Constellation analysis. A methodology for comparing syllabus topics across educational contexts.

Autor/in	Nicholls, Jason
Sonst. Personen	Cunningham, Bryan (Hrsg.)
Titel	Constellation analysis. A methodology for comparing syllabus topics across educational contexts.
Quelle	Frankfurt am Main u.a.: Lang (2014), 296 S.Verfügbarkeit Zugl.: Oxford, Univ., Diss., 2006.
Reihe	Komparatistische Bibliothek. 26
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	978-3-631-65130-8; 978-3-653-04255-9
Schlagwörter	Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Schulbuch; Geschichtsunterricht; Großbritannien; Japan; Schweden
Abstract	"Jason Nicholls' Constellation Analysis is an important contribution to studies in Comparative Education. From a deeply philosophical perspective (drawing in particular on the work of Hegel, Gadamer and Foucault), the author explores the ways in which topics in history education may be analysed and compared across international contexts. Utilising the Second World War as an 'exemplar topic,' the depiction of this crucial historical event in three countries, Japan, Sweden and England, is subjected to a highly novel form of interrogation. The book provides the reader not only with important insights into the nature of the books in use in classrooms across these contexts, but also into the educational--and indeed broad socio-political--environments beyond the classrooms"--Provided by publisher. Contents: Traveller's tales, textbook research and theory development -- Possibilities and choices. reflections on the literature -- The philosophical basis of comparisons I. from the modernist "thesis" to the postmodern "antithesis" -- The philosophical basis of comparisons II. towards a hermeneutic "synthesis" -- Hermeneutic readings of past masters I. re-interpreting Bereday's emphasis on the importance of language and contextual immersion using Gadamer -- Hermeneutic readings of past masters II. isolating and approaching educational contexts through a re-interpretation of the Brian Holmes/Edmund King dialectic -- Charting a syllabus topic in history education across cultures. the descriptive exercise of constellation mapping -- Comparative constellation analysis as method -- Conclusion: Labour, consciousness and agency.
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien \| Georg-Eckert-Institut (GEI), Braunschweig
Update	2016/1