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Comparative and
International Education
Issues for Teachers
Edited by Karen Mundy, Kathy
Bickmore, Ruth Hayhoe, Meggan
Madden, and Katherine Madjidi
“A timely, wellcrafted,
and topically
important
work that adds so
much to our
understanding of
the past trajectories,
actual realities,
and future
prospects of comparative
and international education.
The book will undoubtedly serve the
interests of scholars, students, and
the wider public.”
—Ali A. Abdi, University of Alberta
“In our brave new globalized world, it
is important for teachers to be aware
of a variety of perspectives and how
they may play out locally and in international
settings. This book makes an
important contribution to this necessary
part of teacher education today.”
—Suzanne Majhanovich,
University of Western Ontario
This groundbreaking, comprehensive
text explores major issues in
education today through international
and intercultural research.
Contributors draw on comparative
research from the Americas, Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Middle East
and touch on such themes as the
history and philosophy of comparative
education, the right to education,
teacher formation, alternative
pedagogies, gender, international
assessments, Indigenous knowledge,
peace building, and global citizenship.
Featuring a vivid portrayal
of global educational practices,
contributions from preeminent
scholars, and invaluable teaching
resources, this collection is vital
reading for teachers, teachers-intraining,
and comparative education
scholars.
Additional contributors: Jean-
Paul Restoule • Joseph P. Farrell
• Sarfaroz Niyozov • Stephen
Anderson • Kara Janigan • Vandra
Lea Masemann • Mark Evans
2008/416 pp./PB, $36.95/4881-7
International Perspectives on Education
Reform Series
For sale by TC Press in the US only
Teacher
Education
Matters
A Study of
Middle School
Mathematics
Teacher
Preparation in
Six Countries
William H.
Schmidt, Sigrid Blömeke, and
Maria Teresa Tatto
“The MT21 study provides us with
valuable comparisons about the outcomes
of teacher education programs
across the participating nations.”
—Wanda Ward, NSF Deputy
Assistant Director
Based on a major international
teacher education research
project—the Mathematics Teaching
in the 21st Century Study
(MT21)—this book investigates the
preservice preparation of middle
school mathematics teachers in the
United States, South Korea, Taiwan,
Germany, Bulgaria, and Mexico.
The book includes a chapter on
policy implications, with a special
focus on teacher preparation in the
United States.
2011/352 pp./PB, $49.95/5162-6
Challenges
to
Japanese
Education
Economics,
Reform,
and Human
Rights
Edited by June
A. Gordon,
Hidenori Fujita, Takehiko Kariya,
and Gerald LeTendre
“An acutely perceptive set of essays
providing fresh insights into many
of the most misunderstood facets of
Japanese education today.”
—Thomas P. Rohlen, Freeman
Spogli Institute for
International Studies
In this volume, eight leading
Japanese scholars present their
research on profound and sensitive
issues facing Japanese society,
much of which has not been available
to the English-speaking world.
Traveling from Japan to engage in
a unique forum at the University
of California, they joined eminent
Professors Befu, DeVos, and Rohlen
to bring over 50 leading scholars
up to date on the global challenges
facing Japan and how education
has and will play into the reformulation
of its identity.
2009/224 pp./PB, $45.95/5053-7
International Perspectives on Education
Reform Series
A joint publication with, and available in Japan
from, Seori-shobo
South–South
Cooperation
in Education
and
Development
Edited by Linda
Chisholm and
Gita Steiner-
Khamsi
How real is the collaboration
between developing countries
Focusing on educational reform,
this book turns the cutting-edge
topic of South–South cooperation
inside out with a set of challenging
and diverse studies that explore
what this concept means in
practice.
2008/312 pp./PB, $45.95/4921-0
International Perspectives on Education
Reform Series
A joint publication with HSRC (Human
Sciences Research Council)
Available in Africa from HSRC
Politics of
Educational
Borrowing
and Lending
Edited by
Gita Steiner-
Khamsi
Foreword by
Thomas S.
Popkewitz
Contributors question the value of
importing and exporting educational
policies, analyze who benefits
from these arrangements, and
test their effectiveness.
2004/256 pp./PB, $35.95/4493-2
Improving
Teacher
Quality
The U.S.
Teaching Force
in Global
Context
Motoko Akiba
and
Gerald LeTendre
“In their work, the authors effectively
outline elegantly simple policies
that ought to lead to immediate
improvements in U.S. educational
achievement.” —Schools
The authors compare and contrast
the United States with two highachieving
countries—Japan and
Australia—that have implemented
very different approaches to
improving teacher quality.
2009/176 pp./PB, $38.95/4988-3
Beginning
School
U.S. Policies in
International
Perspective
Edited by
Richard M.
Clifford and
Gisele M.
Crawford
The United States is at a pivotal
crossroads in determining the
educational experiences of children
aged 3 through 8. To help educators
set goals and design effective
policies, early childhood experts
provide a concise history of early
education and care in the United
States and invite readers to consider
early schooling in a global
perspective.
International contributors:
Véronique Francis (France) •
Michael Gaffney (New Zealand) •
Inge Johansson (Sweden) • Hans-
Guenther Rossbach (Germany) •
Reiko Uzuhashi (Japan)
2008/160 pp./PB, $37.95/4931-9
HC, $62/4932-6
Early Childhood Education Series
Multicultural Strategies
for Education and Social
Change
Carriers of the Torch in the
United States and South Africa
Arnetha F. Ball
Foreword by Shirley Brice Heath
“This text is an important addition
to the international multicultural
and diversity literature, especially
where the book offers a comparative
examination of South African and U.S.
education systems.”
—Teachers College Record
2006/208 pp./PB, $30.95/4669-1
HC, $63/4670-7
Multicultural Education Series
Torres: Globalizations
and Education
Collected Essays on Class, Race,
Gender, and the State
Carlos Alberto Torres
Foreword by Michael W. Apple
2009/240 pp./PB, $33.95/4937-1
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