. Culture, pedagogy and equity in a meritocratic education system: Teachers' work and the politics of culture in Singapore Leonel Lim and Michael Tan
• 4. Neoliberal global assemblages: The emergence of "public" international high-school curriculum programs in China Shuning Liu
• 5. How to mess with PISA: Learning from Japanese kokugo curriculum experts Keita Takayama
• 6. Politics and the practice of school change: The Hyukshin School movement in South Korea Youl-Kwan Sung and Yoonmi Lee
• Afterword: On new critical East Asian educational studies Allan Luke.
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Critical Studies of Education in Asia features analyses that take seriously the complex postcolonial, historical, and cultural consciousnesses felt across societies in Asia, and that bring these to bear on the changing terrain of knowledge, subjectivities, and power relations constructed both within schools and across the public sphere. In documenting the multiple sites of conflict and contestation both between and within states in Asia and a host of pedagogic agents - ministries of education, state boards and agencies, schools, teachers and teacher unions, university departments of education, local interest groups, the media, international standards agencies, and global educational reform discourses - the chapters in this volume illuminate the struggles over knowledge, education, and the work of schools. Faced with emergent global and local forces that are determined to challenge 'official' knowledge and to offer alternative understandings of education and society in Asia, this volume offers critical insights for academic researchers, policy- makers, and graduate students seeking to understand the tensions and possibilities of educational change in the region. This book was originally published as a special issue of Curriculum Inquiry.
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• Introduction--
• 1. Creating a catalog of colonial knowledge--
• 2. A civil empire: determining fitness for colonial education--
• 3. Professionals and pioneers: teachers' self-depiction in empire--
• 4. Recreating race: evolving notions of whiteness and blackness in empire--
• 5. A political education: Americans, Filipinos, and the meanings of instruction--
• 6. All politics is local: American teachers and their communities--
• 7. Speaking for ourselves: dignity and the politics of student protest-- Epilogue.
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This book examines how education contributed to the creation of US empire in the Philippines by focusing on American teachers and the Filipinos with whom they lived and worked. While education was located at the heart of the imperial project, used to justify empire, the implementation of schooling in the islands deviated from the expectations of the colonial state. American teachers at times upheld, adapted, circumvented, or entirely disregarded colonial policy. Despite the language of white masculinity that imbued imperial discourse, the appointment of white women and black men as teachers allowed them to claim roles and identities that transformed understandings of gender and race. Filipinos also used the American educational system to articulate their own understandings of empire. In this context, schools were a microcosm for the colonial state, with contestations over education often standing in for the colonial relationship itself.
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• Foreword / Assoc. Prof. Joseph Maina Musa
• Preface / Prof. M. Mankilik
• Effects of mother tongue on students spoken English at the junior secondary school level of education in Nigeria : challenges and way forward / Kjang, R. 9Ph.D), Agbo, S. & Gokir, M.
• Factors influencing students choice in building technology in technical colleges of Akwa Ibom State / Batchman, E.I. (Ph.D), Okonnah, N.B & Adike, A.
• Curriculum blending for special needs children in the Universal Basic Educatioin (UBE) setting in Nigeria / Tyoden, B.C. & Stephen, G.
• Death and dyeing [i.e. dying] education : challenges and strategies for activity in human health and hyperglycemia / Owojaiye, S.O. (Ph.D)
• The challenges of teaching item response theory in Nigerian universities / Abdul-Wahab I. (Ph.D)
• Physical activities, sports and humanity : physical fitness the bases for human productivity / Kayit S.B. (Ph.D)
• Exploring mobile device learning as a strategy in the teaching of item parameters and their applications to test development in the Nigerian universities / Abdul-Wahab I. (Ph.D)
• School leadership strategies and students' reading abilities / Gyang S. (Ph.D) & Mmegwa P.
• Effects of mathematical games on mathematics performance in junior secondary schools in Kanke Local Government Area, Plateau State, Nigeria / Gotring, D.D., Gusnung, E.I. & Matawal, D.B.
• Internal efficiency in education : indicators and challenges / Ogundele, M.O. (Ph.D) & Abimiku, J.M.
• The role of the church in poverty eradication / Amba, T.A., Gongden E.J. (Ph.D), Byang Y.L. & Nanbil, T.A.
