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Title
The power of education [electronic resource] : education for all, development, globalisation and UNESCO / Colin Power.
ISBN
9789812872210 electronic book
9812872213 electronic book
Published
Singapore : Springer, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xix, 280 pages).
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-287-221-0 doi
Call Number
LB41
Dewey Decimal Classification
370.11
Summary
This book is about the power of education: the kind of education that simultaneously improves the quality of life both of individuals and the wider society. It explains why education must be viewed as a basic human right, as a value in and of itself, and reviews the evidence on how education builds the human resources that individuals and nations need to be productive, to continue to learn, to solve problems, to be creative, and to live together and with nature in peace and harmony. When nations ensure that such an education is accessible to all throughout their lives, education becomes the engine of sustainable development ? economic, social, moral and cultural. The book is unique in that it covers the development of education at all levels in all countries of the Asia-Pacific region and beyond, using the latest international data bases, while blending in analyses of both quantitate and qualitative research.
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 14, 2014).
Series
Education in the Asia-Pacific region ; volume 27.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9789812872203
Preface
1. The power of education
2. The right to education
3. Towards a literate world
4. Education for all
a quiet revolution
5. Education for all
milestones and millstones
6. Education for the 21st century
7. Education- the tree of life
8. Towards a culture of peace
9. Education at the crossroads
10. Higher Education ? the engine of development
11. Games and game-changers in teaching and learning
12. Science, technology, health and sustainable development
13. On building and rebuilding nations
14. Power, policy making and globalisation.
