Comparative Education Research Approaches and Methods / [electronic resource] : edited by Mark Bray, Bob Adamson, Mark Mason. - Second Edition. - Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2014. - 1 online resource (XVI, 453 p.) - CERC Studies in Comparative Education ; 19 .

List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction: Mark BRAY, Bob ADAMSON & Mark MASON -- I: DIRECTIONS -- 1. Actors and Purposes in Comparative Education: Mark BRAY -- 2. Scholarly Enquiry and the Field of Comparative Education: Mark BRAY -- 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Comparative Education: Gregory P. FAIRBROTHER -- II: UNITS OF COMPARISON -- 4. Comparing Places: Maria MANZON -- 5. Comparing Systems: Mark BRAY & Kai JIANG -- 6. Comparing Times: Anthony SWEETING -- 7. Comparing Race, Class and Gender: Liz JACKSON -- 8. Comparing Cultures: Mark MASON -- 9. Comparing Values: Wing On LEE & Maria MANZON -- 10. Comparing Policies: Rui YANG -- 11. Comparing Curricula: Bob ADAMSON & Paul MORRIS -- 12. Comparing Pedagogical Innovations: Nancy LAW -- 13. Comparing Ways of Learning: David A. WATKINS & Jan VAN AALST -- 14. Comparing Educational Achievements: Frederick LEUNG & Kyungmee PARK -- III: CONCLUSIONS.- 15. Different Models, Different Emphases, Different Insights: Mark BRAY, Bob ADAMSON & Mark MASON -- Contributors -- Index.

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Comparative education.
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