Comparative Education takes an issues-based approach rather than a country-based approach.

Features:

• Covers theory in Comparative Education, purposes of schooling, educational access and opportunity
• Details education accountability and authority, teacher professionalism, frameworks for analyzing educational issues, and globalization's implications for education
• Its purpose is to widen the field of comparative education's influence by articulating the relevance of comparative education to include a larger, practitioner-oriented audience

Contents

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

Index

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