Comparative and international education : an introduction to theory, method, and practice / David Phillips and Michele Schweisfurth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, David, 1944 December 15- author.

Schweisfurth, Michele, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative education.

International education.

Education--Cross-cultural studies.

Education.

Physical Description:

xiv, 222 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.

Summary:

"Comprehensive introduction to comparative and international education"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword to the First Edition / Erwin H. Epstein

Foreword to the secind Edition / Jeremy Rappleye

Preface to the Second Edition

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

8. Outcomes of Comparative Education: Selected Themes

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441122421

1441122427

9781441176486

1441176489

OCLC:

857981384