The Quest for Educational Excellence

Authors

  • Kathleen A. Tobin Purdue University, Calumet

Keywords:

Educational change, Educational models, Educational issues

Abstract

A review of the book

ΓÇ£The Global Fourth Way: The Quest for Educational Excellence.ΓÇ¥ By Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2012. ISBN: 978-1412987868

 

Individual chapters in The Global Fourth Way center on examples of high performance in Finland, Singapore, Alberta (Canada), Ontario (Canada), England, and California (US). Each captures the essence of educational models, practices, and issues in the region at large, before focusing on specific cases that support key values in their proposal. For example, in ΓÇ£Chapter Five ΓÇô Alberta: Innovation with

Author Biography

Kathleen A. Tobin, Purdue University, Calumet

Associate Professor, History

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Published

2015-04-15

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015): New Perspectives on Bilingualism, Biliteracy, and Biculturalism in a Globalized World

Section

Book Reviews

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