1st Edition
International and Comparative Education Contemporary Issues and Debates
List of tables
Notes on contributors
Series editor’s preface
Stephen WardList of abbreviations
1 Comparative and International Education by Brendan Bartram
2 Alternative education provision – international perspectives by Paul Wiseman
3 Pedagogical outlooks underpinning early-years education and workforce training in England and Hungary by Tunde Rozsahegyi and Mike Lambert
4 Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Education in Dutch and English primary schools by Sarah Elsey
5 The technical and vocational provision in England: a comparative study with the Austrian secondary system by Sean Starr
6 The rise of private supplementary tutoring: Contemporary issues and international perspectives on shadow education in China by Roy Y. Chan, Hei-Hang Hayes Tang, Patrick Delaney
7 The impact of austerity in Further Education: Cross-cultural perspectives from England and Ireland by Matt O'Leary and Justin Rami
8 Academic, vocational and pre-vocational education –origins and developments by Patrick Ainley
9 Comparative issues and perspectives in adult education and training by John Field
10 International comparisons in mathematics - perspectives on teaching and learning by David Burghes
11 Higher Education - from global trends to local realities by Richard Budd
12 Some final reflections on educational comparison by Brendan Bartram
List of tables and figures
Contributors
Abbreviations
Biography
Brendan Bartram is Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK
