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Widening access to education as social justice : essays in honor of Michael Omolewa by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…-- II -- Overviews -- Widening participation for social justice: poverty and access to education -- HIV/AIDS as a depleting factor in widening access to education -- The dialectics of poverty, educational opportunities, and ICTs -- UNESCO policies and conferences: widening access to education to further social justice -- Universalizing access to basic education: UNESCO's normative action -- III -- National case studies -- Reaching the unreached learner: lifelong learning, adult and community education in Victoria, Austra -- Access and participation issues in New Zealand Adult, Community, and Tertiary Education -- The United States' "No Child Left Behind Act" and its implications for widening access to education -- Towards comparative equality but persisting inequality in relation to the ambitions of Swedish education -- Problems and prospects of access to education in China -- Contexts and challenges of widening access to education in Japan -- Social justice and access to education: a case study of Pakistan -- Opportunities and challenges of widening access to education: adult education in Botswana -- Access and equal opportunity in higher education in the United States: the effects of education and public finance policies -- IV -- llustrative and special cases -- From exclusion to participation in English higher education -- African school curriculum as a front on which to widen access to education -- Educational access for girls: the case of Kano State of Nigeria -- Widening access to university education in Nigeria: the Open University option -- Mature age entry and widening access to university education: a Southern African perspective -- Access to basic education for girls: the Nigerian experience -- V -- Future directions -- Widening access to education in the era of globalization: future policy thrusts -- Widening access to education in the era of globalization: future research thrusts.…”
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