Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local - Softcover

Arnove, Robert F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742523810 ISBN 13: 9780742523814

Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003

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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. New in this edition is a concluding chapter by Carlos Torres indicating the current challenges and new directions for scholarship and teaching in comparative education. Chapters discussing the United States', Latin American, Middle Eastern, Russian/East European, and African education have been updated to reflect the changes in these regions and new educational trends and politics. Visit our website for sample chapters!

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Robert F. Arnove is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Education at Indiana University. His texts include, among others, Comparative Education, (MacMillan, 1982), Emergent Issues in Education: Comparative Perspectives, (SUNY Press, 1993) and most recently, his authored book, Education as Contested Terrain: Nicaragua, 1979-1993, (Westview 1994).

Carlos Alberto Torres is professor in the Graduate School of Education and director of the Latin American Center at UCLA. He is the author of many books and articles, most recently, Democracy, Education, and Multiculturalism: Dilemmas of Citizenship in a Global World (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998).

Robert F. Arnove is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Education at Indiana University. His texts include, among others, Comparative Education, (MacMillan, 1982), Emergent Issues in Education: Comparative Perspectives, (SUNY Press, 1993) and most recently, his authored book, Education as Contested Terrain: Nicaragua, 1979-1993, (Westview 1994). Carlos Alberto Torres is professor in the Graduate School of Education and director of the Latin American Center at UCLA. He is the author of many books and articles, most recently, Democracy, Education, and Multiculturalism: Dilemmas of Citizenship in a Global World (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0742523810
• ISBN 13: 9780742523814
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 504
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