1st Edition

The Comparative Education Reader

By Edward R, Beauchamp Copyright 2003
    464 Pages
    by Routledge

    Organized topically rather than theoretically, this well-rounded and thorough collection brings together some of the top scholars in the field, providing a readable text for introductory comparative education students.

    Introduction - Edward R. Beauchamp
    Part One: Ways of Thinking About Comparative Education
    1. Comparing Futures or Comparing Pasts? - Robert Cowen
    2. Mapping Comparative Education After Post-Modernity - Rolland Paulston
    3. Mapping Rural Women's Perspectives on Nonformal Education Experiences - Zebun Mahmed
    4. Imagining Comparative Education: Past, Present and Future - Rolland Paulston
    5. Comparative Education Redefined - Ronald Price

    Part Two. Equity and Education
    6. Education and Muslim Identity: The Case of France - Leslie J. Limage
    7. The State, Adult Literacy Policy, and Inequality in Botswana - Frank Youngman
    8. Juvenile Delinquency and Reformatory Education in China - Irving Epstein
    9. The Closing of the Gender Gap in Schooling: The Case of Thailand - John Knodel
    10. Peace Education and the Comparative Study of Education - Robin J. Burns and Robert Aspeslagh

    Part Three: Education, Development and Policy Planning
    11. Development Studies and Comparative Education: Context, Content, Comparison and
    Contributors - Angela Little
    12. Qualitative Research and Educational Policy-Making: Approaching the Reality in Developing Countries - Kai-Ming Cheng
    13. The Limits of Modern Education - William K. Cummings
    14. Improving the Quality of Basic Education? The Strategies of the World Bank - Rosa Maria Torres
    15. Alternative Development and Education: Economic Interests and Cultural Practices in the - Amazon Sheila Aikman
    16. Public Policies on Gender and Education in Paraguay: The Project for Equal Opportunities - Carmen Colazo

    Part Four . Teachers and Teaching
    17. Comparative Perspectives on Professionalism Among American, British, German and Finnish Teachers Reijo Raivola
    18. Classroom Management in Japan - Nobuo K Shimahara
    19. Reforms to Teacher Education in Indonesia: Does More Mean Better? - H. Dean Nielsen
    20. Education, Teacher Training and the Prospects for Recovery in Cambodia - Stephen J. Duggan

    Biography

    Edward R Beauchamp