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Research in international education : experience, theory & practice / edited by Liora Bresler & Alexander Ardichvili.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 180.
- Counterpoints, 1058-1634 ; v. 180
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Research--Cross-cultural studies.
- Education.
- Educational anthropology--Cross-cultural studies.
- Educational anthropology.
- Postmodernism and education.
- Education--Research.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : P. Lang, [2002]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Personal and Institutional Contexts for International Education Research / Liora Bresler, Alexander Ardichvili 1
- Part 1 Theoretical and Methodological Issues in International Education Research 17
- 1 Dealing with Theoretical and Methodological Paradoxes in International and Comparative Education Research: What Can We Learn from Related Disciplines? / Alexander Ardichvili 19
- 2 The Interpretive Zone in International Qualitative Research / Liora Bresler 39
- 3 Deconstructing the Notion of Education: A View from West Africa / Alma Gottlieb 83
- 4 Assessing Culture: Prospects and Limitations of Quantitative Cross-National Research / K. Peter Kuchinke 103
- 5 Making Evaluation Democratic in a Climate of Control / Anne McKee, Robert E. Stake 121
- 6 Honoring Difference and Dialogue in International Education and Development: Mixed-Method Frameworks for Research / Alison Mathie, Jennifer C. Greene 139
- Part 2 Contexts for Research in International Education 155
- 7 The Global Context of Educational Research / Nicholas C. Burbules 157
- 8 New Technologies and Social Change: Learning in the Global Cyber Age / Bertram C. Bruce 171
- 9 Human Resource Development as a Factor in the Inevitable Move to Globalization / Gary N. McLean 191
- 10 The Development of Self in Japanese Preschools: Negotiating Space / Daniel J. Walsh 213
- 11 Struggles Between Global and Local Influences: Changing Patterns of the Cypriot Elementary School Science Curriculum Development / Michalinos Zembylas 247
- 12 Cross-National Transitions and Schooling: Experiences of Limited- and Non-English-Speaking Teenagers / Betty Merchant 273
- Afterword: International Educational Research: Content, Context, and Methods / Ivor F. Goodson 297.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0820452157
- OCLC:
- 47625316
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