• Day secondary schools' principals' perceived consequencies of drugs abuse in Bauchi Senetorial District, Bauchi State [sic] / Yunusa, A., Rimfat, S.A. & Dabo I.J.
• Science and technology education toward a knowledge-based economy : implications for achieving sustained economic well being in Africa / Keswet, L.M. (Ph.D) & Agbowuro, C.
• 9-3-4 system of education curriculum implementation and students' characteristics in Ilorin-West Local Government Area upper basic schools, Kwara State / Akinnubi O.P. & Oyedeji M.A.
• Lesson planning and effective teaching of difficult physics concepts of secondary schools in Nigeria / Ejilayomi D. & Mangut Manklik (Ph.D)
• Enhancing instructional delivery in teacher education through information and communication technology / I.S. Daramola (Ph.D) & Babagbemi Adebayo Patrick
• Resource management techniques for effective teaching and learning in schools / Tolutope Idowu Oke.

• section 1. Tributes to Prof. S. O. Ayodele.
• section 2. Curriculum issues. The need for peace education curriculum in the Nigerian school system / Amos Adekunle Adediran & Kayode Oludare Olugbuyi
• The need for a holistic early childhood care and education curriculum in Nigeria / Oduntan, Felicia M.
• Enhancing effective learning outcomes through curriculum integration at the Universal Basic Education Level in Nigeria / Folajogun V. Falaye
• Integrating value education into Nigerian educational system / Olawale A. Moronkola
• Parental education curriculum model : a holistic approach to child trinity of care in Nigerian early childhood development programme / Ajayi, Hannah Olubunmi
• Revitalizing primary education programme in Nigeria / Odinko, Monica N.
• Appraisal of recent trends in curriculum restructuring in Nigerian education system / Eugenia A. Okwilagwe
• Appraisal of senior secondary school physics curriculum / Opasina, Comfort Oyebola.
• section 3. Empirical studies. Effects of value clarification with integrated approach on polytechnic students' attitude to essay writing / M.A. Araromi & J.L. Olajide
• Influence of homework on students' achievement in junior secondary school mathematics in Ogun State / Adewale Jeremiah Gbenga
• Effects of linguistic ability and attitude on senior secondary school learners' achievement in Yoruba essay writing / Abijo, J.A. -- The impacts of three modes of instruction and gender on students' environmental attitude towards pollution in biology / Olagunju A. Morenike & Ogundiwin O.A.
• Relational analysis among anxiety, attitude, gender and students' achievements in secondary school mathematics / Joshua O. Adeleke, Alade Abimbade & Sanni Rizqat Folawe
• The influence of parents' marital status on students' moral values in Cross River State : implications for counselling / Mary B. Eyo
• Teachers' attitudes as correlates of academic performance in social studies in Ibadan / S.F. Akorede & Adigun, Adebisi F.
• Attitude and teaching methods as correlates of senior secondary school students' achievements in English reading comprehension in Ondo State / Adegbile, J.A. & Obinegbo, Winifred Chinwe
• Attitude to use of library, information literacy skill, and cognitive styles as determinants of undergraduates' use of libraries in universities in Nigeria / Yoloye, Abimbola
• A comparative analysis of difficulty and discriminating indices of SSCE mathematics multiple-choice test items for the year 2010 / Ajayi, Kassim Olusanmi and Lawani, Abisola O. & Oloda, F.S. Smart
• Quality of an objective classroom test : implications for learning chemistry / Johnson Ayodele Opateye
• The efficacy of enter-educate approach in the teaching of social studies in Nigerian junior secondary schools in Osun State / Mac. Araromi & Babawale, Waheed Akinloye
• Identifying and meeting the psychological needs of distance learners : tasks for the Nigerian premier university's Distance Learning Centre / J.O. Oyekanmi
• Physical inactivity as a risk factor for chronic disease among adolescents in Oyo State / Babatunde, Ezekiel Olusegun.
• section 4. Language education. Effective teaching of second/foreign language to adolescents in Nigerian secondary schools / Yetunde A. Ajibade
• Pragmatic approach to the teaching and learning of speaking skills / Osikomaiya, M. Olufunke & Otenaike, A. Taiwo
• Literacy and elocution acquisition among secondary school students / Olakunle Ayodeji Afolabi
• Mother-tongue as a medium of instruction in the twenty-first century : what hope for Nigeria? / Adeyemi A. Adeyinka.
