Full Description
This comprehensive new text explores major issues in education today through international and intercultural research. The contributors draw on comparative research from North America, Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East, and touch on themes including history and philosophy of comparative education, the right to education, teacher formation, alternative pedagogies, testing, multiculturalism, gender, conflict resolution, and global citizenship. Offering a vivid portrayal of global educational practices, contributions from preeminent scholars, and invaluable teaching resources, this text is vital reading for teachers, teachers-in-training, and comparative education scholars.
Contents
PrefaceList of Acronyms Chapter One: Introduction to Comparative and International Education: Why Study Comparative Education? - Ruth Hayhoe and Karen MundyChapter Two: Philosophy and Comparative Education: What Can We Learn from East Asia? - Ruth HayhoeChapter Three: Education for All and the Comparative Sociology of Schooling - Karen MundyChapter Four: Teaching and Learning to Teach: Successful Radical Alternatives from the Developing World - Joseph FarrellChapter Five: Gender and Education - Kara Janigan and Vandra MasemannChapter Six: Understanding Teaching/Pedagogy: Cross-Cultural and Comparative Insights from Central Asia and the Developing World - Sarfaroz NiyozovChapter Seven: School Improvement in Comparative Perspective - Stephen AndersonChapter Eight: International Educational Indicators and Assessments: Issues for Teachers - Karen Mundy and Joseph FarrellChapter Nine: Comparative Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Learning - Katherine Madjidi and Jean-Paul RestouleChapter Ten: Education for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Plural Societies: Approaches from Around the World - Kathy BickmoreChapter Eleven: Educating for ""Global Citizenship"": Contrasting Perspectives and Practices - Mark EvansEndnotesAppendicesA. Suggested Audio-visual Resources, with Discussion QuestionsB. Online Resources
