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Comparative Education at Universities World Wide (2nd edition)

Edited by

Charl Wolhuter, Nikolay Popov, Maria Manzon & Bruno Leutwyler

ISBN 978-954-9842-11-1 (2008, 360pp.)

HK$135 (local), US$17 or EURO€12 (overseas)

Publisher: Bureau for Educational Services

Also available from Comparative Education Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong

Comparative Education has had a nearly 110-year university history. The essence of Comparative Education can thoroughly be understood if we focus on its history and current existence at universities world wide. This thoroughly-revised and expanded second edition commences with Erwin H. Epstein's introductory chapter on 'Crucial Benchmark in the Professionalization of Comparative Education'. The following five parts present 36 national and regional chapters depicting the evolution and current state of Comparative Education at Universities in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Africa. The volume concludes with a mosaic-like comparison of comparisons of the variegated picture of Comparative Education as an academic field.

The Editors

Charl Wolhuter studied at the Rand Afrikaans University, the University of Pretoria and the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He obtained a doctorate in Comparative Education at the University of Stellenbosch. He was a junior lecturer in History of Education and Comparative Education at the University of Pretoria and a senior lecturer in History of Education and Comparative Education at the University of Zululand. He is currently professor of Comparative Education at North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa. He is the author of various books and articles on History of Education and Comparative Education.

Nikolay Popov graduated from Sofia University, Bulgaria, in Education and Philosophy in 1986. He obtained two doctorates in Comparative Education – PhD (1990) and Dr.habil (2002). All his teaching and research activities have been focused on the history, theory and practice of Comparative Education. He has conducted comparative studies on management, finance, structures, teacher training, education laws, school curricula and books in various countries. He is currently Professor of Comparative Education at Sofia University. He is author of 17 books and 95 articles and chapters on Education in Bulgaria and Comparative Education.

Maria Manzon is a doctoral student in Comparative Education at the Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong. She is a member of the management committee of the Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC) at the University of Hong Kong, and was Assistant Secretary General of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) in 2005. Aside from her recent co-edited publication on the histories of the WCCES and its member societies, she has also published on theory and methodology in Comparative Education and on home-school partnerships.

Bruno Leutwyler works as a research associate for the Institute for International Cooperation in Education at the Teacher Training University of Central Switzerland. After teaching several years in primary and secondary education in Switzerland and South America, he studied education and psychology at the University of Zurich where he obtained his PhD in 2007. His current research and teaching activities cover Comparative and Intercultural Education and professional development of teachers.

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