• section 5. Quality assurance in education. Quality assurance in the National Teachers' Institute programmes / Ikmat Olanrewaju Junaid
• Quality assurance in Nigerian teacher education : recent progress and challenges ahead / 'Kayode Olu. Ijaduola
• Quality and quantity of teacher education in Nigeria / Akinyele Oyetunde Ariyo
• Teaching practice : a viable tool in the attainment of educational goal / B.A. Adeyemi & B.B. Adeyemi
• Essential ingredients of effective management / Adams O.U. Onuka and Esther O. Durowoju.
• section 6. General education. Enhancing parent-adolescent communication towards safer sex behaviour using counselling approach / Oyediji, A.O. and Ayeni, J.O.
• Effects of inactivity in adult education and threats in the attainment of millennium development goals in Oyo State, Nigeria / Dr. A. Sarumi
• Constitutional development and the politics of national integration 1922-1999 / Steven Clay Anisere
• Historical perspectives to Harlem and Negritude movements in African nationalism / Christopher Babatunde Ogunyemi.

"Contemporary Issues in Curriculum and Evaluation Research is written to honour an erudite scholar and a seasoned academic for his immense contributions to the Institute of Education and indeed the University of Ibadan. ... This book of reading received contributions from scholars from different areas of education to honour Professor Samuel O. Ayodele"--Page 4 of cover.

• 0. Introduction: History, Social Change, And Education
• 1. Colonial America: Religion, Inequality And Revolution
• 2. Emergence Of A Modern School System: The Nineteenth Century
• 3. Ethnicity, Gender, And Race: Contours Of Social Change In The 19th Century
• 4. Growth, Reform And Differentiation: The Progressive Era
• 5. Education, Equity And Social Policy: Postwar America To The 1970s
• 6. Globalization And Human Capital: From "A Nation At Risk" To Neo-Liberal Reform
• 7. Epilogue: Education And Social Change In Perspective.
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This brief, interpretive history of American schooling focuses on the evolving relationship between education and social change. Like its predecessors, this new edition investigates the impact of social forces such as industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and cultural conflict on the development of schools and other educational institutions. It also examines the various ways that schools have contributed to social change, particularly in enhancing the status and accomplishments of certain social groups and not others. Detailed accounts of the experiences of women and minority groups in American history consider how their lives have been affected by education at key points in the past. Updates to this edition A revised final chapter updated to include recent changes in educational politics, finance, policy, and a shifting federal policy context Enhanced coverage and new conceptual frames for understanding the experiences of women and people of color in the midst of social change Edited throughout to update information and sources regarding the history of American education and related processes of social transformation in the nation's past.
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• List of contributor Acknowledgments
• Foreword (Sabnam Koirala-Nawaj)
• Section I: Introduction
• 1. Telling Stories, Generating Perspectives: Local-Global Dynamics in Nepalese Higher education. (Krishna Bista, Shyam Sharma, Rosalind L. Raby)
• Section II: Socio-economic Contexts and Issues
• 2. Higher Education and Economic Development in Nepal. (Amrit Thapa and Ujjwala Maharjan)
• 3. Progress and Lags in Educational Attainment in Nepal. (Shyam Thapa)
• 4. Understanding Policies, Priorities, and Roles: Higher Education in Nepal at Crossroad. (Suresh Gautam, Prakash C. Bhattarai, and Tanka Nath Sharma)
• 5. Class, Gender, Ethnicity, and Higher Education Choice in Nepal. (Damodar Khanal)
• 6. Faculty and student experience of earthquakes in Nepal: Crisis management recommendation in Nepalese higher education. (Rajendra Joshi & Herbert Fynewever)
• Section III: Globalization and Global Issues
• 7. Brain Drain and Higher Education in Nepal. (Bhesh Raj Mainali)
• 8. Diaspora and Capacity Building in Higher Education in Nepal: An Entrepreneurial Perspectives. (Dinesh Gajurel and Basu Sharma)
• 9. Nepalese Recruiting Agents for Overseas Higher Education: Issues and Challenges. (Krishna Bista)
• 10. Higher Education: Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal. (Monica L. Lakhwani)
• Section IV: Important Trends and Changes
• 11. Making the Shifts to Change the System: Implementing Semester System through Pedagogical Training in Tribhuvan University. (Sudha Tripathi, Shyam Sharma and Surendra Subedi)
• 12. Decentralized and Autonomous Higher Education in Nepal: How Nepalese Higher Education Derived These Names and Legitimacy. (Nitya Nanda Timsina)
