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This book highlights some of Kenneth King’s diverse contributions to international and comparative education, African studies and development studies over more than four decades. From his pioneering work on the first educational commissions to Africa, through his research on skills training in the informal sector, and on to his critical analysis of education analysis in development agencies, this book makes influential materials available in one place. Appropriately, it illustrates his career-long connections with Kenya, but also his more recent engagement with Japan, China and India. It is the first CERC volume to pay significant attention to the policies and politics of skills development. Kenneth King is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Edinburgh. He was based in and directed its Centre of African Studies for many years, and lectured on international perspectives in education and training in its School of Education. His research interests have addressed the politics and planning of skills development, including in the informal sector of the economy, aid policies towards education of both Western and Asian donors, and higher education cooperation. He founded NORRAG, the network for international policies and cooperation in education and training, in 1986, and edited NORRAG News until 2016. He was President of the British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) from 2014-2016, and was one of the founding members of the UK Forum on International Education and Training (UKFIET).

Education --- International cooperation. --- International education . --- Comparative education. --- Professional education. --- Vocational education. --- Education—History. --- Poverty. --- Area studies. --- Ability. --- International and Comparative Education. --- Professional & Vocational Education. --- History of Education. --- Development Aid. --- Area Studies. --- Skills. --- Abilities --- Aptitude --- Proficiency --- Skill --- Skills --- Talent --- Talents --- Expertise --- Area research --- Foreign area studies --- Research --- Geography --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Education, Vocational --- Vocational training --- Work experience --- Technical education --- Education, Professional --- Career education --- Education, Higher --- Education, Comparative --- Global education --- Intellectual cooperation --- Internationalism --- Study and teaching --- History

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Education: Fundamental human right or strategic tool in support of economic growth? How does commodity-dependence influence education policy and practice? What is the role of vocational training vis-à-vis university education in developing countries? Are MOOCs and Chinese cooperation a game changer for higher education in Africa? And how does student migration sit vis-à-vis the globalisation of knowledge? These and other questions lie at the heart of Education, Learning, Training: Critical Issues for Development , a collection of essays edited by Gilles Carbonnier, Michel Carton and Kenneth King, which explore 50 years of international discourse surrounding education and development. Drawing on examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America, the articles examine issues hitherto largely neglected, but of increasing relevance to researchers and policymakers.

Educational sciences --- Developing countries --- Teachers --- Training of. --- Teacher education --- Teacher training --- Teachers, Training of --- international development --- Africa --- Capability approach --- China --- Higher education --- Lifelong learning --- Massive open online course