<ul> <li> <u>Only</u> source of state-of-the art analyses on ethnography of education in different world regions covering 5 continents</li> <li> Most chapters authored by senior scholars leaders in their fields</li> <li> Compares perspectives from sociology of education (e.g. in France & West Africa) with anthropology of education (e.g. in Mexico & Brazil)</li> <li> Compares long-established traditions (e.g. Japan Brazil USA with newly developing fields (e.g. in China Central Europe)</li></ul>