Originally published in 1981. Presented here is a coherent theory
of Comparative Education research, based on the traditions and
innovations established by such pioneers as Joseph Lauwerys and
Nicholas Hans. From the author's substantive studies emerges a
taxonomy for education based on Popper's critical dualism, and a
way of analysing problems based on Dewey's reflective thinking and
the social change theories of people such as Marx, Ogben and
Pareto. Models of formal organisations drawn from Talcott Parsons
show how systems analyses can be made in comparative perspective
and how the processes of policy formulation, adoption and
implementation can be studied. The use of ideal typical normative
models illustrates how comparative educationists can penetrate
aspects of man's socially created worlds. These techniques are
exemplified in succinct models against which debates about
education in Western Europe (Plato), the USA (Dewey) and the USSR
(Marx, Engels and Lenin) can be analysed. Against the crude use of
comparative arguments and transplantation of foreign practices, Dr
Holmes suggests that problems should be analysed and the outcomes
of hypothetical solutions or policies should be tested under
identified national circumstances. The distinctive feature of this
book is that it takes account of the debate among social
scientists, rejects both induction and ethnomethodology as adequate
in themselves and brings together the problem-solving approach
favoured by American research workers and the hypothetico-deductive
method of enquiry advocated by natural scientists such as Sir Peter
Medawar and Sir John Eccles.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Library Editions: Comparative Education |
| Release date: |
November 2019 |
| First published: |
1981 |
| Authors: |
Brian Holmes
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
202 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-54460-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Philosophy of education
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-138-54460-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781138544604 |
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