Handbook on Comparative Education: (Elgar Handbooks in Education)

Compiling insights from leading scholars across the globe, this cutting-edge Handbook presents an overview of comparative education. It crucially distinguishes the field from other subdisciplines of educational studies, addressing key areas of debate within both scholarship and professional practice. The Handbook examines fundamental issues and concerns in research, policy, practice, and professionalisation. Bringing together representative voices from a wide range of contexts, chapters offer a holistic perspective on the theoretical approaches, methodological applications, and responsibilities of comparative education. Authors tackle the major challenges currently impacting the field, including education finance equity, accessibility of research in the Global South, and the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing a comprehensive exploration of this exciting subject area, the Handbook on Comparative Education is a crucial resource for education policy students, scholars, and comparativists. It is also beneficial to researchers and professionals interested in areas such as international development, management education, and comparative education.

Table of Contents:
Contents Navigating the terrain of comparative education: an introduction 1 Alexander W. Wiseman, Emily W. Anderson, Lisa Damaschke-Deitrick, Ericka Galegher, Nino Dzotsenidze and Maureen Park PART I GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMPARATIVE EDUCATION 1 The Mexican education reform gallop 13 Carlos Ornelas 2 Strategic internationalization of higher education institutions throughthe UNESCO Chairs. Program in two influential regions: opportunities and challenges 26 Angel Oi Yee Cheng 3 Academic achievement among Chinese undergraduates: the interaction between achievement goals and social class 41 Chen Chen and Xinwei Zhang 4 The past and present of comparative education in Kazakhstan as an arena of colonial and indigenous contestation 51 Aliya Kuzhabekova 5 International studentmobility: what’s in it for comparative education? 62 Nino Dzotsenidze PART II THEORETICAL APPROACHES IN COMPARATIVE EDUCATION 6 The apparent and empirical critical lean in comparative education 75 Alexander W. Wiseman 7 The state of the state in comparative education: shifting definitions, roles, and responsibilities in a globalized world 88 Arnela Colic, Samaya Mansour and Darren Rabinowitz 8 Studying convergences in comparative education 101 Suvi Jokila and Elizabeth Agbor Eta 9 Pedagogical theory in comparative education: the culture of remembrance and its significance for comparative education 109 Renata Nowakowska-Siuta 10 Traversing the boundary: a systems thinking approach in comparative education 122 Yifan Ping 11 Equity in education finance policy 134 Iris Ben David-Hadar PART III METHODOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS IN COMPARATIVE EDUCATION 12 Methodological complementarity in comparative education research 151 Alexander W. Wiseman and Emily Anderson 13 Dialogues and collaboration across boundaries: new methods for comparative education 160 Sarah Lillo Kang and Shona McIntosh 14 The professionalization of comparative and international education 172 Tavis D. Jules, Florin D. Salajan and Aleta Garrett 15 Faculty and staff perceptions of Title IX reporting and response to genderbased violence in the United States: a systematic review 188 Yuly Piedrahita 16 From national to continental priority: the recent trend of information and communication technology policy diffusion in higher education in subSaharan Africa 200 Collins N. Vaye 17 Unpacking the methodological and conceptual challenges of international large-scale assessments in comparative education research 213 Zhijun Chen, Jiaqi Wu and Andres PART IV POLICY TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE EDUCATION 18 Nationalism, women’s agency, and comparative education policy 227 Supriya Baily 19 Borrowing money, borrowing ideas: the economics of policy transfer in the Global South 238 Asel Dorombaeva, Samaya Mansour and Whitney Hough 20 Understanding accountability in education: a review of common typologies 249 William C. Smith 21 The Master’s in Teaching and Learning in England: a case of policy borrowing from Finland 262 Jennifer Chung and Jane Moore 22 German refugee education policy from a governance perspective 274 Lisa Damaschke-Deitrick and Luisa Burgmer PART V RESEARCH TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE EDUCATION 23 Educational improvement science as an emerging field: global perspectives 287 Jun Li and Maria I. Khan 24 Education reform and the global learning crisis: when does reform help? 301 Rie Kijima and Patricia Bromley 25 An unorthodox comparison: churches and schools within the US New Sanctuary Movement 312 Bruce A. Collet 26 Nordic early childhood education through an internationally comparative education lens: the case of Finland 324 Jennifer Chung PART VI COMPARATIVE EDUCATION IN PRACTICE 27 Comparative education in academic publishing: the intersection of comparative education theory, research, and practice 338 Maureen F. Park and Nino Dzotsenidze 28 Comparing education systems improvement: a contested research field 355 Axel Rivas 29 Education reconstruction after conflict and war in comparative context 366 Emily Dunlop and Rena Deitz 30 Global literacy in practice 379 Mary Faith Mount-Cors, Andrew P. Wu and Audrey Spencer PART VII RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPARATIVE EDUCATION 31 Whose agency? Whose responsibility? What outcomes? The practical application of comparative education worldwide 390 Alexander W. Wiseman and Ericka Galegher 32 Ethical considerations of international comparative higher education research 405 Sarah Schiffecker, Charles Mathies and Jon McNaughtan 33 Indigenous knowledges and collective learning: interepistemic Earth relationing with places and for the planet 419 Elizabeth Sumida Huaman 34 Opening spaces for decolonizing language education 432 Julia Jakob, Jenson Deokiesingh, Heidy Perez-Cordero and Rebecca Dengler 35 Rethinking developmental race identity models in comparative education 446 Ashley N. Watson 36 Pedagogies of peace and coexistence in a more-than-human world: an intergenerational dialogue on educational peacebuilding and climate action around the globe 459 Mary Abura, Kathy Bickmore, Edward J. Brantmeier, Virginia Cawagas, Hilary Cremin, Nicki L. Gerstner, Christine Joo, Riya Kartha, Kevin Kester, William W. McInerney, Rira Seo, Toh Swee-Hin (S.H.Toh) and Tongnan Xie 37 Comparative education and the bridge of faith 481 Ruth Hayhoe 38 Is continuous improvement possible? An assessment of comparative education’s past, present, and future 492 Alexander W. Wiseman, Emily W. Anderson, Lisa DamaschkeDeitrick, Ericka Galegher, Nino Dzotsenidze and Maureen Park

About the Author :
Edited by Alexander W. Wiseman, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Counseling, Texas Tech University, Emily W. Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Florida International University, USA, Lisa Damaschke-Deitrick, Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Institute of Political Science, University of Tuebingen, Germany, Ericka Galegher, Independent Consultant, Egypt, Nino Dzotsenidze, Senior Research Analyst, California Center for Rural Policy, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, USA and Maureen Park, Independent Researcher, Tunis, Tunisia

Review :
‘A tour de force in comparative analysis of education, Wiseman et al. curate a new collection of state-of-the-art chapters exploring theories, methodologies, and policy implications in the global study of education, authored by some of the field’s most active scholars.’ ‘The Handbook on Comparative Education is an essential addition to the library of every scholar, educator, and policymaker interested in the field of comparative education. With contributions from an impressive roster of global experts, this comprehensive volume offers a rich tapestry of perspectives that enlighten and broaden our understanding of educational systems worldwide.’ ‘The Handbook on Comparative Education invites us to navigate the theoretical and methodological universe of comparative education, which is fundamental to understanding this new challenge for readers. Chapters in the Handbook bring a novelty: they approach comparative education from its already consensual practices in academia and dive into the field's professionalization. That is comparative education advances in analysis and comparative evaluation as an essential instrument for decisions in the public and private spheres of educational systems.’