Chapter 1: The Scope of the Book PART ONE: THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION Chapter 2: The Functions of Education; Chapter 3: Education versus Training; Chapter 4: Stages of Education Development; Chapter 5: Education and National Development; Chapter 6: Globalization and Education. PART TWO: EDUCATION POLICY Chapter 7: Key Foci of Policy Analysis; Chapter 8: Education Policy Orientations; Chapter 9: Models for Analysing Education Policy; Chapter 10: Policy Borrowing; Chapter 11: Policy Changes in Higher Education. PART THREE: CURRICULUM Chapter 12: Orientations to Curriculum; Chapter 13: Approaches to Curriculum Planning; Chapter 14: Outcomes-based Education; Chapter 15: Alternatives to the Objectives Model for Curriculum Planning; Chapter 16: The Curriculum Ideas of Kieran Egan. PART FOUR: TEACHING AND LEARNING Chapter 17: Learning and the Conditions that Enhance Learning; Chapter 18: Questioning Some Taken-for Granted Assumptions about Teaching and Learning; Chapter 19: Approaches to Teaching; Chapter 20: Learning Through Making and Doing; Chapter 21: Direct Instruction. PART FIVE: LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION Chapter 21: Different Types of Leadership; Chapter 23: Leadership for Learning; Chapter 24: Leadership in Assessment for Learning Chapter 25: Leadership for Change Chapter 26: Some Challenging Positions for Leaders to Consider. PART SIX: TEACHER PREPARATION Chapter 27: The Evolution of Teacher Preparation; Chapter 28: A Model to Inform Planning for Teacher Preparation; Chapter 29: Globalisation, Internationalisation and Teacher Preparation; Chapter 30: Teacher Induction; Chapter 31: Alternative Models of Teacher Preparation. PART SEVEN: International Developments in Education Chapter 32: Standardised Testing; Chapter 33: National Curriculum; Chapter 34: Education in Countries in Transition; Chapter 35: Shadow Education; Chapter 36: The Challenge of ICT in the Classroom.