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Book SynopsisSince 2013, the Annual Review of Comparative and International Education has covered the significant developments in the field of comparative and international education. This year’s edition begins with a collection of reflective essays about comparative education trends and directions written by both professional and scholarly leaders in the field. Topics covered in the 2018 volume include major theoretical and methodological developments, reports on research-to-practice, area studies and regional developments, and the diversification of comparative and international education. A special introductory chapter addresses the “osmosis” of comparative and international education research across field and disciplinary boundaries. This book sheds light on the most recent advances and patterns within the field of comparative education and will prove an essential text for researchers in the field of global education.
Trade ReviewLooking at the past year in comparative and international education research, education scholars cover trends and directions, conceptual and methodological developments, research-to-practice, area studies and regional developments, and diversification of the field. Specific topics include teacher education and the ghost of the nation state: how comparative and international education matters for teacher development, research and practice in comparative and international higher education, transformation of the public school in Latin America: summary of the findings following Educando by Worldfund Educational Interventions, education in sub-Saharan Africa, and mapping changes in legislation and implementation for special needs education in India. -- Copyright 2019 * Portland, OR *
Table of ContentsIntroduction. The Osmosis of Comparative and International Education: What, How, and Why CIE Research Appears in Non-CIE Journals;
Petrina M. Davidson, Maureen Park, Nino Dzotsenidze, Obioma Okogbue and Alexander W. Wiseman PART 1: COMPARATIVE EDUCATION TRENDS AND DIRECTIONS Chapter 1. One Indicator to Rule Them All: How SDG 4.1.1 Dominates the Conversation and What It Means for the Most Marginalized;
William C. Smith Chapter 2. Comparative and International Inclusive Education: Trends, Dilemmas, and Future Directions;
Matthew J. Schuelka and Kate Lapham Chapter 3. The 'R-word' Today: An Expanded Understanding of Religion in Secular and Religious Formal and Non-Formal Educational Spaces;
Bruce Collet and W. Y. Alice Chan Chapter 4. Teacher Education and the Ghost of the Nation State: How Comparative and International Education Matters for Teacher Development;
Susan Wiksten Chapter 5. Widening the Lens: Going Global in Mathematics Education Research;
Linda Platas and Yasmin Sitabkhan Chapter 6. Comparative and International Education: A Field Fraught with Contradictions;
Maren Elfert and Chrissie Monaghan Chapter 7. Research and Practice in Comparative and International Higher Education;
Meggan Madden and Gerardo L. Blanco Chapter 8. International Education Assistance in the Kyrgyz Republic: Partnership and the Role of Expertise in International Education Interventions;
Alanna Shaikh Chapter 9. Advancing the Teaching of Comparative and International Education;
Matthew A. M. Thomas and Jacqueline Mosselson PART 2: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS Chapter 10. What is Comparative Education?;
David A. Turner PART 3: RESEARCH-TO-PRACTICE Chapter 11. Transformation of the Public School in Latin America: Summary of Findings following Educando by Worldfund Educational Interventions;
Cristina Salazar Gallardo and Consuelo Murillo Chapter 12. ICT4D, Policy Landscapes, and Practice Arenas: A Review of and Reflection on ICT Actors and Applications in African Higher Education;
Ane Turner Johnson PART 4: AREA STUDIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS Chapter 13. Is Engineering Harder to Crack than Science? A Cross-national Analysis of Women's Participation in Male Dominated Fields of Study in Higher Education;
Naejin Kwak and Francisco O. Ramirez Chapter 14. The Teacher Supply in Latin America: A Review of Research;
Paula Razquin Chapter 15. Play and/or Learning? Comparative Analysis of Dominant Concepts in National Curriculum Guidelines for Early Childhood Education in Norway, Finland, China and Hong Kong;
Aihua Hu and Elin Eriksen Ødegaard Chapter 16. Education in Sub-Saharan Africa;
C. C. Wolhuter Chapter 17. A Review of the Main Trends in the Reforms of School Structures in Europe;
Nikolay Popov Chapter 18. Internationalization and Academic Mobility: Trends and Prospects in Georgian Higher Education;
Lela Iosava PART 5: DIVERSIFICATION OF THE FIELD Chapter 19. Mapping Changes in Legislation and Implementation for Special Needs Education in India;
Meenakshi Srivastava Chapter 20. "That Would Never Work Here": Overcoming 'Context Paralysis' on Behalf of Gender and Sexual Minorities Worldwide;
Emily S. Meadows