• 13. Open University of Nepal Initiative: Lessons Learned from Designing an Institution of Higher Learning. (Pramod Dhakal, Drona Rasali, Ambika Adhikari, and Raju Adhikari)
• Section V: Disciplinary and Social Perspectives
• 14. Nepal's Journalism Education in Tertiary Level and the Role of Diaspora Scholars. (Bhanubhakta Acharya)
• 15. A Situated Discourse: How Writing is Defined and Taught in Higher Education in Nepal. (Santosh Khadka)
• 16. Community Colleges and Youth Mobilization: Assessing the 21st Century Workforce Development in Nepal. (Krishna Bista and Uttam Gaulee)
• Section VI: Paths Forward
• 17. Redesigning Higher Education in Nepal. (Shyam Sharma)
• 18. Privatizing Higher Education of Nepal: Problems and Possibilities. (Bala Raju Nikku)
• 19. Promising innovations in Teacher Professional Development through the Application of ICTs and Open and Distance Learning. (Ellen Carm)
• Section VII: Conclusion
• 20. Complexities of Higher Education in Nepal (Rosalind L. Raby, Shyam Sharma, Krishna Bista)
• Index.
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This book presents a showcase of discussions and critical perspectives about Nepalese higher education. Its chapters cover topics such as the impacts of local sociopolitical changes and global forces on public and private education, emerging online and distance education, administrative and intellectual leadership, quality assessment, graduate employability, global mobility of students, and the contributions of global diaspora of Nepalese scholars. The central questions of the book are: What are some of the local and global academic interactions in Nepalese higher education and what are the current challenges and pathways for advancements and improvements? How can Nepalese higher education absorb twenty-first century values of quality education as external forces, while adapting new developments to local needs? How can scholars interested in Nepalese, South Asian, and international higher education create opportunities for scholarship and professional collaboration around research on higher education in this region of South Asia? What issues and perspectives can research and scholarship about Nepal's higher education offer to international discourse in higher education? The book offers information and resources to international educators interested in the dynamics of Nepalese and, by implication, South Asian higher education by introducing key challenges in policy and programs, innovative changes in curricula, effective approaches in technology application, and strategies for future integration of global reforms in education.
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• "We are the crisis" : studying the impasse of universities
• Disposing of threats : the dropout as crisis-management tool
• Degrees of ascent : school levels as preconditions of capitalism
• Educational counterrevolutions : management through affective credits and debts
• Experimental college : a free university for alternative modes of study.

A bold call to deromanticize education and reframe universities as terrains of struggle between alternative modes of studying and world-making Higher education is at an impasse. Black Lives Matter and #MeToo show that racism and sexism remain pervasive on campus, while student and faculty movements fight to reverse increased tuition, student debt, corporatization, and adjunctification. Commentators typically frame these issues as crises for an otherwise optimal mode of intellectual and professional development. In Beyond Education, Eli Meyerhoff instead sees this impasse as inherent to universities, as sites of intersecting political struggles over resources for studying. Meyerhoff argues that the predominant mode of study, education, is only one among many alternatives and that it must be deromanticized in order to recognize it as a colonial-capitalist institution. He traces how key elements of education-the vertical trajectory of individualized development, its role in preparing people to participate in governance through a pedagogical mode of accounting, and dichotomous figures of educational waste (the "dropout") and value (the "graduate")-emerged from histories of struggles in opposition to alternative modes of study bound up with different modes of world-making. Through interviews with participants in contemporary university struggles and embedded research with an anarchist free university, Beyond Education paves new avenues for achieving the aims of an "alter-university" movement to put novel modes of study into practice. Taking inspiration from Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street, and Indigenous resurgence projects, it charts a new course for movements within, against, and beyond the university as we know it.
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