Equality in Education Fairness and Inclusion
"Equality in Education: Fairness and Inclusion is a scholarly call to action. As the book reminds us, governments come and go and in doing so they busy themselves with policy to mark their patch. Inequality and exclusion remain stubborn foes that are prov
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Equality in Education: Fairness and Inclusion
Edited by Hongzhi Zhang Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Philip Wing Keung Chan Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and Christopher Boyle University of New England, Armidale, Australia
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ISBN: 978-94-6209-690-5 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6209-691-2 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6209-692-9 (e-book)
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“I am a person who is unhappy with things as they stand. We cannot accept the world as it is. Each day we should wake up foaming at the mouth because of the injustice of things.” Hugo Claus (1929-2008)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Contributors
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Acknowledgements
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Foreword
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Opening Pandora’s Box: Exploring Inequalities in Education Hongzhi Zhang, Philip Wing Keung Chan & Christopher Boyle
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Section One: Theory and Practice 1. Reimagining Student Equity and Aspiration in a Global Higher Education Field Trevor Gale 2. The Ecology of Inclusive Education: Reconceptualising Bronfenbrenner Joanna Anderson, Christopher Boyle & Joanne Deppeler 3. Educational Equality, Equity and Sui Generis Rights in Australian Higher Education: Theorising the Tensions and Contradictions Zane Ma Rhea 4. Take Action or Do Nothing: The Educational Dilemma of the Teacher Christopher Boyle & Stephen Heimans
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Section Two: Local Perspective 5. Towards Quality as an Equity Imperative: Workbook Development, Supply, Utilisation and Quality in the Republic of South Africa Rachel Outhred, Carol Nuga Deliwe, Catherine Stubberfield, Adrian Beavis, Jenny Wilkinson & Martin Murphy 6. Equity Issues in China’s College Entrance Examination Policy: The Perspective of the Province-Based Enrolment Quota Allocation Policy Hongzhi Zhang & Xuhong Wang 7. Prospects and Challenges in Implementing Inclusive Education Reform in SAARC Countries Jahirul Mullick, Masud Ahmmed & Umesh Sharma
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8. Inclusive Education In Bangladesh: Are the Guiding Principles Aligned with Successful Practices? 107 Md. Saiful Malak, Hosne Ara Begum, Md. Ahsan Habib, Mahmuda Shaila Banu & Mohammod Moninoor Roshid 9. Higher Education in Ethiopia: Widening Access and Persisting Inequalities 125 Tebeje Molla 10. Inequality of Access to English Language Learning in Primary Education in Vietnam: A Case Study Nguyen Duc Chinh, Le Thuy Linh, Tran Huong Quynh & Nguyen Thi Ha 11. Education Across Borders in Hong Kong: Impacts and So
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