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This Yearbook On Education For 2001 Brings Together Leading International Voices On Values In Education And Presents A Window On Current Debates. These Include Such Fundamental Issues As Who Should Decide Upon The Values We Adopt. Chapter General Introduction: Globalization And Educational Cultures In Late Modernity: The Agamemnon Syndrome -- Part Section I: Perspectives On Values, Culture And Education -- Chapter 1 Values, Culture And Education: An Overview -- Chapter 2 Moral Perspectives On Values, Culture And Education -- Chapter 3 Religious Perspectives On Values, Culture And Education -- Chapter 4 Economic Perspectives On Values, Culture And Education: Markets In Education – A Cautionary Note -- Chapter 5 Legal Perspectives On Values, Culture And Education: Human Rights, Responsibilities And Values In Education -- Part Section Ii: Changing Values And Cultures In Education: National Case Studies -- Chapter 6 Mapping Patterns Of Change In Cultures And Schools -- Chapter 7 Changing Cultures And Schools In Australia -- Chapter 8 Changing Cultures And Schools In Brazil -- Chapter 9 Changing Cultures And Schools In Canada -- Chapter 10 Changing Cultures And Schools In Denmark -- Chapter 11 Changing Cultures And Schools In England And Wales -- Chapter 12 Changing Cultures And Schools In France -- Chapter 13 Changing Cultures And Schools In Germany -- Chapter 14 Changing Cultures And Schools In Japan -- Chapter 15 Changing Cultures And Schools In The People's Republic Of China -- Chapter 16 Changing Cultures And Schools In Poland -- Chapter 17 Changing Cultures And Schools In South Africa -- Chapter 18 Changing Cultures And Schools In South Korea -- Chapter 19 Changing Cultures And Schools In The United States Of America. Edited By Jo Cairns, Roy Gardner And Denis Lawton.