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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Indian Higher Education System: A Study from Ancient to Modern Age -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Education in Ancient India -- Educational System in Gurukul -- Relation between Teacher and Students -- Size of the Class in Ancient India -- Taxila -- Specialized Subjects of Higher Education -- Nalanda -- Education in the Epics -- Education in the Later Ancient Period -- Development of Social Work -- Development of Personality -- Making Formal and Informal Education Responsible -- Providing Free Education -- Societal Needs -- Higher Education in Medieval India -- The Madrasah as a System of Education -- Education in the Colonial Period -- Colonial Education -- Women's Education in India -- Present Indian Education System -- Central Government and Higher Education -- Where India Stand Globally -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Human Rights Education in India: Needs And Future Actions -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Goals of Human Rights Education -- Human Right Education in India -- The Impartation of Human Right Education -- Future Aspect of HRE -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Blended Course Design and Delivery in the Present Scenario -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Faculty and Student Perceptions of E-Learning -- Theoretical Support for Blended Course Design and Delivery -- Blended Delivery -- Discussion -- Flexibility -- Blended Design and Instruction Considerations -- Adjust the Course Design -- Activities -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Open and Distance Education Evolution in Contemporary Situations -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Characteristics of Distance Education -- Features of Open and Distance Education -- Scope of Open and Distance Learning -- The Paradigm Shift in Distance Education -- Nomenclatures Used for Open and Distance Education.

Education is a spoken word poem that explores many aspects of the African American struggle within (self-knowledge). It starts with an African American college student who is disappointed with the lack of courses about her culture. Most curricula in the United States tend to be from a Eurocentric perspective, leaving out a multitude of information about people of color. All groups of people of color have unique experiences, however, African Americans have the most known (or perhaps I should say, unknown) history. The standard explanation of their existence is often limited to the start of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, when African were captured and taken to the Americas. History books from kindergarten to twelfth grade do not seem to go any further than that – slavery. In fact, with the lack of studies on African history prior to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the systematic methods to conceal the truth, there are not many college-level books that cover African history either. Education aims to uplift and educate the African American community. Throughout the poem, the student makes connections from information she learned from Anatomy and from outside readings. There are also spiritual connections from African culture that has been reflected upon. It also speaks on the struggles from the past and present of being put down because of one's race. It calls upon reflections of Trayvon Martin, Eric Gardner, and ancestors that were enslaved, freed, and living prior to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Overall, self-knowledge is one of the most important things to have. African Americans have been hurt spiritually, emotionally, psychologically, and often times, physically. Not knowing one's own culture immediately gravitates one to admire others and could potentially perpetuate self-hate. The information on one's culture should be readily available throughout the education system and commonly known.

There has been much criticism of academic leadership programs for not adequately preparing leaders. This is the case for all of the major programs: business administration, educational leadership, military science, and public administration. However, these evaluations themselves are limited inasmuch as they are typically concerned with such dimension as students' satisfaction and faculty credentials and performance while organizational outcomes attributable to leadership are ignored. The present research investigates the relationship of institutional outcomes for colleges and universities and the presence or absences of presidents with formal leadership training. The outcomes indicators are those contained in the Integrated Postsecondary Educational Data Systems (IPEDS), and include variables such as tuition affordability, graduation rates, availability of student leans, and faculty salaries and benefits. A mixed methodology is used: A quantitative analysis of important IPEDS indicators and a content analysis of interviews with selected presidents. The quantitative analysis employed inferential statistics using a random sample groups of 100 presidents--one with formal leadership education, and a second group of 100 without such education--to determine the relationship- between success and the presidents' credentials. Using IPEDS data, it was found overall that presidents with formal leadership education are no more and no less likely to run successful colleges than their counterparts without such training. When comparing colleges of similar student body size and setting, four-or-more year colleges that employ presidents with no formal leadership education where three times more likely to be successful as compared to colleges that employ presidents with formal leadership education. This trend is reversed among two-to-four year schools. Those schools that employ presidents with formal leadership education were two times more likely to be successful as compared to those without formal leadership education. These data suggest a niche in which presidents with formal leadership education are most successful. The content analysis used interviews of the presidents. Those with formal leadership training, all referred to their education as being important to their responsibilities and all presidents interviewed felt that using IPEDS data in making institutional decisions was important. Implications of the finding form training programs and for future are offered.

