Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Education

This volume is a collection of essays on educational issues belonging to educators and researchers from three continents, namely Africa, Asia, and Europe. The essays are grouped into four sections: the first, â oeTeaching and Teacher Educationâ , encompasses collaborative learning, learning competencies, learning strategies, pre-service teachers, and special education. The second, â oePsychosocial Development of Children in Educationâ , is comprised of essays concerned with academic achievement, child rights, family and gender issues, pre-schoolers, public education, school type, school violence, university students, and university youth, while the third, â oeEducational Policyâ investigates issues such as environmental citizenship, decision making, democracy, education, Gypsies, higher education, IT systems in education, migration, organisational justice, and public and private schools. The final section, â oeLanguage in Teachingâ is concerned with topics such as bilingual children, contrastive analysis, English language teaching, language skills, learning strategies, and online teaching materials. The book will appeal to educators, researchers, and students involved in education sciences.