Centering Whole-Child Development in Global Education Reform : International Perspectives on Agendas for Educational Equity and Quality

Introduction / Jaekyung Lee and Kenneth K. Wong -- Whole child/youth development initiatives in the Ethiopian education policy reforms and practices : lessons from the past and harnessing future intentions / Belay Tefera Kibret and Getnet Tizazu Fetene -- The status of early childhood education in South Africa : a systematic review on the alignment of policy and practice for whole child development / Nosisi N. Feza and Shakespear M. Chiphambo -- Achieving whole-child development in Nepal : navigating through equity within diversity and resource limitation in education / Prem Prasad Poudel and Tae-Hee Choi -- Education for Vietnamese youth : status, challenges and development issues in the context of new rural development / Tran Thi Thai Ha and Ngo Thi Thanh Tung -- Does the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) contribute to whole person development? : the rise of the IBDP in Asia and its implications for education reform / Moosung Lee, Sejin Kim, Su Yon Choi, & Jinho Kim -- Singapore's student-centered, values-driven education system : a case study of teacher professional learning / Shu-Shing Lee, Alexius Chia, Andrew Pereira, and Lee Yong Tay -- The oxymoron of Free Semester Program (FSP) in Korea : intended and unintended policy consequences for whole-person development / Daekwon Park, Sung Kyung Cho, and Kyoungjin Jang -- Fighting social inequalities at schools and whole child development approach : a challenging reconciliation in France / Nathalie Mons and Etienne Butzbach -- The long Chilean road towards an inclusive education system : from laissez-faire to state regulation and constitutional change / Javier González and Emiliana Vegas -- Re-envisioning American education reform : how and why whole community environment matters for whole child development / Jaekyung Lee and Mengchen Su -- Policy challenges and promising strategies : lessons on global efforts to advance whole child development / Kenneth K. Wong and Jaekyung Lee.