Comparative Education Reader

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. <p>Introduction - <em>Edward R. Beauchamp</em><br>Part One: Ways of Thinking About Comparative Education<br>1. Comparing Futures or Comparing Pasts? - <em>Robert Cowen</em><br>2. Mapping Comparative Education After Post-Modernity - <em>Rolland</em><em>Paulston</em><br>3. Mapping Rural Women's Perspectives on Nonformal Education Experiences - <em>Zebun Mahmed</em><br>4. Imagining Comparative Education: Past, Present and Future - <em>Rolland Paulston</em><br>5. Comparative Education Redefined - <em>Ronald Price</em><br><br>Part Two. Equity and Education<br>6. Education and Muslim Identity: The Case of France - <em>Leslie J. Limage</em><br>7. The State, Adult Literacy Policy, and Inequality in Botswana - <em>Frank</em><em>Youngman</em><br>8. Juvenile Delinquency and Reformatory Education in China - <em>Irving Epstein</em><br>9. The Closing of the Gender Gap in Schooling: The Case of Thailand - <em>John</em><em>Knodel</em><br>10. Peace Education and the Comparative Study of Education - <em>Robin J. Burns</em> and <em>Robert</em><em>Aspeslagh</em><br><br>Part Three: Education, Development and Policy Planning<br>11. Development Studies and Comparative Education: Context, Content, Comparison and<br>Contributors - <em>Angela Little</em><br>12. Qualitative Research and Educational Policy-Making: Approaching the Reality in Developing Countries - <em>Kai-Ming Cheng</em><br>13. The Limits of Modern Education - <em>William K.</em><em>Cummings</em><br>14. Improving the Quality of Basic Education? The Strategies of the World Bank - <em>Rosa Maria</em><em>Torres</em><br>15. Alternative Development and Education: Economic Interests and Cultural Practices in the - <em>Amazon</em><em>Sheila Aikman</em><br>16. Public Policies on Gender and Education in Paraguay: The Project for Equal Opportunities - <em>Carmen Colazo</em><br><br>Part Four . Teachers and Teaching<br>17. Comparative Perspectives on Professionalism Among American, British, German and Finnish Teachers <em>Reijo Raivola</em><br>18. Classroom Management in Japan - <em>Nobuo K Shimahara</em><br>19. Reforms to Teacher Education in Indonesia: Does More Mean Better? - <em>H. Dean Nielsen</em><br>20. Education, Teacher Training and the Prospects for Recovery in Cambodia - <em>Stephen J.</em><em>Duggan</em></p>