Education Around the World
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Education Around the World

A Comparative Introduction

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Education Around the World

A Comparative Introduction

About this book

From Europe and the USA to Sub-Saharan Africa and the emerging economic powers of Brazil, China and India, this book is an essential one-volume guide to the major issues in comparative and international education today and the insights that rigorous and appropriate study can offer for education provision, policy and practice. Education Around the World provides a complete introduction to the field including: - The history of the study of comparative and international education and why it matters today
- Issues of scale in conducting thorough comparative research with reference to the USA and the world of small states
- National and International educational development with examples from Europe, the emergent powers of Brazil, Russia, India and China, and the problems and prospects of Sub-Saharan Africa

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Yes, you can access Education Around the World by Colin Brock,Nafsika Alexiadou, Colin Brock in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Comparative Education. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781441169402
eBook ISBN
9781441140463
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Comparative Education

Table of contents

  1. Cover-Page
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Preface
  9. 1 Why it is Important: The Story so far
  10. 2 The Nature of the Interdisciplinary Field and its Development
  11. 3 A Global Overview: Legacies and Inertias
  12. 4 Scale, Space and Place with Reference to The United States of America and The World of Small States
  13. 5 National and International Educational Development
  14. 6 Europe: Issues and Comparisons
  15. 7 Sub-Saharan Africa: Legacies and Innovations
  16. 8 Rising Stars: Brazil, Russia, India and The People’s Republic of China (The BRIC States)
  17. References
  18. Index