Comparative education : : a field in discussion / / David A. Turner.

• Superior document: Comparative and International Education: Diversity of Voices ; 54
• VerfasserIn: Turner, David A. (Professor of education),
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Comparative and International Education: Diversity of Voices ; 54.; Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2021.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 pages)

Comparative Education: A Field in Discussion is a personal reflection on the field of comparative education from the perspective of one scholar who has been active in the field since the 1980s. In the 1960s and 1970s many scholars attempted to develop a science of comparative education, and those di...

Table of Contents

• 1 What Is Comparative Education?
• 2 Models and Multi-Centred Studies of Education
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Detail of Macro Level Patterns
• 3 The Game of Life as Metaphor
• 4 An Area of Special Interest
• 5 The Next Step
• 6 Life Is Not the Game of Life
• 7 A Thought Experiment
• 8 Games against Nature
• 3 Understanding Comparison
• 1 Introduction
• 2 An Educational Computer Programme
• 3 An Historical Approach
• 4 A Dynamic of Diversity
• 5 More Models
• 4 Mapping the Field
• 5 National Character
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Forming a National Character
• 3 Essentialism
• 4 Encyclopaedism
• 5 Pragmatism
• 6 Polytechnicalism
• 7 Other Ideal Typical Models
• 8 Confucianism
• 6 Nicholas Hans Revisited
• 7 Holmes' Problem Solving Approach
• 1 Sociological Laws
• 8 Revisiting the Field
• 1 Conclusions
• References.