International and Comparative Education: Contemporary Issues and Debates (The Routledge Education Studies Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 113868158X ISBN 13: 9781138681583

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

International and Comparative Education offers detailed and wide-ranging illustrations of the ways in which comparison can illuminate our understanding of contemporary education systems by exploring issues in relation to specific educational sectors, from early-years and primary schooling, through to further, adult and higher education.

Key areas and debates examined include:

• Alternative education provision
• Early-years pedagogy and training
• Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development in primary schooling
• Work-related learning in secondary schools
• The world of private tutoring
• Economic austerity and further education
• Apprenticeships and vocational education
• Adult education and training
• Higher education in a globalised world
• Teacher training and international rankings.

Drawing on these wide-ranging themes across a number of national contexts to provoke critical thinking and reflection, each chapter includes discussion points and further reading, providing a valuable resource for all Education Studies students.

About this title

About the Author

Brendan Bartram is Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113868158X
• ISBN 13: 9781138681583
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 170
• Editor: Bartram Brendan