Educational practices have rapidly changed in the last few decades, especially in how exchanges of information and learning are delivered and processed. Yet, while the field of international comparative studies has grown, there has not been an extensive study on the relationship between educational practices, students, and how practitioners are prepared and trained. This handbook explores international educational practices and behaviours through new research and a review of existing research, with chapters spread across six parts:

Part I: Introduction to Research Practices in Comparative Studies of Education
Part II: Research Methods
Part III: Policy Transfer Research through International Comparisons
Part IV: Use of Student time in Formal and Informal Settings
Part V: School Practices from Early Childhood through Secondary School
Part VI: Conclusion - Lessons from Large Scale Studies

About the Author
Emma Smith is Reader in Education at the University of Birmingham

Reviews

Larry Suter, Emma Smith, and Brian Denman have done a great service to the field of comparative educational research with this excellent volume. The breadth of content spanning theory, methodology, and policy is truly amazing, and the outstanding authors that agreed to write chapters for the volume guarantees that this book will become a standard source on comparative educational research in the years to come.

-- David Kaplan

A handbook on comparative studies in education needs to be international in its sources, contemporary in its outlook, but at the same time acknowledging the very long historical trajectory of such work. It also needs to be eclectic in the methodologies represented and critical in its approach. This volume succeeds in meeting all of these requirements and will provide enormous support to scholars around the world for many years to come.

-- Ian Menter



Book Information
ISBN 9781526419460
Author Larry E. Suter
Format Hardback
Page Count 682
Imprint Sage Publications Ltd
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd
Weight(grams) 1360g