International and Comparative Education

This handbook analyses the origins, interpretations and contributions of international education and explores key contemporary developments, including: internationalism in the context of teaching and learning, leadership, standards and quality in institutions and systems of education, the promotion of internationalism in national systems. Available as an ebook.

This encyclopedia provides coverage of key topics, concepts, and issues in international education, as well as in-depth studies of national educational systems throughout the world. Available as an ebook.

This handbook presents a global overview of developments in education and policy change during the last decade. It offers current research that examines the intersecting and diverse discourses of this important issue. Divided into two parts, the handbook first examines globalisation and education policy reforms, including coverage of main trends as well as specific policy issues such as gender, equity, minorities and human rights. Next, the handbook offers a comparative perspective that evaluates the ambivalent and problematic relationship between globalisation, the state and education reforms globally. It features coverage on curricula issues and education reforms in schools around the world as well as the curriculum in the global culture.

This encyclopedia captures the technological, societal, and institutional change in education recent years. It aims to encapsulate research in this field for students and researchers. Available as an ebook.

This handbook examines old and new epistemic motifs and theoretical strands that have characterized the interdisciplinary field of comparative and international education in the last 50 years. It analyses the shifting agendas of scholarly research, the different intellectual and ideological perspectives and the changing methodological approaches used to examine and interpret education and pedagogy across different political formations, societies and cultures. Available as an ebook.

This country-by-country survey of educational systems provides detailed essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries. Available in print only.

This volume provides a description and analysis of multicultural education around the world. It is organized around key concepts and uses case studies from various nations in different parts of the world to exemplify and illustrate the concepts. It covers theory and research pertaining to curriculum reform, immigration and citizenship, language, religion, and the education of ethnic and cultural minority groups among other topics.