Undertaking educational challenges in the 21st century : research from the field / edited by Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Kagendo Mutua

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Undertaking educational challenges in the 21st century: research from the field / Cynthia Szymanski Sunal and Kagendo Mutua -- Decolonizing schooling: toward a culturally relevant curriculum in rural Kenya / Maylan Dunn, C. Sheldon Woods, and Moses Mutuku -- Educating the African newcomer student in western New York: the case of Sife and multilingual learners / Mulu-tsehay B. Belete, Haoua M. Hamza, and Touorouzou H. Some -- Implementation of competency-based curriculum reform in primary schools in Benin: perceptions of teachers, supervisors, students, and parents / Gado Issaou, Kelani Raphael, and Mark van’t Hooft -- Research on mathematics and reading education in Sub-Saharan Africa: cases of Botswana and Lesotho / Gibbs Y. Kanyongo, James B. Schreiber, and Launcelot I. Brown -- I want to make a difference in their lives: a case study on learning from the lived experiences of nine South African teachers working with underachieving students / Maria J. Oreshkina and Katherine H. Greenberg -- Dared men leading: the role of community centeredness on educational leadership practices in Trinidad and Tobago / Dennis A. Conrad and Launcelot I. Brown -- A critical analysis of the inclusive education policy in Greek Cyprus / Panayiotis Angelides -- Turkey 2010: transforming education to meet challenges / Necmi Aksit -- Teacher interpersonal behavior and students’ subject-related attitudes in general and vocational science classes in Turkey / Perry den Brok, Sibel Telli, and Jale Cakiroglu -- Evaluation of the first step to success: early intervention program with Turkish children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Selda Ozdemir -- Learning processes and epistemological beliefs of Saudi Arabian and American students: translation process and initial results / Saddliga Al-Ghalib ... [et al.] -- International advanced studies as a head start for an academic career: the case of Israeli graduate students in the United States / Dorit Tubin and Orit Lapidot -- Epilogue: undertaking educational challenges in the 21st century / Lucy Avraamidou