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Comparative Education Research

2007-08-21
Comparative Education Research

Author: Mark Bray

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9781402061882

Category: Education

Page: 448

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Approaches and methods in comparative education research are of obvious importance, but do not always receive adequate attention. This book contributes new insights within the longstanding traditions of the field. A particular feature is the focus on different units of analysis. Individual chapters compare places, systems, times, cultures, values, policies, curricula and other units. These chapters are contextualised within broader analytical frameworks which identify the purposes and strengths of the field. The book includes a focus on intra-national as well as cross-national comparisons, and highlights the value of approaching themes from different angles. The book will be of great value not only to producers of comparative education research but also to consumers who wish to understand more thoroughly the parameters and value of the field.

Learning from Comparing: new directions in comparative education research

1999-01-01
Learning from Comparing: new directions in comparative education research

Author: Robin Alexander

Publisher: Symposium Books Ltd

ISBN: 9781873927588

Category: Education

Page: 304

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'Learning from Comparing' is a major two-volume study which reassesses the contribution of comparative educational research and theory to our understanding of contemporary educational problems and to our capacity to solve them. At a time when educational research is under attack on the grounds of ‘bias’ and ‘irrelevance’, and under pressure to address only those questions which are acceptable politically (as good a definition of bias as any), this is a serious attempt to bridge the worlds of research, policy and practice. The editors have put together a collection – in terms of both perspective and nationality – which ensures contrasting viewpoints on each topic.

Comparative Education

2007
Comparative Education

Author: Robert F. Arnove

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN: 074255984X

Category: Education

Page: 432

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Comparative Education examines the common problems facing education systems around the world as the result of global economic, social, and cultural forces. Issues related to the governance, financing, provision, processes, and outcomes of education systems for differently situated social groups are described and analyzed in specific regional, national, and local contexts.

International Handbook of Comparative Education

2009-08-22
International Handbook of Comparative Education

Author: Robert Cowen

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9781402064036

Category: Education

Page: 1371

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This two-volume compendium brings together leading scholars from around the world who provide authoritative studies of the old and new epistemic motifs and theoretical strands that have characterized the interdisciplinary field of comparative and international education in the last 50 years. It analyses the shifting agendas of scholarly research, the different intellectual and ideological perspectives and the changing methodological approaches used to examine and interpret education and pedagogy across different political formations, societies and cultures.

Comparative and International Education

2019-08-26
Comparative and International Education

Author: C. C. Wolhuter

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

ISBN: 9781787434615

Category: Education

Page: 308

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This book explores the evolution and current state of the scholarly field of comparative and international education over 200 years of development. Experts in the field explore comparative and international education in each of the major world regions.

Origins and Traditions in Comparative Education

2020-06-30
Origins and Traditions in Comparative Education

Author: Maria Manzon

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781000011722

Category: Education

Page: 112

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This volume aims to expand knowledge about the history of comparative education. It explores new scholarship on key actors and ways of knowing in the field. It aims to raise awareness on the positionality of historical narratives about this field of inquiry and offers a re-think of its histories. Since comparative education has always been embedded within a global field of power, what would the changing world order’s implications be for the institutional and intellectual histories of the field? This book offers diverse perspectives for re-theorising the histories of comparative education. It suggests casting a far-sighted and panoramic look at the field’s origins. The volume concludes with a puzzle for future work on a global history of comparative education. This book was originally published as a special issue of Comparative Education.

International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research

2005-03-17
International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research

Author: Joseph Zajda

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 1402028288

Category: Education

Page: 876

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The aim of this Handbook is to present a global overview of developments in education and policy change during the last decade. It has the objective of providing both a strategic education policy statement on recent shifts in education and policy research globally and offers new approaches to further exploration, development and improvement of education and policy making. The Handbook attempts to address some of the above issues and problems confronting educators and policy makers globally. Different articles seek to conceptualize the on-going problems of education policy formulation and implementation, and provide a useful synthesis of the education policy research conducted in different countries, and practical implications. The Handbook, by focusing on such issues as - the OECD (2001) model of the knowledge society, and associated strategic challenge and 'deliverable goals' (OECD 2001:139) - UNESCO-driven lifelong learning paradigm, and its relevance to education policy makers, globally - different models of policy planning, and equity questions that are raised by centralization/decentralization, diversity/uniformity and curriculum standardization issues - the 'crises' of educational quality, the debate of standards and excellence, and good and effective teaching. - will contribute to a better and more holistic understanding of the education policy and research nexus; offering possible strategies for the effective and pragmatic policy planning and implementation at the local, regional and national levels.

China through the Lens of Comparative Education

2014-11-20
China through the Lens of Comparative Education

Author: Ruth Hayhoe

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317672555

Category: Education

Page: 238

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In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces – extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions – so the world can read them in a single, manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strands and see how their work contributes to the development of the field. Ruth Hayhoe is a distinguished scholar in comparative education and higher education, as well as one of the most highly regarded experts on Chinese education in the world. Extremely well respected throughout China, she has authored about 75 articles and book chapters, as well as several books on Chinese education and East-West relations in education. This selection of 15 of her most representative papers and chapters documents the most significant works of her research on Chinese education, higher education and comparative education. The three sections cover: comparative education and China higher education and history religion, culture and education. The collection not only helps foreign scholars understand Chinese education development in its cultural context comprehensively and systemically, but also provides a fresh point of view for education practitioners and policy makers in China. Podcast of Professor Ruth Hayhoe's interview at New Books Network discussing this book and her distinguished career: http://newbooksnetwork.com/ruth-hayhoe-china-through-the-lens-of-comparative-education-the-selected-works-of-ruth-hayhoe-routledge-2015/

Theory and Method in Higher Education Research

2016-10-31
Theory and Method in Higher Education Research

Author: Jeroen Huisman

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

ISBN: 9781786358943

Category: Education

Page: 280

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This volume of Theory and Method in Higher Education Research contains contemporary contributions to international debates regarding the application and development of theory and methodology in researching higher education.

Re-Imagining Comparative Education

2004-06-09
Re-Imagining Comparative Education

Author: Peter Ninnes

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781135935146

Category: Education

Page: 304

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The original essays included here, by up and coming scholars in the field, illustrate the potential and diversity of post-foundational ideas as applied to comparative education concerns.