Showing papers in "Comparative Education in 2020"
TL;DR: The authors report on a reflexive exercise contributing a meta-mapping of typologies of GCE and supplementary analysis of that mapping, applying a heuristic of three main discursive orientations.
Abstract: This paper reports on a reflexive exercise contributing a meta-mapping of typologies of GCE and supplementary analysis of that mapping. Applying a heuristic of three main discursive orientations re...
125 citations
TL;DR: The authors made claims regarding Western neo-colonial domination over scholarship in Comparative and International Education (CIE) have recently commanded much attention and for example in a 2017 special issue of The Atlantic.
Abstract: Claims regarding Western neo-colonial domination over scholarship in Comparative and International Education (CIE) have recently commanded much attention – for example in a 2017 special iss...
51 citations
TL;DR: The authors identified OECD's shifting agendas and approaches to education since inception and distinguishes three time periods Each of these periods reflects shifting geopolitical and economic rea cientities and shifts in education.
Abstract: This paper identifies OECD's shifting agendas and approaches to education since inception and distinguishes three time periods Each of these periods reflects shifting geopolitical and economic rea
34 citations
TL;DR: The authors have pointed out that educational scholars, particularly those working in comparative education, have largely failed to recognise, let alone discuss, the impending finiteness of global resources, and that the field continues to...
Abstract: Educational scholars, particularly those working in comparative education, have largely failed to recognise, let alone discuss, the impending finite-ness of global resources. The field continues to...
32 citations
TL;DR: Comparative education relies on experiences, expertise, data, and criticism derived from multiple contexts and diverse levels to generate insights, facilitate understanding, and explain change as discussed by the authors. But it is not suitable for all contexts.
Abstract: Comparative education relies on experiences, expertise, data, and criticism derived from multiple contexts and diverse levels to generate insights, facilitate understanding, and explain change. Mar...
28 citations
TL;DR: Schleicher as discussed by the authors is a physicist and mathematician whose interest in statistics took him to the OECD in Paris, where in the late 1990s he was responsible for the creation of the world's Headmaster.
Abstract: Andreas Schleicher, often called ‘the world’s Headmaster’, is a physicist and mathematician whose interest in statistics took him to the OECD in Paris, where in the late 1990s he was responsible fo...
26 citations
TL;DR: The authors reflect upon their journey of learning to do comparative education research over the last decade and half, which involves transnational moves from Japan, Canada, US, Australia and back to the UK.
Abstract: In this paper, I reflect upon my journey of learning to do comparative education research over the last decade and half. It involves transnational moves from Japan, Canada, US, Australia and back t...
26 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analysis of 326 journal articles was conducted to understand what "student-centred" or "learner-centered" education (SCE/LCE) means.
Abstract: What does ‘student-centred’ or ‘learner-centred’ education (SCE/LCE) mean? This study answers that question through a meta-analysis of 326 journal articles. An initial 10-aspect framework emerged f...
25 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the role the Dutch gymnasium continues to play in the institutional maintenance of educational inequality and examine the relational and spatial feat of the Dutch Gymnasium.
Abstract: In this paper the authors examine the role the Dutch gymnasium continues to play in the institutional maintenance of educational inequality. To that end they examine the relational and spatial feat...
25 citations
TL;DR: A paucity of research combin... as mentioned in this paperocusing either on the internationalisation of China's higher education (HE) as soft power, or on soft power with Chinese characteristics.
Abstract: Recent research has focused either on the internationalisation of China’s higher education (HE) as soft power, or on soft power with ‘Chinese characteristics’. There is a paucity of research combin...
24 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address emerging modes of educational governance constituted through new online platforms for teacher professional development. Specifically, they focus on the OECD's PISA4U (‘PISA f...
Abstract: This paper addresses emerging modes of educational governance constituted through new online platforms for teacher professional development. Specifically, I focus here on the OECD’s PISA4U (‘PISA f...
TL;DR: Despite public-private partnership (PPP) growing popularity within education policy circles, research on their effects yields contradictory results as discussed by the authors, and the understanding of PPP effects is limited.
Abstract: Despite Public-Private Partnerships’ (PPPs) growing popularity within education policy circles, research on their effects yields contradictory results. The understanding of PPP effects is limited b...
TL;DR: The authors explore through the lens of my identification as a foreigner, a number of different themes around work in comparative education, particularly aspects of the question of "foreignness" in comparison education.
Abstract: The article is an attempt to explore through the lens of my identification as a foreigner, a number of different themes around work in comparative education, particularly aspects of the question of...
TL;DR: The sustained metaphor employed in this book to make sense out of the remarkable impact of PISA is that of "projection" as discussed by the authors, and it is faithfully applied in the opening chapter of this book.
Abstract: The sustained metaphor employed in this book to make sense out of the remarkable impact of PISA is that of ‘projection’. In the opening chapter Waldow introduces the idea, and it is faithfully appl...
