Doing Comparative Education Research: issues and problems

Doing Comparative Education Research: issues and problems
ISBN-10
1873927835
ISBN-13
9781873927830
Category
Education
Pages
400
Language
English
Published
2001-01-01
Publisher
Symposium Books Ltd
Author
Keith Watson

Description

In the newly emerging global economic order governments and policy makers are keen to seek ideas from other countries and recognise the importance of looking comparatively. This expansion of interest in comparative education brings new challenges for the discipline: research may be undertaken by non-specialists (by consultants and politicians or educationists from quite different backgrounds); the short lifespan of democratically elected governments may lend attraction to ‘quick-fix’ solutions; statistics and data may be decontextualised. Added to these challenges there is the worldwide proliferation of education providers outside state control and the transformation of teaching and learning brought about by the new information technology. This book rethinks the role of comparative education in the light of these changing circumstances and looks at the new opportunities they bring.

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