Case Study in Comparative and International Education: An Approach to Bridging the Theory-Practice Gap.

Autor/inn/en	Crossley, Michael; Burns, Robin
Titel	Case Study in Comparative and International Education: An Approach to Bridging the Theory-Practice Gap.
Quelle	(1983), (20 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Case Studies; Comparative Education; Educational Practices; Educational Theories; Information Needs; International Education; International Studies; Naturalistic Observation; Research Methodology; Research Utilization; Sociocultural Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Bildungspraxis; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Information need; Informationsbedürfnis; Internationale Erziehung; Internationaler Studiengang; Naturbeobachtung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungsumsetzung; Soziokulturelle Theorie
Abstract	Case study research, as presented here, is a way to interrelate the theory and practice of education and to improve the contributions of comparative and international research studies. This paper argues that there are four levels of concern in comparative and international education: the development and transmission of ideas about education; the sociocultural context in which education takes place; the system for organizing and disseminating educational practices; and the individual institutions where education occurs. It is asserted that the case study methodology can be valuable at all these levels of inquiry, offering comparativists a way of using analyses of each level in multi-dimensional studies. Further, it is argued that the case study helps to bridge the theory-practice gap in comparative and international education by de-emphasizing the national arena and focusing on the international and home arenas in a practical, day-to-day context. (CG)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01