Lithuania has achieved steady expansion of participation in education, substantially widening access to early childhood education and care and tertiary education, coupling this with nearly universal participation in secondary education. However, if Lithuania's education system is to help the nation respond effectively to economic opportunities and demographic challenges, improvements in the performance of its schools and its higher education institutions are needed. Improved performance requires that Lithuania clarify and raise expectations of performance, align resources in support of raised performance expectations, strengthen performance monitoring and the assurance of quality, and build institutional capacity to achieve high performance. This orientation to improvement should be carried across each sector of its education system. This report assesses Lithuania's policies and practices against best practice in education from across the OECD and other countries in the region. It analyses its education system's major strengths and the challenges it faces, from early childhood education and care to tertiary education. It offers recommendations on how Lithuania can improve quality and equity to support strong, sustainable and inclusive growth. This report will be of interest in Lithuania and other countries looking to raise the quality, equity and efficiency of their education systems.

How can Latvia improve the quality and equity of its education system and realise long-term efficiency gains? This report covers the whole education system from early childhood education and care to tertiary education and provides an assessment of Latvia's policies and practices against the best approaches in education and skills across the OECD. This international comparison brings to the fore the many strengths of Latvia's education system, but also highlights the challenges it faces and provides a number of recommendations in response. This report will be of value to Latvia but also policy makers in other countries looking to raise the quality, equity and efficiency of their education systems.

This report offers a cumulative review of Grantmakers for Education programming and research in the learning action series from the past two years and underscores the urgency of tackling the issue of equity in communities, schools, and within the U.S. social and democratic systems. It also provides an opportunity to reflect on this moment in history. ; Grantmakers For Education

Safety and the protection of freedoms constitute key challenges the education system is currently facing in the context of digitalization, challenges that require the promotion of a more elaborate definition of digital democracy correlated with concerns related to human rights, development inequality depending on access to education, responsibility and, last but not least, building consensus in highly diverse environments. Therefore, security as a fundamental value of democratic societies requires a reassessment in relation to the principles promoted by political institutions – inclusion, responsibility and transparency –, debatable against the background of political polarization and the emergence of new digital technologies. The present article is not intended to formulate a general theory on how the digitalization of education and democracy relate or are mutually exclusive. It deals with more or less contingent situations and raises additional – including empirical – questions about the role that digitalization in the education system can have for the state of democracy, regardless of the level of understanding. The intent is directed to the concrete mode in which digitalization can be beneficial or inadequate for democracy, contributing to a better understanding of the challenges. The reader can translate it into own environment, linking personal reading to specific democratic processes, including the level and type of digital activity.

This article addresses three questions: what is the precise relationship between democracy and education in the present times? What do we learn from the results of the latest international PISA survey on the state of democracy in the most advanced countries (the West)? Finally, what do the recent results of the elections in the United States reveal about the situation of democracy but also the needs in terms of education? The analysis shows that, at a time when economies are globalized and in the era of the knowledge and digital economy, it is necessary to rethink the role that education must play in relation to democracy. The analysis also shows that there is a risk of a decline in democracy in Western countries due to an increase in the number of young people with very low education and a decrease in those with an excellent education (i.e. the elite). Finally, the paper states that, in the face of rising nationalism and totalitarianism (particularly in the United States), raising the level of education of the population is certainly the best answer to be given. ; Cet article s'adresse à trois questions : quelle est la relation précise entre démocratie et éducation dans les temps présents ? Que nous apprennent les résultats de la dernière enquête internationale PISA sur la situation de la démocratie dans les pays les plus avancés (soit l'Occident) ? Enfin, que nous révèlent les récents résultats des élections aux Etats-Unis, de nouveau, sur la situation de la démocratie mais aussi sur les besoins en termes d'éducation ? L'analyse montre que, dans un temps où les économies sont mondialisées, et à l'ère de l'économie de la connaissance et du numérique, il faut repenser le rôle que doit jouer l'éducation vis-à-vis de la démocratie. L'analyse montre aussi qu'il y a un risque de recul de la démocratie dans les pays occidentaux dû à l'augmentation du nombre de jeunes ayant une très faible éducation et à une diminution de ceux en ayant une excellente (c'est-à-dire l'élite). Enfin, le papier établit que face à une montée du nationalisme et d'un certain totalitarisme (notamment aux Etats-Unis), élever le niveau d'éducation de la population est certainement la meilleure réponse à apporter.

This insightful collection of essays explores the ways in which open education can democratise access to education for all. It is a rich resource that offers both research and case studies to relate the application of open technologies and approaches in education settings around the world. Global in perspective, this book argues strongly for the value of open education in both the developed and developing worlds. Through a mixture of theoretical and practical approaches, it demonstrates that open education promotes ideals of inclusion, diversity, and social justice to achieve the vision of education as a fundamental human right. A must-read for practitioners, policy-makers, scholars and students in the field of education.