Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Beginning Literacy in Two Languages; Three Bilingual Children-Illustrative Cases ; Eruera Stirling, A New Zealand Maori; Richard Rodriguez, A Spanish-American; A Cautionary Tale; Actively Connecting with the School; Writing Down Messages; Reading to Children-Experience with Book Language; What Should Be Happening; Reading Instruction; Teacher-Child Talk-A Fourth Component; Acting and Story-Telling-Further Bridges to Language Gains; Natural Language Texts, Contrived Texts and Literary Texts; And So, To Conclude; Acknowledgements; References
2 A Vision of Education in the 21st CenturyReference; 3 Music Education for National Development: The Philippine Experience; Acknowledgements; 4 National Education and the Scientific Tradition; 5 Approaching the Next Millennium: Education at the Crossroads; Acknowledgements; 6 Breaking the Cycle of Literacy Disadvantage in the 21st Century; UNESCO Statistics on Literacy Around the World; Cross-National Surveys of Literacy by IEA; Fiji Book Flood; Book Flood Students; The Reap Project in Singapore; References; 7 Education Administration: Analysis, New Challenges and Responses
Tribute to Dr. Ruth WongReasons for Choice of Topic; Formal Teaching of Education Administration and Development of Theories; Some Major Problems that Account for the Complexity of Education Administration; Complex Interaction; Problems of Recruiting Quality Candidates to the Teaching Profession; Erosion of the Social Prestige of the Teaching Profession; Economic and Social Changes; Explosion of Information Technology; Issues of Equity and Quality; Uncritical Acceptance of Foreign Models; Let Me Cite Three Examples; Centralised System of Education and Creative Management; Manager
Professional LeadershipHuman Relations Facilitator; Transmitter of Values; Change Agent; Conflicts Mediator; Finance Controller; Evaluator; Philosopher; Regional Centre for Education Administration; Acknowledgements; Reference; 8 Education and Human Resources Development for the Knowledge Economy: A Personal Perspective; Why Are a Few Countries So Rich and the Majority So Poor?; Acquisition of Knowledge; Absorption of Knowledge; Dr. Ruth Wong Hie King; Education and Human Resource Development: The World Bank's Contribution; References
9 Women and Leadership in Institutions of Higher EducationIntroduction; Gender Distribution in Universities; Overall Gender Distribution; Senior Women Managers, 2000; Women in Senior Academic Positions; Women in Second Tier Management Positions; Factors Disabling Women; Where Do Inequities Really Exist?; Strategies to Enhance the Contribution of Women; Outcomes of Leadership Programmes for Women; Conclusion; References; 10 Motivation, Engagement, and Educational Performance: International Perspectives; Synopsis; References; Appendix; Index

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