Learning from Comparing: new directions in comparative education research

Learning from Comparing: new directions in comparative education research
Author: Robin Alexander
Publisher: Symposium Books Ltd
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1873927630

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.

International Handbook of Comparative Education

International Handbook of Comparative Education
Author: Robert Cowen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1371
Release: 2009-08-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1402064039

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 Education

Comparative Education
Author: Robert F. Arnove
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780742559844

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.

Comparative Education Research

Comparative Education Research
Author: Mark Bray
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2014-06-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3319055941

Approaches and methods in comparative education are of obvious importance, but do not always receive adequate attention. This second edition of a well-received book, containing thoroughly updated and additional material, 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. As already demonstrated by the first edition of the book, the work will be of great value not only to producers of comparative education research but also to users who wish to understand more thoroughly the parameters and value of the field.

Comparative Education Research

Comparative Education Research
Author: Mark Bray
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2007-07-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1402061897

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.

Re-Imagining Comparative Education

Re-Imagining Comparative Education
Author: Peter Ninnes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2004-06-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135935157

This book provides clear and concise discussions of key elements of contemporary social theories and their application to the field of comparative education.

Beyond the Comparative

Beyond the Comparative
Author: John C. Weidman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9460917224

We are pleased to introduce this inaugural volume in the PSCIE Series—Beyond the Comparative: Advancing Theory and Its Application to Practice—which expands on the life work of University of Pittsburgh Professor Rolland G. Paulston (1929-2006). Recognized as a stalwart in the field of comparative and international education, Paulston’s most widely recognized contribution is in social cartography. He demonstrated that mapping comparative, international, and development education (CIDE) is no easy task and, depending on the perspective of the mapper, there may be multiple cartographies to chart. The 35 contributors to this volume, representing a range of senior and junior scholars from various CIDE backgrounds and perspectives, celebrate the life and work of Paulston by addressing issues, perspectives and approaches related to charting the future course of the field. The volume reports on new research in several genres as well as conceptual analysis. As the title suggests, authors were encouraged to go “beyond” established canons of CIDE. The cover art, The CIDE Theoretical Compass, was conceptualized by the editors and depicts that theory selection and theory generation are an ongoing and important process in comparative, international, and development education (CIDE). The image was designed by artist Natalie Jacob, which positions the CIDE Theoretical Compass over Rolland G. Paulston’s 1993 concentric circle map.

Comparative Adult Education and Learning : authors and Texts

Comparative Adult Education and Learning : authors and Texts
Author: Maria Slowey
Publisher: Firenze University Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2017-11-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 8864534210

This volume explores the topics of adult learning and education through the specific lens of comparative research. The book is divided into four chapters each of which comprises an analytical essay followed by an anthology of readings from a selection of key texts. These are chosen to illustrate different conceptual and empirical approaches from varying perspectives in different countries. The book is the second of a series dedicated to adult learning and education and developed under the auspices of the ESRALE (European Studies and Research in Adult Learning and Education) project. Its companion books are: Vanna Boffo, Paolo Federighi, Ekkehard Nuissl, Empirical Research Methodology in Adult Learning and Education- Authors and Texts and Simona Sava, Petr Novotny (eds.), Researches in Adult Learning and Education: The European Dimension.

Learning English and Chinese as Foreign Languages

Learning English and Chinese as Foreign Languages
Author: Wen-Chuan Lin
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2019-09-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1788925165

Learning English and Chinese is becoming increasingly important to the prospects of young people. This book compares English as a Foreign Language teaching in Taiwan with Chinese as a Foreign Language education in England in order to highlight how classroom activities are embedded within multiple settings, including ethnic or other social group cultures, family and community resources and school visions or goals. The book illustrates how in Taiwan different ethnic groups recognise, access and value English language learning to varying extents. Its findings illuminate why some ethnic groups are highly motivated to learn English and are able to gain privileged economic positions in the job market. In England, access to Chinese is marked by social class, and the book argues that this could augment an ‘educational apartheid’ that already exists in language teaching in secondary schools, thereby exacerbating existing inequality.