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

Phillips, David; Schweisfurth, Michele; Epstein, Erwin H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826478549 ISBN 13: 9780826478542

Verlag: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2007

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Reseña del editor

This is a new introduction to this fascinating field, providing a comprehensive overview of the key issues. It explores the most recent developments, and includes: the blurring of the distinction between 'developed' and 'developing' countries; the increasing use of comparative studies in examining student achievement and school effectiveness; the historical and theoretical development of comparative studies; approaches to research in comparative and international education; theories of educational development; and, illustrative studies of fields of inquiry in comparative and international education (transition, post-conflict educational reconstruction, policy borrowing, education for citizenship).

Biografía del autor

David Phillips is Professor of Comparative Education and Fellow of St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford, UK. Dr Michele Schweisfurth is Senior Lecturer in Education in International Education at the Centre for International Education and Research at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0826478549
• ISBN 13: 9780826478542
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 210