Comparative sciences : interdisciplinary approaches / edited by Alexander W. Wiseman, Nikolay Popov.

Includes index.

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Front Cover; Comparative Sciences: Interdisciplinary Approaches; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; An Introduction to Comparing Comparative Methodologies: A Framework for Understanding Pitfalls and Operationalizing Promises; Comparing Comparative Studies; Comparative Research and Methods; Lack of Comparative Reflection; What Is the Comparative Method?; The Pitfalls and Promises of Comparison; References; Part I: Methodological Considerations in Comparative Sciences.

Quisnam Sum Ego? Crises of Identity in Comparative Education and the Call for a Comparison of Comparative StudiesIntroduction; Crisis 1 -- Comparative Education: A Method, a Field or a Discipline?; Crisis 2 -- What Does 'Comparative' in Comparative Education Signify?; Crisis 3 -- The Minuscule Place of the Comparative Method in Research Methodology in Comparative Education; Crisis 4 -- The Apparent Anomaly of the Dominance of Single Unit Studies in a Field Calling Itself Comparative Studies; Crisis 5 -- The Dearth/Absence of Taxonomies: The Scotoma Right in the Centre of Comparative Education.

Crisis 6 -- An Answer to the Feeling that Globalization Renders Comparative Studies ObsoleteCrisis 7 -- Should Comparative Education be Superseded by International Education?; Crisis 8 -- The Purposes and Significance of Comparative Education: A Boundless Façade to an Empty Interior; Crisis 9 -- Pitfalls in Practicing Comparative Education; Crisis 10 -- No Autochthonous Theory; Conclusion: Prosopognosia of Comparative Education and Ameliorative Potential of Other Comparative Sciences; References; The Role of Comparative Pedagogy in Comparative Educational Research; Introduction.

The Issue of Naming and TranslationContinental European Conceptualization of Comparative Research in Education; The Beginnings of Pedagogy; The Identity of Pedagogy; The Role of Comparison in Pedagogy; Anglophone Conceptualizations of Comparative Research in Education; Conclusion: How Can Comparative Pedagogy Enrich Global Comparative Education Research?; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Comparative Analysis: Methodological Optics in the Ideological Context; Introduction; Research Case 1; Conceptual Framework; Research Design and Methodology; Literature Research.

Instruments, Procedure, and Data AnalysisResults and Discussion; The First Series; The Second Series; Summary of Research Case 1; Research Case 2; Conceptual Framework; Research Design and Methodology; Literature Research; Instruments, Procedure, and Data Analysis; Results and Discussion; The First Series; The Second Series; Summary of Research Case 2; Conclusion; Notes; References; Appendix; Early Childhood Teacher Education in Namibia and Canada; Objective and Context of the Problem; Conceptual Framework; Methodological Approach; Research Questions.

It is natural to compare. Comparison is fundamental to understanding - not only understanding what makes one phenomenon like another but also what makes many phenomena different from the others. This volume focuses on the distinctions, overlap and integration of comparative studies across disciplinary boundaries, broadly speaking.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.

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