North American Scholars of Comparative Education Examining the Work and Influence of Notable 20th Century Comparativists

List of Illustrations

List of Contributors

Preface

Introduction: Unleashing the Power of Biographies to Shape a Narrative on Perspectives in Transition - Erwin H. Epstein

Part I The policy-oriented humanistic tradition in comparative education

Chapter 1: John Dewey - Regina Cortina

Chapter 2: Paul Monroe - Liping Bu

Chapter 3: Isaac Leon Kandel - J. Wesley Null

Chapter 4: William W. Brickman - Erwin H. Epstein

Chapter 5: George Z.F. Bereday - Justyna Wojniak and David Post

Part II The social scientific tradition in comparative education

Chapter 6: C. Arnold Anderson - Erwin H. Epstein

Chapter 7: Phillip J. Foster - Stephen P. Heyneman

Chapter 8: Mary Jean Bowman - David N. Plank

Chapter 9: Donald K. Adams - John C. Weidman

Chapter 10: Joseph P. Farrell - Karen Mundy

Part III New perspectives and methods in comparative education

Chapter 11: Gail Paradise Kelly - Vandra Lea Masemann

Chapter 12: Rolland G. Paulston - Brian Denman and W. James Jacob 

Chapter 13: Heidi Ann Ross - Irving Epstein

Chapter 14: Gerald H. Read - Martha C. Merrill

Chapter 15: Claude Andrew Eggertsen - Robert F. Lawson

Conclusion: Harnessing Disparate Perspectives on Ways of Knowing for an Uncertain Future - Erwin H. Epstein

Selected Further Readings

Index

Biography

Erwin H. Epstein is Emeritus Professor of Cultural and Educational Policy Studies at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author of numerous publications and was formerly president of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) and editor of the Comparative Education Review.

"Intellectual histories tell us about the past so as to enable us to think about the future. As the present role of education and its future is more doubtful than ever, teasing out the insights of the scholars covered in this volume will contribute to our overall understandings of the relations between education and society in different contexts."

Esther E. Gottlieb, The Ohio State University USA, Comparative and International Education Society Historian

"This text is of major importance as a contribution to understanding the history of comparative education and to sharpening contemporary debates. The book will go straight into the category of ‘unavoidable reading’ for specialists in comparative education. The volume will be a source of marvellous teaching material for bringing the field of study alive for students. Overall, the book can be warmly welcomed as a major contribution to our history and welcomed for its accounts of the careers of some distinguished comparative educationists."

Robert Cowen, UCL, UK

"Overall, this book produces an accurate picture of comparative education’s transition from a humanistic to a social scientific orientation, finally arriving at the new perspectives and methods of the late twentieth century. By exploring relevant biographical stories, the authors vividly illustrate each scholar’s contribution to each transition phase. Above all, this book is not only of interest to researchers in the comparative and international education field, but also to those keen to understand the modernisation of education internationally, which was largely promoted by the United States."

Hongyan Chen, East China Normal University, reviewed in https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0046760X.2020.1760361