Synopses & Reviews
This revised and updated second edition of Comparative and International Education: An Introduction to Theory, Method and Practice provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the key themes, definitions and approaches in this important field. It covers the history, theory, and methods of comparative and international education, as well as the relationship with education and national development, and outlines what we can learn from comparative studies. Clear explanations are complemented with examples of real research in the field including work on policy borrowing, learner-centred pedagogy and university internationalization.
Synopsis
With a foreword by Professor Erwin H. Epstein.
A unique introduction to this important field, providing a comprehensive overview of the key themes, including: - defining comparative and international education- how comparative studies in education have developed- methodological approaches to comparative and international education research- the relationship between education and national development- the power of comparative studies in investigating student achievement and school effectiveness- what comparative studies have taught us about educational issues such as policy borrowing, processes of transition, post-conflict education, education in small states, pedagogy, and citizenship
About the Author
David Phillips is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Education at the University of Oxford, UK, and an Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, UK.
Michele Schweisfurth is Professor of Comparative and International Education at the University of Glasgow, UK. She was Chair of the British Association for International and Comparative Education from 2010-12 and is Editor of the journal Comparative Education.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword to the 1st Edition,
Erwin H. Epstein
Foreword to the 2nd Edition,
Jeremy Rappleye
Preface to the 2nd Edition
Introduction
1. Making Comparisons
2. How Comparative Education has Developed
3. Policy Transfer
4. International Education: Meanings, Practice, and Research
5. Education and National Development: An Introduction to Key Ideas and Questions
6. Comparative Education: Method
7. Researching Education and Development: Perspectives, Practicalities, and Ethics
8. Comparative Education Research: Survey Outcomes and Their Uses
9. Outcomes of Comparative Education: Selected Themes
Conclusions
References
Index