基本説明
Published in cooperation with UNESCO Institute for Education.
Full Description
This book presents perspectives on the changes that have taken place within the field of comparative education, while noting various continuing traditions. Its contributors come from a wide range of countries and contexts, and present their work within a framework set by the 11th congress of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES). The book makes a valuable methodological as well as a conceptual contribution to the field.
Contents
Introduction: Tradition, Change and the Role of the World Council of Comparative Education Studies; M. Bray. Conceptual and Methodological Approaches. The Future of Comparative and International Education in a Globalised World; D.N. Wilson. Appropriation, Appreciation, Accommodation: Indigenous Wisdoms and Knowledges in Higher Education; D.L. Morgan. Comparative Education in a Microcosm: Methodological Insights from the International Schools Sector in Hong Kong; M. Bray, Y. Yamato. Political Forces and Comparative Education. A Decade of Transformation: Educational Policies in Central and Eastern Europe; W. Mitter. Decentralisation and Educational Reform in Siberia and the Russian Far East; T. Endo. Lifelong Learning and Adult Education: Russia Meets the West; J. Zajda. Approaches to Global Education in the United States, England and Japan; H. Fujikane. Primary Schooling in China and India: Understanding how Sociocontextual Factors Moderate the Role of the State; N. Rao, Kai-Ming Cheng, K. Narain. Cultures in Comparative Perspective. Cultural and School-Grade Differences in Korean and White American Children's Narrative Skills; Meesook Kim. Childhood Ideology in the United States: A Comparative Cultural View; D.M. Hoffman. Social Hierarcht and Group Solidarity: The Meanings of Work and Vocation/Profession in the Chinese Context and their Implications for Vocational Education; B. Schulte. What Chidren have Lost by the Modernisation of Education: A Comparison of Experiences in Western Europe and Eastern Asia; H. Numata.
