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[Enhanced Credo edition] |
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1 online resource (46 entries) : 49 images ; digital files. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. The status of comparative education research in the 21st century : An empiricist's view -- 2. Critical challenges in approaches and experience in comparative education research -- 3. Enduring issues in education : comparative perspectives -- 4. Riddled with gaping wounds : A methodological critique of comparative and international studies in education : Views of a professor -- 5. Challenges in international large-scale educational surveys -- 6. Non-cognitive attributes : Measurement and meaning -- 7. Methodological challenges to measuring heterogeneous populations internationally --8. The participation of Latin American countries in international assessments : Assessment capacity, validity, and fairness -- 9. Validity issues in qualitative and quantitative research of cross-national studies -- 10. Mixed methods in education : Visualising the quality of quantitative data -- 11. Growth and development of large-scale international comparative studies and their influence on comparative education thinking -- 12. The meaning of motivation to learn in cross-national comparisons : A review of recent international research on ability, self-concept, and interest -- 13. Examining change over time in international large-scale assessments : Lessons learned from PISA -- 14. Qualitative comparative education research : Perennial issues, new approaches and good practice -- 15. Methodological challenges in conducting international research on teaching quality using standardized observations -- |
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16. The measurement and use of socioeconomic status in educational research -- 17. Early childhood care and education in the era of sustainable development : Balancing local and global priorities -- 18. Equity of access to pre-primary education and long-term benefits : A cross-country analysis -- 19. Primary education curricula across the world : Qualitative and quantitative methodology in international comparison -- 20. Outside-school-time activities and shadow education -- 21. Measuring opportunity : Two perspectives on the "black box" of school learning -- 22. What can international comparative tests tell us about the future supply of highly skilled STEM workers? -- 23. Comparative research on teacher learning communities in a global context -- 24. Teaching instructional practices : Play-based learning : Supporting the transition from early years to primary education -- 25. Challenges in practice : A critical examination of efforts to link teacher practices and student achievement -- 26. Global higher education trends : implications for policy and practice -- 27. Digital technologies and educational transformation -- 28. International large-scale student assessments and their impact on national school reforms -- |
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29. Changes in the world-wide distribution of large-scale International assessments -- 30. The uneasy relation between international testing and comparative education research -- 31. Global and local dissonance when comparing nation-states and educational performance -- 32. Building learning assessment systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
The SAGE Handbook of Comparative Studies in Education explores international educational practices and behaviours through new research and review of existing research. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Comparative education -- Research.
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Comparative education -- Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Suter, Larry, editor.
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Smith, Emma (Professor), editor.
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Denman, Brian D., editor.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Added Title |
Handbook of comparative studies in education |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 1526419467 9781526419460 xlviii, 634 pages : illustrations |
| ISBN |
9781787857346 electronic version |
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9781526484635 electronic book |
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1526484633 electronic book |
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9781526484611 electronic book |
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1526484617 electronic book |
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9781526419460 hardback |
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