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

Phillips, David; Schweisfurth, Michele

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1847060595 ISBN 13: 9781847060594

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury USA Academic, 2008

Riassunto

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.

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Informazioni sull?autore

David Phillips is Professor of Comparative Education and Fellow of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford and Director of the Centre for Comparative Studies in Education, UK. He has written widely on issues in comparative education, with a focus on education in Germany and on educational policy borrowing. He was for twenty years Editor of the Oxford Review of Education and serves on editorial boards of various journals, including Comparative Education. Michele Schweisfurth is Reader in Comparative and International Education and Director of the Centre for International Education and Research, University of Birmingham, UK.

Erwin Epstein is Professor in the School of Education and Director of the Center for Comparative Education at Loyola University, Chicago, USA.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury USA Academic
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1847060595
• ISBN 13: 9781847060594
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 181
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