Comparative and International Education: An Introduction to Theory, Method, and Practice

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With a foreword by Professor Erwin H. Epstein. A unique introduction to this important field, providing a comprehensive overview of the key themes, including:- defining comparative and international education- how comparative studies in education have developed- methodological approaches to comparative and international education research- the relationship between education and national development- the power of comparative studies in investigating student achievement and school effectiveness- what comparative studies have taught us about educational issues such as policy borrowing, processes of transition, post-conflict education, education in small states, pedagogy, and citizenship.

David Phillips is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Education at the University of Oxford, UK, and an Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, UK. Michele Schweisfurth is Professor of Comparative and International Education at the University of Glasgow, UK. She is also Chair of the British Association for International and Comparative Education (2010-12) and Editor of the journal Comparative Education.

An excellent book for students of comparative and international education to indulge in. It leaves the reader with a thorough insight into what comparative education is all about... and provides readers with a firm foundation for further absorption into the many aspects of the field. It is a pleasure also to recommend the book as a course book for comparative education courses outside the English-speaking world. -- Professor Thyge Winther-Jensen, Department of Educational Sociology, School of Education, University of Aarhus, Denmark This text is very approachable and clearly written and yet manages to address major features a beginning comparative educator would need to learn about the field...I would recommend the text for an initial comparative/international education course. -- Suzanne Majhanovich * Comparative Education Review * Reading this book will provide you with a solid grounding in the principles of comparative and international education, and will equip you with a better understanding of the theory and practice that lies behind these terms. It is an in-depth and specialised text suitable for education professionals. * SEDA, September 2009 *