Education Around the World: A Comparative Introduction

Brock, Colin,Alexiadou, Nafsika

ISBN 10: 1441169407 / ISBN 13: 9781441169402

Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Education Around the World: A Comparative Introduction
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1441169407
• ISBN 13: 9781441169402
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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

About the Author

Colin Brock, Honorary Professor of Education, University of Durham, UK

Nafsika Alexiadou is Professor of Education at the Department of Applied Educational Science, University of Umeå, Sweden.