Overview
- No other book has focused as systematically on comparative education research methods
- This book considers issues and challenges associated with research involving many different units of comparison: place, systems, time, cultures, etc
- First edition is widely adopted as textbook in the comparative education modules in various universities internationally
- First edition has already been translated into Chinese, Farsi, French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish and Russian and Turkish translations can also be anticipated in 2014
Part of the book series: CERC Studies in Comparative Education (CERC, volume 19)
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About this book
Approaches and methods in comparative education are of obvious importance, but do not always receive adequate attention. This second edition of a well-received book, containing thoroughly updated and additional material, contributes new insights within the longstanding traditions of the field.
A particular feature is the focus on different units of analysis. Individual chapters compare places, systems, times, cultures, values, policies, curricula and other units. These chapters are contextualised within broader analytical frameworks which identify the purposes and strengths of the field. The book includes a focus on intra-national as well as cross-national comparisons, and highlights the value of approaching themes from different angles. As already demonstrated by the first edition of the book, the work will be of great value not only to producers of comparative education research but also to users who wish to understand more thoroughly the parameters and value of the field.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Comparative Education Research
Book Subtitle: Approaches and Methods
Editors: Mark Bray, Bob Adamson, Mark Mason
Series Title: CERC Studies in Comparative Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05594-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-05593-0Published: 26 June 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37445-1Published: 17 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05594-7Published: 09 June 2014
Series ISSN: 1573-6040
Series E-ISSN: 2543-022X
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVI, 453
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Methodology of the Social Sciences