This book compares primary education in urban and rural China and India. It focuses on how the sociocultural context including educational policy, educators and parents' beliefs, and the conditions under which teaching and learning occur shape classroom pedagogy and determine children's attainment. [...]

What I am about to tell you will change the course of history for humanity forever. What I have realised by experiencing 'The Absolute - Dedicated to H.H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi' is the Ultimate Truth. I had to realise Shri Mataji's true life and feel all that Mother went through and why, all the[...]

The 'C' language is still popular, particularly for open source software and embedded programming. Most books on the market today discuss several concepts scattered through out the book, making it very difficult for a beginner to grasp them. Therefore, an effort is made to employ a step-by-step syst[...]

This book, which extends pioneering work on Chinese learners in two previous volumes, examines teaching and learning in Chinese societies and advances understanding of 'the Chinese learner' in changing global contexts. Given the burgeoning research in this area, pedagogical shifts from knowledge tra[...]

In 2000, the global community set six goals as part of the Education for All (EFA) agenda. This monograph considers progress towards Goal 1, namely "to expand and improve comprehensive early childhood care and education". The book shows that policy priority and funding for early childhood care and e[...]