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.
Part I: Ways of Thinking about Comparative Education 1. Comparing Futures or Comparing Pasts? 2. Mapping Comparative Education after Post-modernity 3. Mapping Rural Women's Perspectives on Nonformal Educational Experiences 4. Imagining Comparative Education: Past, Present and Future 5. Comparative Education Redefined Part II: Equity and Education 6. Education and Muslim Identity: the Case of France 7. The State, Adult Literacy Policy, and Inequality in Botswana 8. Juvenile Delinquency and Reformatory Education in China 9. The Closing of the Gender Gap in Schooling: the Case of Thailand 10. Peace Education and the Comparative Study of Education Part III: Education, Development and Policy Planning 11. Development Studies and Comparative Education: Context, Content, Comparison and Contributors 12. Qualitative Research and Educational Policy-making: Approaching the Reality in Developing Countries 13. The Limits of Modern Education 14. Improving the Quality of Basic Education? Strategies of the World Bank 15. Alternative Development and Education: Economic Interests and Cultural Practices in the Amazon 16. Public Policies on Gender and Education in Paraguay: the Project for Equal Opportunities Part IV: Teachers and Teaching 17. Comparative Perspectives on Professionalism among American, British, German and Finnish Teachers 18. Classroom Management in Japan 19. Reforms to Teacher Education in Indonesia: Does More Mean Better? 20. Education, Teacher Training and the Prospects for Recovery in Cambodia
