Comparative Education (eBook, ePUB)

The Dialectic of the Global and the Local
Redaktion: Torres, Carlos Alberto; Misiaszek, Lauren Ila; Arnove, Robert F.

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Produktbeschreibung

Now in its fifth edition, Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local has established itself as the state-of-the art, comprehensive as well as sophisticated framework for taking into account the dynamic interactions of local, national, regional, and transnational factors shaping education systems around the world. Our theoretical and methodological strategy for this volume has proven effective as a standard textbook for introducing the field of comparative education from various theoretical and methodological perspectives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 602
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538145562
• Artikelnr.: 65033536

Autorenporträt

Contributors: Robert F. Arnove, Muzna Awayed-Bishara, Mark Bray, Bidemi Carrol, Ben Eklof, David Fa'avae, Joseph P. Farrell, Christine Fox, Stephen Franz, John Hawkins, Anne Hickling-Hudson, Steven J. Klees, Vandra Lea Masemann, Raymond Morrow, Carlos Ornelas, Martyn Reynolds, Joel Samoff, Kabini Sanga, Daniel Schugurensky, Iveta Silova, Nelly P. Stromquist, António Teodoro, Carlos Alberto Torres, Anthony Welch, Susan Wiksten About the Editors Carlos Alberto Torres is Distinguished Professor of Education, Director of the UCLA Paulo Freire Institute, and former UNESCO-UCLA Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education. Torres is a political sociologist of education. He was educated in Argentina, Mexico, the United States and Canada. He is also Founding Director of the Paulo Freire Institute in São Paulo, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and UCLA. Torres is Past President of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES), Past President of the Research Committee of Sociology of Education, International Sociological Association, and Past President of the Comparative and International Society (CIES-US). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Corresponding Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. He has published over 60 books and more than 300 peer research articles, and received three Fulbright grants. Robert F. Arnove, lead co-editor of the previous four editions of Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local, as well as the co-editor of Emergent Trends in Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and Local, is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is a Past President and Honorary Fellow of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). A visiting scholar at universities ranging from Argentina to Australia, he has published extensively on the contours, dimensions, and major trends in the field of comparative education with a focus on education and sociopolitical exchange. His latest book, Talent Abounds, examines teaching and mentoring interactions and societal policies that can foster peak performance in various domains of the arts and athletics for all students. He has been a teachers union president, a third party candidate for the U.S. Congress, and the president of an experimental theater company in Bloomington, Indiana. Lauren Ila Misiaszek (PhD, UCLA) has been Associate Professor in the Institute of International and Comparative Education at Beijing Normal University since 2013. Misiaszek is Immediate Past Secretary General of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) (2016-2019), an Associate Director of the Paulo Freire Institute (UCLA), and a Co-Founder and Fellow of the International Network on Gender, Social Justice, and Praxis. Some of the other positions she has held include UK Fulbright Scholar, a national program manager for the US Veterans Administration, a sustainable development fellow in Nicaragua, and a free clinic worker and translator in the US. Misiaszek works across various linguistic and geographic contexts at the intersection of the humanities and social sciences on a wide range of intersectional social justice issues, including social movements and nonformal education, critical sociology of higher education, and postfoundational comparative education.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Reframing Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global
and the Local Robert F. Arnove
Institutionalizing International Influence Joel SamoffEconomics, Education,
and Society: Myths and Possibilities Steven KleesThe State, Social
Movements and Education: Between Reform and Transformation Raymond Morrow
and Carlos Alberto TorresCulture 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. FarrellWomen's Education in the Twenty-First Century
Nelly P. StromquistControl of Education: Issues and Tensions in
Centralization and Decentralization Mark BrayTransforming adult and
community education: a theory of literacies for analysing change in
Grenada's revolution and after Anne Hickling-HudsonBetween the State,
Society and Global Markets: Three Roles of Higher Education Susan Wiksten &
Daniel Schugurensky Education in Africa: Not Remediation but Transformation
and Innovation Joel Samoff & Bidemi CarrolEducation in Latin America: From
Dependency and Neoliberalism to Alternative Paths to Development Robert F.
Arnove, Stephen Franz, Carlos Ornelas & Carlos Alberto TorresThe Education
of Youngsters in Conflict-Ridden Regions of the Middle East: Challenges and
Opportunities Muzna Awayed-BisharaEducation in the Asia-Pacific Region:
Achievements and Challenges John Hawkins (posthumous) & 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 ReynoldsThe Political Construction of European Education
António TeodoroEducation in Eastern and Central Europe: Re-Thinking
Post-Socialism in the Context of Globalization Ben Eklof & Iveta Silova
Technocracy, Uncertainty, and Ethics: Comparative Education in an Era of
Postmodernity and Globalization Anthony WelchComparative Education: The
Dialectics of Globalization and Its Discontents Carlos Alberto Torres