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Comparative Education Research Approaches and Methods /

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...

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Other Authors: Bray, Mark. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Adamson, Bob. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mason, Mark. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:CERC Studies in Comparative Education ; 19
Subjects:
International education .
Comparative education.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Social sciences.
International and Comparative Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6189-9
Table of Contents:
  • Directions
  • Actors and Purposes in Comparative Education
  • Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Comparative Education
  • The Place of Experience in Comparative Education Research
  • Units of Comparison
  • Comparing Places
  • Comparing Systems
  • Comparing Times
  • Comparing Cultures
  • Comparing Values
  • Comparing Educational Achievements
  • Comparing Policies
  • Comparing Curricula
  • Comparing Educational Organisations
  • Comparing Ways of Learning
  • Comparing Pedagogical Innovations
  • Conclusions
  • Scholarly Enquiry and the Field of Comparative Education
  • Different Models, Different Emphases Different Insights.

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