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: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: CERC Studies in Comparative Education ; 19
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Social sciences.; International and Comparative Education.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

Approaches and methods in comparative education are of obvious importance, but do not always receive adequate attention. This second edition of a well-received book, containing thoroughly updated and additional material, contributes new insights within the longstanding traditions of the field. A par...

Table of Contents:

• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Abbreviations
• Preface
• Introduction: Mark BRAY, Bob ADAMSON & Mark MASON
• I: DIRECTIONS
• 1. Actors and Purposes in Comparative Education: Mark BRAY
• 2. Scholarly Enquiry and the Field of Comparative Education: Mark BRAY
• 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Comparative Education: Gregory P. FAIRBROTHER
• II: UNITS OF COMPARISON
• 4. Comparing Places: Maria MANZON
• 5. Comparing Systems: Mark BRAY & Kai JIANG
• 6. Comparing Times: Anthony SWEETING
• 7. Comparing Race, Class and Gender: Liz JACKSON
• 8. Comparing Cultures: Mark MASON
• 9. Comparing Values: Wing On LEE & Maria MANZON
• 10. Comparing Policies: Rui YANG
• 11. Comparing Curricula: Bob ADAMSON & Paul MORRIS
• 12. Comparing Pedagogical Innovations: Nancy LAW
• 13. Comparing Ways of Learning: David A. WATKINS & Jan VAN AALST
• 14. Comparing Educational Achievements: Frederick LEUNG & Kyungmee PARK
• III: CONCLUSIONS.- 15. Different Models, Different Emphases, Different Insights: Mark BRAY, Bob ADAMSON & Mark MASON
• Contributors
• Index.