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CERC Studies in Comparative Education, No.19


Comparative Education Research

Approaches and Methods

 

Edited by Mark Bray, Bob Adamson and Mark Mason

 

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ISBN 10: 962-8093-53-3

ISBN 13: 978-962-8093-53-3

January 2007, 444pp.

HK$250 (local), US$38 (overseas) [refer here for order details]

Published by Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC) and Springer

 

Approaches and methods in comparative education research are of obvious importance, but do not always receive adequate attention. This book 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. The book will be of great value not only to producers of comparative education research but also to consumers who wish to understand more thoroughly the parameters and value of the field.

 

The editors: Mark Bray is Chair Professor of Comparative Education at the University of Hong Kong; Bob Adamson and Mark Mason are Professors in the Hong Kong Institute of Education. They have all been Presidents of the Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong (CESHK), and Directors of the Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC) at the University of Hong Kong. They have also written extensively in the field of comparative education with reference to multiple domains and cultures.


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Contents

 

Foreword (Anne HICKLING-HUDSON)

 

Introduction (Mark BRAY, Bob ADAMSON & Mark MASON )

 

I. Directions

 

1

Actors and Purposes in Comparative Education (Mark Bray)

 

 

2

Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Comparative Education (Gregory P. FAIRBROTHER)

 

 

3 The Place of Experience in Comparative Education Research (Patricia POTTS)
   

II. Units of Comparison

 

 

4

Comparing Places (Maria Manzon)

 

 

5

Comparing Systems (Mark Bray and Jiang Kai)

 

 

6

Comparing Times (Anthony Sweeting)

 

 

7

Comparing Cultures (Mark Mason)

 

 

8

Comparing Values (Lee Wing-On)

 

 

9

Comparing Educational Achievements (T. Neville POSTLETHWAITE & Frederick LEUNG)

 

 

10

Comparing Policies (Yang Rui)

 

 

11

Comparing Curricula (Bob ADAMSON & Paul MORRIS)

 

 

12

Comparing Educational Organisations (Clive DIMMOCK)

 

 

13

Comparing Ways of Learning (David A. Watkins)

 

 

14

Comparing Pedagogical Innovations (Nancy Law)

 

 

III. Conclusions

 

 

15

Scholarly Enquiry and the Field of Comparative Education (Mark Bray)

 

 

16

Different Models, Different Emphases, Different Insights (Mark BRAY, Bob ADAMSON & Mark MASON)



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