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    Series series Woburn Education Series
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    Japan in a Transnational World

    Edited by Joyce Goodman, Setsuko Kagawa ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Educational History and Development in Asia
    This unique collection provides critical analyses of Japanese educational history by bringing together gender, transnational, and transcultural perspectives.It illustrates how Japanese, European, and American women educators transcended national borders in seeking to reform and re-shape Japanese education and society in the midst of social and political change from the Meiji era (1868-1912) to ... Read more

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    This work provides an overall review and analysis of the history of education and of its key research priorities in the British context. It investigates the extent to which education has contributed historically to social change in Britain, how it has itself been moulded by society, and the needs and opportunities that remain for further research in this general area. Contributors review the ... Read more

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  • Women, Educational Policy-Making and Administration in England

    Authoritative Women Since 1800

    Edited by Joyce Goodman, Sylvia Harrop ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Gender and History
    The role of women in policy-making has been largely neglected in conventional social and political histories. This book opens up this field of study, taking the example of women in education as its focus. It examines the work, attitudes, actions and philosophies of women who played a part in policy-making and administration in education in England over two centuries, looking at women engaged at ... Read more

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