Changing Educational Landscapes Educational Policies, Schooling Syst

Analyzing educational landscapes – the fundamental values, principles and institutions of the sector – is a highly complex and demanding task for any researcher. Like shifting desert sands, these aspects of education are in a constant state of flux, chang

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Changing Educational Landscapes Educational Policies, Schooling Systems and Higher Education - a Comparative Perspective

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Editor Dimitris Mattheou University of Athens Center for Comparative Education, International Education Policy and Communication Ippokratous Street 20 106 80 Athens Greece [email protected]

ISBN 978-90-481-8533-7 e-ISBN 978-90-481-8534-4 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8534-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009944165 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover design: eStudio Calamar S.L. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Contents

Changing Educational Landscapes: An Introduction . . . . . . . . Dimitris Mattheou Part I

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Knowledge: Epistemological and Ideological Shifts

1 The Owl of Athena: Reflective Encounters with the Greeks on Pedagogical Eros and the Paideia of the Soul (Psyche) . . . . . . Andreas M. Kazamias

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2 Implications of the New Social Characteristics of Knowledge Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . María José García Ruiz

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3 University Reform in Greece: A Shift from Intrinsic to Extrinsic Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eleni Prokou

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4 Universities and Pricing on Higher Education Markets . . . . . . . Christine Musselin Part II

Access and Transitions

5 Providing Access to Education: Intercultural and Knowledge Issues in the Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jagdish Singh Gundara and Namrata Sharma 6 Access and Transitions in Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ana Bravo-Moreno 7 Educational Inequalities in Greece, Sweden and the United Kingdom: A Comparative Analysis of the Origins . . . . . . . . . . Maria Papapolydorou Part III

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Old and New Solidarities

8 Public Education, Migration, and Integration Policies in France . . Leslie J. Limage

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9 The Inclusion of Invisible Minorities in the EU Member States: The Case of Greek Jews in Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angelyn Balodimas-Bartolomei and Nicholas Alexiou Part IV 10

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Learning and Teaching, Quality and Assessment

Education Quality: Research Priorities and Approaches in the Global Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angeline M. Barrett and Leon Tikly

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Pupil Assessment in a Historical Perspective: Contribution to the Contemporary Debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eleni Karatzia–Stavlioti

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Recent Trends in Early Childhood Curriculum: The Case of Greek and English National Curricula . . .