Comparative Education Research: Approaches and MethodsMark Bray, Bob Adamson, Mark Mason 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. |
Contents
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Actors and Purposes in Comparative Education | 15 |
1 Statistics on Primary Education Selected Asian | 26 |
3 Teachers Salaries in Primary Education | 32 |
Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Comparative | 39 |
The Place of Experience in Comparative Education Research | 63 |
Comparing Places | 85 |
3 Subscores for First Four Pupils in a Class | 226 |
4 Results for a Relative Comparison of a School with | 227 |
8 Percentages and Sampling Errors of Pupils | 234 |
1 Science Achievement in Selected Asian Countries | 237 |
Comparing Policies 241 | 240 |
Comparing Curricula | 263 |
1 Curriculum Ideologies and Components | 267 |
1 A Framework for Comparing Curricula | 270 |
1 Beredays Model for Undertaking Comparative | 86 |
3 Mapping the Dynamics of Globalisation through | 93 |
1 Distribution of Health and Education Spending | 94 |
3 School Time Allocated to Compulsory and Optional | 100 |
5 Demographic and Sociocultural Characteristics | 106 |
4 Comparison of Lesson Structures | 113 |
Comparing Systems 123 | 122 |
1 Proportions of Pupils in a SixYear Primary School | 129 |
1 Systems of Education in Macao as Portrayed in | 135 |
4 Schools in Macao by Ownership and Medium | 137 |
Comparing Times | 145 |
Comparing Cultures | 165 |
Comparing Values | 197 |
1 Varied Methodological Emphases in Comparative | 211 |
Comparing Educational Achievements | 215 |
1 A Hierarchy of Reading Literacy Skills | 219 |
2 Curriculum Manifestations and Typical Research | 274 |
An International | 277 |
Comparing Educational Organisations | 283 |
1 Four Elements of Educational Organisations | 287 |
1 Dimensions of NationalSocietal and Organisational | 289 |
Comparing Ways of Learning | 299 |
1 Average Correlations between Learning Approach | 306 |
Comparing Pedagogical Innovations | 315 |
1 The Six Key Dimensions in Pedagogical Practices | 328 |
1 Mean Innovation Score and Related Descriptive | 329 |
Conclusions 339 | 336 |
1 Disciplinary Groupings and the Nature | 344 |
Different Models Different Emphases Different Insights 363 | 362 |
Contributors | 381 |
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