Books in the CERC Studies in Comparative Education series

How is information and communication technology (ICT) changing teaching and learning practices in secondary schools worldwide in the 21st century? * Is there evidence that key strategic factors commonly found in ICT related educational policies do influence teachers' pedagogical use of ICT?

This book highlights some of Kenneth King's diverse contributions to international and comparative education, African studies and development studies over more than four decades.

Through theoretical lenses of economic sociology and anthropology, this study uncovers strong social and moral embeddedness of the shadow education market in social relationships, cultural norms and moralities in post-Soviet Georgia.

The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) is the oldest and largest body of its kind, and is a leader among the 44 members of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES).

Through theoretical lenses of economic sociology and anthropology, this study uncovers strong social and moral embeddedness of the shadow education market in social relationships, cultural norms and moralities in post-Soviet Georgia.

This book presents accounts of the repositioning of higher education institutions across a range of contexts in the East and the West.

As already demonstrated by the first edition of the book, the work will be of great value not only to producers of comparative education research but also to users who wish to understand more thoroughly the parameters and value of the field.

It is a great pleasure to present this book, edited by a distinguished team at the Hong Kong Institute of Education and with excellent contributors from nine countries in the region and beyond.

This book offers a critical discourse on teachers as learners. It presents a vision for a new relationship among educational workers as a joint force of learners in a cross-boundary endeavor for moral commitment to education.

As already demonstrated by the first edition of the book, the work will be of great value not only to producers of comparative education research but also to users who wish to understand more thoroughly the parameters and value of the field.

This book conveys an understanding of China's educational development from within and provides unique insights into Chinese society. The book makes Chinese civilization concrete through the drama of the real lives of educators and provides glimpses into the educational context of China's recent move onto the world stage.

Inequality in Education: Comparative and International Perspectives is a compilation of conceptual chapters and national case studies that includes a series of methods for measuring education inequalities.

Most current educational systems and programs are proving inadequate at meeting the demand of fast changing societies since they have hardly evolved and developed with the times. not on doing things right, but on doing the right things to prepare students for a fast changing, interdependent world.

Hong Kong and Macao have much in common. The dominant populations in both territories are Cantonese-speaking Chinese; and both have undergone political transition to reunification with China. Yet in education, they are very different. This book contributes to the field of comparative education.

Although such tutoring has become a major industry and a daily activity for students, tutors and families, the research literature has been slow to catch up with the phenomenon. Boris Jokic is a Scientific Associate in the Centre for Educational Research and Development at the Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Croatia.

Although such tutoring has become a major industry and a daily activity for students, tutors and families, the research literature has been slow to catch up with the phenomenon. Boris Jokic is a Scientific Associate in the Centre for Educational Research and Development at the Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Croatia.

Globalization is a multifaceted phenomenon, and one of its major components is the internationalization of education.