The Comparative Education Reader

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-93036-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 672 g

Organized topically rather than theoretically, this well-rounded and thorough collection brings together some of the top scholars in the field, providing a readable text for introductory comparative education students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beauchamp, Edward R

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Edward R. Beauchamp
Part One: Ways of Thinking About Comparative Education
1. Comparing Futures or Comparing Pasts? - Robert Cowen
2. Mapping Comparative Education After Post-Modernity - Rolland Paulston
3. Mapping Rural Women's Perspectives on Nonformal Education Experiences - Zebun Mahmed

4. Imagining Comparative Education: Past, Present and Future - Rolland Paulston
5. Comparative Education Redefined - Ronald Price

Part Two. Equity and Education
6. Education and Muslim Identity: The Case of France - Leslie J. Limage
7. The State, Adult Literacy Policy, and Inequality in Botswana - Frank Youngman
8. Juvenile Delinquency and Reformatory Education in China - Irving Epstein
9. The Closing of the Gender Gap in Schooling: The Case of Thailand - John Knodel
10. Peace Education and the Comparative Study of Education - Robin J. Burns and Robert Aspeslagh

Part Three: Education, Development and Policy Planning
11. Development Studies and Comparative Education: Context, Content, Comparison and
Contributors - Angela Little
12. Qualitative Research and Educational Policy-Making: Approaching the Reality in Developing Countries - Kai-Ming Cheng
13. The Limits of Modern Education - William K. Cummings
14. Improving the Quality of Basic Education? The Strategies of the World Bank - Rosa Maria Torres
15. Alternative Development and Education: Economic Interests and Cultural Practices in the - Amazon Sheila Aikman
16. Public Policies on Gender and Education in Paraguay: The Project for Equal Opportunities - Carmen Colazo

Part Four. Teachers and Teaching
17. Comparative Perspectives on Professionalism Among American, British, German and Finnish Teachers Reijo Raivola
18. Classroom Management in Japan - Nobuo K Shimahara
19. Reforms to Teacher Education in Indonesia: Does More Mean Better? - H. Dean Nielsen
20. Education, Teacher Training and the Prospects for Recovery in Cambodia - Stephen J. Duggan

Über Autor(innen)

Edward R Beauchamp