David Phillips, Michele Schweisfurth

Comparative and International Education (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction to Theory, Method, and Practice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441107213
• Artikelnr.: 40344980

Autorenporträt

David Phillips is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Education at the University of Oxford, UK, and an Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

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