Comparative Education Exploring Issues in International Context

Name: Comparative Education Exploring Issues in International Context
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ISBN: 9780131719804

ISBN-10: 0131719807

ISBN-13: 9780131719804

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Patricia K. Kubow, Paul R. Fossum

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Comparative Education invites readers to consider theory in comparative education, purposes of schooling, educational access and opportunity, education accountability and authority, teacher professionalism, and how globalization is impacting education. Taking an issues-based approach, it addresses current educational concerns both at home and abroad, and includes analytic frameworks that foster critical thinking and reinforce a systematic method for examination. Biographical sketches add human interest and side-by-sidenbsp;comparisons explorenbsp;various countries demographic attributes, geophysical and economic realities, and socio political factors. Because the book focuses on issues…

Book details

List price: $82.40
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 1/11/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English




Comparative Education and Underlying Assumptions About Education: The Comparative Approach



Comparative Education



Theory in Comparative Education



Education in International Context: A Comparative Approach Applied to Contemporary Educational Issues



Purposes of Schooling



Educational Access and Opportunity



Education Accountability and Authority



Teacher Professionalism



Interpreting Educational Issues: Local-Global Comparison and the Use of Analytic Frameworks



Applying Frameworks to Analyze Educational Issues



Globalization and Implications for Education