Comparative Education Research Approaches and Methods /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bray, Mark (Editor), Adamson, Bob (Editor), Mason, Mark (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: CERC Studies in Comparative Education ; 19
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Social sciences.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

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...

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.