比较教育学英文资料.doc

PAGE PAGE 3 目录 TOC \o 1-3 \h \z \u Chapter One Comparative Education 4 Focusing Questions 4 Introduction 4 Identifying the Field: A Historical Look at Comparative Education 7 What Is Comparative Education? 7 Comparative Education: The Fields Historical Development 9 Conceptualizing Comparative Education: Definitions and Purposes 11 Taking Stock: A Critical Appraisal of Comparative Education 14 The Constraints of Instrumentalism 14 Instrumentalism and Comparative Education 16 New Directions: A Practical Approach to ComparativeEducation 18 Comparative Education: A Multidisciplinary Field of Inquiry 18 Comparative Education as Foundational in Education 20 An Issues-Oriented Approach to Comparative Education 21 A Focus on “Dilemmas” as Opposed to “Problems” 23 The Skill of “Comparative Perspective Taking” 24 The Value of Comparative Education 25 Sustaining Reflection 27 Chapter Two Theory in Comparative Education 27 Focusing Questions 27 Introduction 28 Structural-Functionalism and Adaptations in Comparative Education 30 Modernization Theory 33 Human Capital Formation Theory 35 Marxist Perspectives in Comparative Education 38 Dependency Theory 42 Liberation Theory 47 Postmodernism and Poststructuralism: Theoretical Challenges to the Modern 50 The Meaning of Post- and the Roots of Postmodernism and Poststructuralism 50 Postmodernisms Influences in Comparative Education 53 Sustaining Reflectin 57 Chapter Three Educational Access and Opportunity 58 Focusing Questions 58 Introduction 58 Educational Access and Opportunity as a Fundamental Societal Issue 59 South Africa and Brazil as Focal Points 60 Brazil, South Africa, and Factors of Educational Access and Opportunity in Perspective 62 Demographic Challenges 63 Consequences of Poverty 66 Race, Culture, and Their Influences on Education 69 Gender Norms and Biases 73 What Is Quality Education?