TL;DR: In this article, the development trajectories of children according to the expectations of school systems are indexed using the construct of "school readiness" and the developmental trajectory of children to the expectation of the school systems.
Abstract: Global education agendas frequently draw on the construct of ‘school readiness’, indexing the developmental trajectories of children to the expectations of school systems. Through in-depth ethnogra...
TL;DR: In this article, the notion of selecting students based on academic achievement into different schools at certain points in their educational careers is one that has long been contested in education, and the concept of academic achievement has been criticised.
Abstract: The notion of selecting students based on academic achievement into different schools at certain points in their educational careers is one that has long been contested in education. In this paper ...
TL;DR: The global establishing of school choice has often and convincingly been criticised in terms of social inequality because parents have very different access to resources to enforce their expectatio... as discussed by the authors,.
Abstract: The global establishing of school choice has often and convincingly been criticised in terms of social inequality because parents have very different access to resources to enforce their expectatio...
TL;DR: In the last years, the Norwegian government has emphasised increased parent-school cooperation as a way to promote inclusive education as a primary goal in Norwegian schools as discussed by the authors, which is a long-standing characteristic of schools in Norway.
Abstract: One long-standing characteristic of schools in Norway is inclusive education as a primary goal. The last years, the Norwegian government has emphasised increased parent-school cooperation as a way ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors offer a vision of comparative education that both extends and challenges the field, and continue the work of Bereday and Lauwerys who studied comparative education.
Abstract: Relating my experience of becoming a ‘foreign’ comparativist, I offer a vision of comparative education that both extends and challenges the field. It continues the work of Bereday and Lauwerys who...
TL;DR: The authors introduced a collection of papers comprising the special issue, Competing interests: Parents, Schools and Nation States, and drew on the seven papers in the collection, and situating th...
Abstract: This article introduces a collection of papers comprising the special issue, Competing interests: Parents, Schools and Nation States. Drawing on the seven papers in the collection, and situating th...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore how and why some ideas attain agenda status while others do not and explore these questions in the context of the policy changes observed in European education policy.
Abstract: How and why do some ideas attain agenda status while others do not? This paper seeks to explore these questions in the context of the policy changes observed in European education policy. By drawin...
TL;DR: Singapore is described as a hybrid neoliberal-developmental state as discussed by the authors, where politicians have, since the city-state's independence, exercised strong ideological leadership over Singapore's economy an...
Abstract: Singapore is described as a hybrid neoliberal-developmental state. While politicians have, since the city-state’s independence, exercised ‘strong’ ideological leadership over Singapore’s economy an...
TL;DR: This article examined how hierarchical positions within the global field of higher education influence the selection of strategic priorities by universities in different parts of the world and found that hierarchical positions in higher education can influence the strategic priorities of universities.
Abstract: This study examined how hierarchical positions within the global field of higher education influence the selection of strategic priorities by universities in different parts of the world. The study...
TL;DR: The OECD is extending the participation of low and middle-income nations in its Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to explore how PISA can be made more relevant to these contex...
Abstract: The OECD is extending the participation of low- and middle-income nations in its Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). To explore how PISA can be made more relevant to these contex...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how locally situated educational practices and policies aimed at inclusion and integration may contribute to racialised exclusion for students, and propose a method to evaluate the impact of these practices on students.
Abstract: In this article, we explore how locally situated educational practices and policies aimed at inclusion and integration may contribute to racialised exclusion for students. Our analysis brings toget...
TL;DR: It is suggested that several issues relating to language of instruction can be usefully reframed as a problem of disconnected capabilities and contribute to improved understanding and analysis of these phenomena.
Abstract: This paper focuses on the issue of language of instruction, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, and considers the persistent preference for monolingual learning environments in multilingual societi...
TL;DR: The theme of this special issue is a contemporary version of the traditional theme: the comparative educationist as a foreigner as mentioned in this paper, which is very current, not least because of major events in term...
Abstract: The theme of this Special Issue is a contemporary version of the traditional theme: the comparative educationist as a foreigner. The theme is very current, not least because of major events in term...
TL;DR: The field of educational leadership has yet to develop a coherent knowledge base that reflects the global diversity of policies and practices as mentioned in this paper, which is a serious issue in the field of education.
Abstract: The field of educational leadership has yet to develop a coherent knowledge base that reflects the global diversity of policies and practices. This disconnect – for example between Asian and Wester...
TL;DR: For many years now, knowledge production at universities and in countries like Vietnam has been framed by center/periphery discourses as discussed by the authors, and it is suggested that interpreting academics' researc...
Abstract: For many years now, knowledge production at universities and in countries like Vietnam has been framed by centre/periphery discourses. In this paper, we suggest that interpreting academics’ researc...
TL;DR: Many of the iconic figures in the history of comparative education were trans-national polyglot scholars as mentioned in this paper, and several key thinkers and actors in the formative years of the institutionalisation of compa...
Abstract: Many of the iconic figures in the history of comparative education were trans-national polyglot scholars. Several key thinkers and actors in the formative years of the institutionalisation of compa...