Organized topically rather than theoretically, this well-rounded and thorough collection brings together some of the top scholars in the field, providing a readable text for introductory comparative education students.
Introduction - Edward R. BeauchampPart One: Ways of Thinking About Comparative Education1. Comparing Futures or Comparing Pasts? - Robert Cowen2. Mapping Comparative Education After Post-Modernity - RollandPaulston3. Mapping Rural Women's Perspectives on Nonformal Education Experiences - Zebun Mahmed4. Imagining Comparative Education: Past, Present and Future - Rolland Paulston5. Comparative Education Redefined - Ronald PricePart Two. Equity and Education6. Education and Muslim Identity: The Case of France - Leslie J. Limage7. The State, Adult Literacy Policy, and Inequality in Botswana - FrankYoungman8. Juvenile Delinquency and Reformatory Education in China - Irving Epstein9. The Closing of the Gender Gap in Schooling: The Case of Thailand - JohnKnodel10. Peace Education and the Comparative Study of Education - Robin J. Burns and RobertAspeslaghPart Three: Education, Development and Policy Planning11. Development Studies and Comparative Education: Context, Content, Comparison andContributors - Angela Little12. Qualitative Research and Educational Policy-Making: Approaching the Reality in Developing Countries - Kai-Ming Cheng13. The Limits of Modern Education - William K.Cummings14. Improving the Quality of Basic Education? The Strategies of the World Bank - Rosa MariaTorres15. Alternative Development and Education: Economic Interests and Cultural Practices in the - AmazonSheila Aikman16. Public Policies on Gender and Education in Paraguay: The Project for Equal Opportunities - Carmen ColazoPart Four . Teachers and Teaching17. Comparative Perspectives on Professionalism Among American, British, German and Finnish Teachers Reijo Raivola18. Classroom Management in Japan - Nobuo K Shimahara19. Reforms to Teacher Education in Indonesia: Does More Mean Better? - H. Dean Nielsen20. Education, Teacher Training and the Prospects for Recovery in Cambodia - Stephen J.Duggan
