Crossing borders: Research in comparative and international education

Foster, Jesse; Addy, Nii Antiaye; Samoff, Joel

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2011.12.003

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“…In presenting the earlier reviews, a lacuna is identified, and it is this gap which will be addressed in the thesis. assess the extent to which published research is comparative, or to analyse how journal content has changed over time (Foster et al, 2012). Some particularly pertinent examples of these two approaches are discussed below, followed by a few illustrations of studies that attempted to map the field through other methods.…”

Section: Research Design and Methods In View Of Previous Surveysmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…are most common in specific CIE journals (e.g. Foster, Addy, and Samoff, 2012;Koehl, 1977;Wolhuter, 2008). Through this type of research, scholars have been able to come to similar conclusions about the nature of the field and its genetic makeup over time:…”

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confidence: 97%

“…The most recent survey of comparative and international education research was published by Foster, Addy, and Samoff in 2012. This paper sought to address many of the issues encountered in previous works, while also contributing to ongoing discussions regarding the overall content of the field (Foster et al, 2012). The researchers reviewed 605 articles from CE, CER, Compare, and IJED over the years 2004 to 2008 (Foster et al, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This paper sought to address many of the issues encountered in previous works, while also contributing to ongoing discussions regarding the overall content of the field (Foster et al, 2012). The researchers reviewed 605 articles from CE, CER, Compare, and IJED over the years 2004 to 2008 (Foster et al, 2012). They analysed the entire article text to gather information on thematic and geographic focus, the level and type of education studied, research method, and funding source (Foster et al, 2012).…”

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Mapping the Purposes of Comparative and International Education Research: A Comparative Study of Four Leading Journals

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2016

Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2015

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In recent years, the field of CIE has experienced an outburst of self-reflective papers wherein comparativists study the nature of the field and map its content. This study contributes to this trend by drawing attention to a previously unstudied aspect of CIE: its purpose. Using theories from Foucault and Bourdieu to understand the formation of a field and its perpetuation, I explain how CIE came to be in its current form. Furthermore, I use this history as a starting point for empirical research, using data from CIE research journals to test whether the pragmatic history of CIE is evident in its current body of research.Specifically, using Arnove's three purpose dimensions, I create a definitional framework that allows me to map the different purposes of CIE through the study of four journals. Having categorised the purposes of 1,578 research articles from across Comparative Education (CE), Comparative Education Review (CER), International Journal of Educational Development (IJED), and International Review of Education (IRE), I use statistical analysis methods to uncover time series trends, as well as to determine the most prominent research purposes over time. Findings show that the pragmatic aim of CIE dominates, as demonstrated by the high incidence of policy and critical articles. I use the history of CIE to explain this pragmatic trend, as well as to preliminarily predict how the field might look in the near future. VI VII

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Section: Research Design and Methods In View Of Previous Surveysmentioning

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Section: Nature Of the Fieldmentioning

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Section: New Seminal Survey Workmentioning

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“…Conducting research can promote sensitivity and respect for the stakeholders on the ground (Crossley, 2008;Crossley and Watson 2011). Sensitivity in the use of research findings must also be taken into consideration (Christians, 2005;Foster et al, 2012;Preece, 2013). This paper reaches beyond sensitivity to cultures and contexts by discussing how qualitative methods can be used for investigating the engagement of voices on the ground, the place where change is expected to happen.…”

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Research to engage voices on the ground in educational development

Lehtomäki

Janhonen-Abruquah

Tuomi

et al. 2014

International Journal of Educational Development

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This paper discusses how a variety of qualitative methods could be used for investigating the engagement of the voices on the ground, where the change is expected to happen. It also reviews how qualitative research approaches involve students and teachers, the so-called "target groups" of educational development, as subjects, rather than objects. The qualitative methods are presented here for their potential in engaging the voices on the ground. Actor-centred inquiry and participatory action research consist of data collected, analysed and reported, in collaboration between researchers and the research subjects. Enabling the subjects as autonomous actors to take part in the analysis of their own learning and education provides a means to bring deeper cultural and social knowledge into the development processes. In this way research may promote ownership of educational development. Furthermore, the actors' voices are key factors in the re-definition of global, national and local educational development targets for the EFA beyond 2015.

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Two Tales, Contending Perspectives, and Contested Terrain

Samoff

2021

Comparative and International Education

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Crossing borders: Research in comparative and international education

Cited by 39 publications

References 24 publications

Mapping the Purposes of Comparative and International Education Research: A Comparative Study of Four Leading Journals

Mapping the Purposes of Comparative and International Education Research: A Comparative Study of Four Leading Journals

Research to engage voices on the ground in educational development

Two Tales, Contending Perspectives, and Contested Terrain

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