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Summary: This article discusses how socio-cultural views of families relate to schooling decisions in a developing context. It shows that socio-cultural interactive ways in Cameroon differ not only with respect to rural-urban settings and gender but also influence the ways families and other stakeholders make educational decisions. The article brings to light socio-cultural and interactive… Read More »

Summary: This paper addresses aspects of global educational reform initiatives in the first two decades of the 21st century, comparing and contrasting these with the efforts of Finland, a nation in which students have recently and repeatedly outperformed other countries on international assessments. Utilizing the thesis that lessons from Finland can be used to support… Read More »

Резюме: В статье дана краткая информация о философской трактовке экзистенциализма от его истоков до современного периода с уклоном в понятийные характеристики совместного существования в современном и якобы  совершенном мире. Особое внимание уделяется не только диалогу между различными культурами и вероисповеданиями, но и культуре самого диалога – вопрос, который должен волновать каждого человека. В статье также… Read More »

Zusammenfassung: Im Zentrum des Beitrages stehen Religion, Toleranz und Demokratie in der Philosophie John Deweys – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Kontexte. Angesichts der in den USA eskalierenden Gewalt gegenüber Afroamerikanern, die Gegengewalt erzeugt, stellt sich die Frage: Welchen Stellenwert besaß Toleranz in Deweys Demokratievorstellung? Mit welchem Erfolg setzte Dewey seinen pragmatischen Instrumentalismus als tool ein,… Read More »

David P. Baker (2014): The Schooled Society. The Educational Transformation of Global Culture. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. [Cloth ISBN: 9780804787369; Paper ISBN: 9780804790475; Digital ISBN: 9780804790482; EAN: 9780804790475; 342 Seiten (gebunden), 360 Seiten (e-book)] David Bakers Buch wird in einer verlagseigenen Kurzbeschreibung als alternative, bahnbrechende Perspektive auf die globale Bildungsrevolution und als eines der… Read More »

Summary: This article deals with the role of education for peace building in the context of the Colombian post-conflict. It locates the former in the context of pragmatist and legalist approaches to post-conflict phases and analyses its “buffer role” between the two. A brief introduction to the history of the Colombian conflict is followed by… Read More »

Summary: This study is focused on phases of the textbook revision movement and textbook debates from the Oslo Conference organized by the International Committee of Historians in 1928. It is based on interviews by the contemporary Norwegian newspaper “Aftenposten” and on reports to the Hungarian Ministry of Education written by the Hungarian conference delegate, Sandor… Read More »

IDE publishes thematically connected issues as well as ones in which the title of the journal (International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present) provides the sole orientation for the examination of educational events from historical, international and comparative perspectives. The latter is the case for the articles and reviews of the present issue (IDE 2016,… Read More »

Tamás Kozma et. al. (2015): Learning Regions in Hungary: From Theory to Realities. Debrecen: Center for Higher Education Research and Development Hungary (CHERD-H); Hungarian Educational Research Association. [40 pages. ISBN 978-963-12-3965-2 (See also: http://mek.oszk.hu/15000/15075/15075.pdf)] This book is the 11th publication in the book series “Region and Education” of the Center of Higher Education Research and… Read More »

Oerter, Rolf (2014): Der Mensch, das wundersame Wesen. Was Evolution, Kultur und Ontogenese aus uns machen. Heidelberg: SpringerSpektrum. [(442 Seiten; Preis: 29,99 Euro; ISBN: 978-3-658-03321-7 (Print), 978-3-658-03322-4 (Online)] Rolf Oerter dürfte den meisten Pädagogen durch sein Standardwerk “Entwicklungspsychologie” bekannt sein. Sein neues Buch “Der Mensch, das wundersame Wesen (…)” ist bei SpringerSpektrum erschienen und widmet… Read More »