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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Banks: Fraud and Crime explores the main issues which arise in bank
fraud world-wide and looks at the possible options available for
corrective action. A series of leading commentators examine the
basic nature of bank fraud and financial crime, comparing the legal
and regulatory framework in England to those in place in the USA
and elsewhere. Banks: Fraud and Crime also takes a detailed look at
the core issue of money laundering at a national, regional and
international level as well as considering the many other complex
issues arising from bank fraud and financial crime.
Edited by three leading figures in the field, this book offers an
absolutely authoritative interpretation of international education
today. Under the umbrella of groups such as the International
Baccalaureate Organization, academic research, increasing student
numbers and interest from national school systems, international
schools are rapidly developing in terms of curriculum, standards
and influence. This book brings together present thinking on all
aspects of international education, its management and the best
practices. Truly international in scope, this is a book that anyone
involved with international education should read.
Educational Learning and Development: Building and Enhancing
Capacity explores the topic of educational learning and development
in order to examine issues that are impacting, either positively or
negatively, on current research in this area. This is explored
through ten groups of research participants from various countries,
including circus families and teachers, students and teachers in a
senior secondary art classroom, a parent-run alternative school,
and refugees and migrants in a rural setting. These data sets are
analysed through eight 'hot topics' and 'wicked problems' in
contemporary education, seeking to uncover the capacity building
potential of the research projects and what factors impacted on or
assisted their development.
Contemporary Capacity-Building in Educational Contexts extends
current understandings of what capacities and capacity-building are
and of the dimensions that maximise their prospects of success in
current educational policy-making and provision. It does this by
exploring how capacity-building is implemented among nine groups of
research participants, including Australian, Dutch and English
circus families, migrants and refugees in an Australian regional
town, and a university education research team. These data sets are
analysed to address eight 'hot topics' and 'wicked problems' in
contemporary education: consciousness; creativity; dis/empowerment
and agency; diversity and identity; forms of capital and
currencies; knowledge sharing; regionality and rurality; and
resilience.
International education has an ever-increasing profile. This is not
only reflected in the growth in the number of international schools
around the world; it is also highlighted by the reform of national
education systems; by interest in educational models such as the
International Baccalaureate programmes; and by the development of
international dimensions within national schools and curricula.
Perhaps most pertinently of all, world events have repeatedly
focused attention on the importance of developing understanding in
an international context as a central dimension of any education
system.;This book is about the state and future of international
education in relation to national schools and education systems as
well as those that are classed as "international schools". As a
survey and introduction to education in an international context in
practice, the book is an introduction for any educator. It should
also help those with more experience in the field to develop their
understanding of the possibilities and realities of international
education. It tackles a wide range of issues, including: the
history and nature of international education; translating concepts
into formal curriculum frameworks; supporting and developing
teaching in an international context; organizing and managing
schools and their communities for effective international
education.;With its scope, authoritative contributions and
practical emphasis, the book is intended as an important resource
and guide for many teachers and school leaders, curriculum
developers, educational administrators, politicians and students of
education.
George Walker was director general of the International
Baccalaureate and visiting professor in the University of Bath. In
this collection of autobiographical essays he describes some
defining moments in his distinguished career in education. In
schools, of course, but also in the harvest fields of Essex and the
Paleolithic cave at Lascaux; behind the Iron Curtain in
Czechoslovakia; on the alpine ski slopes; in the concert hall and
in the footsteps of Cecil Rhodes in southern Africa; in Baghdad and
in Bosnia, there have been many unexpected lessons to learn.
Globalization means that no country can afford to ignore what goes
on outside its borders. International exchanges are part of
everyday life. As a result, international education has been
growing at an astonishing rate over the last generation. In
"Educating the Global Citizen", George Walker examines in-depth the
basic concepts of international education: the apparent tension
between human diversity and our common humanity; the importance of
intercultural understanding; and, the search for a set of universal
values to unite humankind.
Reflections on an international education. George Walker's career
in education has fallen into three parts: the first as science
teacher and university lecturer in science education; the second as
promoter and practitioner of comprehensive education in the United
Kingdom; the third as international educator. In 1991 he became
director general of the world's oldest and largest international
school in Geneva. Eight years later he was appointed to his present
post as director general of the International Baccalaureate
Organization.
First published in 1799, George Walker's The Vagabond was an
immediate popular success. Offering a vitriolic critique of
post-Bastille Jacobinism and sansculotte-style mob rule, its
true-to-life satirical portraits of many of the radical men and
women who fought in the forefront of the "British Revolution" are
nonetheless full of playful banter and farce. With swipes at Hume,
Rousseau, Godwin, Wollstonecraft, and Paine; the French Revolution;
and the ideas of the noble savage, natural virtue, liberty,
equality, and romantic primitivism, The Vagabond offers a unique
cross-section of 1790s radicalism. This Broadview edition contains
a critical introduction and a wide selection of primary source
materials that situate the novel in the context of the
revolutionary debate of the 1790s. Appendices include contemporary
reviews of the novel and excerpts from the writings of a variety of
radicals and reactionaries engaged in the debate, such as Hume,
Rousseau, Paine, Thelwall, Wollstonecraft, Godwin, Burke, Playfair,
Malthus, and Cobbett, among many others.
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