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9781847060594

Comparative and International Education : An Introduction to Theory, Method and Practice

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  • ISBN13:

    9781847060594

  • ISBN10:

    1847060595

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-06-20
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

An introduction to this important field, providing a comprehensive overview of key themes, including: defining comparative and international education, how comparative studies in education have developed, methodological approaches to comparative and international education research, the relationship between education and national development, the power of comparative studies in investigating student achievement and school effectiveness, what comparative studies have taught us about educational issues such as policy borrowing, processes of transition, post-conflict education, education in small states, pedagogy, and citizenship. With a foreword by Erwin H. Epstein, Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Loyola University Chicago, USA. Book jacket.

Author Biography

David Phillips is Professor of Comparative Education and Fellow of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford and Director of the Centre for Comparative Studies in Education, UK Dr Michele Schweisfurth is Reader in Comparative and International Education, and Director of the Centre for International Education and Research, University of Birmingham, UK

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. vii
Forewordp. viii
Introductionp. 1
Making comparisonsp. 7
How comparative education has developedp. 27
Domains of practice and fields of inquiry in international educationp. 42
Education and national development: An introduction to key ideas and questionsp. 60
Comparative education: Methodp. 82
Researching education and development: Perspectives, practicalities, and ethicsp. 103
Comparative education research: Survey outcomes and their usesp. 118
Outcomes of comparative education: Selected themesp. 130
Conclusionsp. 152
Referencesp. 158
Indexp. 176
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