Comparative and international education : leading perspectives from the field / / Beverly Lindsay, editor

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 pages)
• Disciplina: 370.195
• Soggetto topico: Comparative education
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): LindsayBeverly
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword: Reflections on International Affairs and Education -- Preface: Reflecting on the Past and Envisioning a Future -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- 1 The Landscapes for Comparative and International Education -- The Fellows -- Principles and Organization of the Volume -- Conceptual, Historical, and Theoretical Frameworks for Enriching the Field -- Themes and Questions -- Abstracts: Conceptual, Historical, and Theoretical Frameworks for Enriching the Field -- Pedagogical Epistemologies, Genders, and Global Engagements -- Themes and Questions -- Abstracts: Pedagogical Epistemologies, Genders, and Global Engagements -- Policies, Practices, and Paradigms Emerging from Applied Research -- Themes and Questions -- Abstracts: Policies, Practices, and Paradigms Emerging from Applied Research -- Moving Forward in the New Decade -- References -- Part I Conceptual, Historical, and Theoretical Frameworks for Enriching the Field -- 2 The Changing Face of Comparative Education: A Personal Retrospective -- Three Historical Trends -- Social Science Comes to Comparative Education -- International Testing Brings More Data -- New Theories of the Role of Education in Development -- Globalization and Comparative Education -- International Testing Comes to Dominate Comparative Education -- The "Simplistic" Comparative Analysis of International Test Results -- Problems of Inferring Education Policy Conclusions from International Student Surveys -- Gains in Learning and Impact Evaluation -- What Happened to Theory? -- References -- 3 The Dimensions and Uses of Comparative Education: Lessons Gleaned from a Five-Decade Journey -- World-Systems Analysis -- Three Dimensions: Scientific, Pragmatic, and International Understanding and Peace -- Nicaraguan Case Study. ; Literacy Campaigns in Historical and Comparative Contexts -- Combining Ethical and Empirical Approaches -- Promising Trends -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Economics, Development, and Comparative and International Education -- Economics -- What's Wrong? -- What's the Alternative? -- Impact Assessment -- What's Wrong? -- What's the Alternative? -- Development -- What's Wrong? -- What's the Alternative? -- Implications for Comparative and International Education -- References -- 5 Comparative Education and the Dialogue Among Civilizations -- Lenses for Viewing Comparative Education -- Lenses for Viewing Comparative Higher Education -- Conclusion: Religion and the Dialogue Among Civilizations -- References -- Part II Pedagogical Epistemologies, Genders, and Global Engagements -- 6 Can Education Contribute to Social Cohesion? -- Introduction -- Context -- Education and Social Cohesion -- Diversity -- The Need for Humanistic Education -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Recognizing Teachers as a Key Focus for Comparative Educators -- Continued Importance Globally of Teachers for Achieving Quality Education -- Declining Focus on Teachers and Teacher Education in Comparative Education in the United States -- Preservice Teacher Preparation -- Inservice Teacher Development -- Teachers' Work and Occupational Status -- Teachers' Professional Associations and Unions -- Teachers' Engagement in Educational Reform -- Teachers' Involvement in Community/Societal Change -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 8 Expanding the Field of Comparative and International Education: The Inclusion of Gender -- The Use of Theory -- Educational Access Parity -- School Knowledge -- Non-Formal Education -- The State and the Gendered Social Order -- Women's Empowerment -- Epistemological and Ontological Developments -- Action Within CIES -- Concluding Thoughts -- References. ; Part III Policies, Practices, and Paradigms Emerging from Applied Research -- 9 Eliminating Dysfunctional Boundaries and Mapping Educational Practice: Toward Integration, Infusion, and Inclusiveness in Comparative Education -- Comparative Education in Light of Bourdieu -- Initial Efforts by IEA to Map Educational Practice and Outcomes as the Foundation of Comparative Education -- Reducing Boundaries at MSU, Bringing More of Education Inquiry Under the Purview of Comparative Education -- CIES Moves Toward Integration, Infusion, and Inclusiveness with SIGs -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Training 'Deep Practitioners': 50 Years of the Center for International Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst -- The External Context-Comparative Versus International Education Debate -- The Institutional Context - the School of Education at UMass Amherst -- The Birth of the Center for International Education -- Eras of Implementation in the History of CIE -- Nonformal/Adult Education -- Expanding Access for Under-Served Populations -- Teachers and Teacher Education -- Higher Education Development -- Alternative Education & -- Education in Crisis and Conflict -- Defining Characteristics of CIE -- Financing of CIE -- Faculty -- Students -- Curriculum & -- Pedagogy -- Organizational Structure of CIE -- Worldwide Network of Graduates -- Lessons Learned from 50 Years of CIE -- Challenges to the Success of CIE -- Current Status -- What Is the Future Prognosis for CE/IE Programs and Centers? -- References -- 11 Two Tales, Contending Perspectives, and Contested Terrain -- The Development Tale -- Framing -- Financial-Intellectual Complex -- Fixing Foreign Aid -- The Critical Deconstruction Tale -- Demystifying, Deconstructing, and Challenging -- Contested Terrain -- References. ; 12 Evolving Nexus Between Diplomacy and Comparative and International Education -- Concepts of Diplomacy and Soft Power -- University Rankings and League Tables -- Convergence of Domestic and Geopolitical Matters -- International and Domestic Government Agencies -- Philanthropic Organizations -- Fusing Diplomacy and International Educational Studies -- References -- Part IV Moving Forward in the New Decade -- 13 Traversing Beyond the Contemporary to the Future -- Social and Public Challenges Affecting Education -- Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks -- Education and Public Policies -- External Funding by Government and Philanthropic Organizations -- Contemporary and Emerging Motifs and Paradigms -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Comparative and international education
• ISBN: 3-030-64290-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910488708003321
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