Comparative education : the dialectic of the global and the local / Carlos Alberto Torres, Robert F. Arnove, Lauren Ila Misiaszek.
| Other author | Torres, Carlos Alberto, editor. |
| Other author | Arnove, Robert F., editor. |
| Other author | Misiaszek, Lauren Ila, editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Fifth edition. |
| Publication | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Comparative education (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc. : 2022) |
| Contents | Introduction : reframing comparative education : the dialectic of the global and the local / Robert F. Arnove -- Institutionalizing international influence / Joel Samoff -- Economics, education, and society : myths and possibilities / Steven Klees -- The state, social movements and education : between reform and transformation / Raymond Morrow and Carlos Alberto Torres -- Culture and education / Vandra Lea Masemann -- The question of identity from a comparative education perspective / Christine Fox -- Equality of education : six decades of comparative evidence seen from a new millennium / Joseph P. Farrell -- Women's education in the twenty-first century / Nelly P. Stromquist -- Control of education : issues and tensions in centralization and decentralization / Mark Bray -- Transforming adult and community education : a theory of literacies for analysing change in Grenada's revolution and after / Anne Hickling-Hudson -- Between the state, society and global markets : three roles of higher education / Susan Wiksten & Daniel Schugurensky -- Education for all in Africa-not remediation but transformation and innovation / Joel Samoff & Bidemi Carrol -- Education in Latin America : from dependency and neoliberalism to alternative paths to development / Robert F. Arnove, Stephen Franz, Carlos Ornelas & Carlos Alberto Torres -- The education of youngsters in conflict-ridden regions of the Middle East : challenges and opportunities / Muzna Awayed-Bishara -- Education in the Asia-Pacific region : achievements and challenges / John Hawkins & Anthony Welch -- Living well together as educators in our oceanic 'sea of islands' : epistemology and ontology of comparative education / Kabini Sanga, David Fa'avae, Martyn Reynolds -- The political construction of European education / Antonio Teodoro -- Education in Eastern and Central Europe : re-thinking post-socialism in the context of globalization / Ben Eklof & Iveta Silova -- Technocracy, uncertainty, and ethics : contemporary challenges facing comparative education / Anthony Welch -- Comparative education : the dialectics of globalization and its discontents / Carlos Alberto Torres. |
| Abstract | "Offers a state-of-the art, comprehensive, rigorous framework for taking into the dynamic interactions of local, national, regional, and transnational interactions shaping education systems around the world, introducing the field of comparative education from various theoretical and methodological perspectives"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Comparative education Fifth edition. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2022 9781538145548 |
| LCCN | 2022002465 |
| ISBN | 9781538145562 (pdf) |
| ISBN | 1538145561 |
| ISBN | (cloth) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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