Now in its fourth edition, this book provides new perspectives on the dynamic interplay of global, national, and local forces as they shape the functions and outcomes of education systems.
The purposes and methods of comparative education are also discussed. Comprised of eight chapters, this book begins by presenting a neat, simple, and generally accepted definition of comparative education.
Tom Bottomore and Robert Nisbet ( London : Heinemann , 1979 ) . 24. F. Bacon , Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning ( London : J. W. Parker , 1861 ) , 14. Note that " maniable " is not used in all editions . 25.
With chapter contributions from seminal scholars in the field of comparative and international education (CIE), this book examines the ways in which comparative education is being taught, or advocated for, in teacher education within higher ...
The essays of this volume express and critically discuss quite a range of these positions such as, inter alia, the theory of self-organizing social systems and the morphogenetic approach; the theory of long waves in economic development and ...
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
This book is a remarkable feat of scholarship — so remarkable in fact that I put it in the same league as the great classics of the field that had so much to do with setting the direction of Comparative Education.
This book brings together fifteen comprehensive studies of significant North American scholars of comparative education from the 20th century.
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
Almost every Education Studies degree includes an element of comparative education, and this book provides an accessible undergraduate-level introduction to the theme.
The well-known Negro institutions—Fisk, Atlanta, Howard and Hampton—were founded by Northern charity in the period 1865-80. The lead was given by General S. C. Armstrong who established the Hampton Institute in Virginia as an ...