Comparative Education by Brian Holmes - 9781138544604

Taylor & Francis

Comparative EducationSome Considerations of Method\nAuthor(s): Brian Holmes\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138544604, 978-1138544604\nSynopsis\nOriginally 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 authors substantive studies emerges a taxonomy for education based on Poppers 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. \n\nThe use of ideal typical normative models illustrates how comparative educationists can penetrate aspects of.