University of Oslo
Institute for Educational Research
Master of Philosophy in Comparative and International Education
ACADEMIC YEAR 2009/2010
Updated May 2009
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Introducation to Comparative and International Education:
Crossley, Michael and Keith Watson (2003): Comparative and international research in education: globalization, context and difference, London: Routledge Falmer. Chapter 2-8. (130 p).
Kubow, Patricia K. & Fossum, Paul R: Comparative Education: exploring issues in international context., 2007. Pearson Merill Prentice Hall: New Jersey. p. 31-67 (36p.).
Samoff, Joel (2003): "Institutionalizing international influence." In: Comparative education: the dialectic of the global and the local, Arnove, Robert F. and Carlos A. Torres (eds.) Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 52-114. (40 p.).
Total: 206 pages
Curriculum theory
Cummings, William K. (2003): The Institutions of Education, Oxford: Symposium Books. Chapter 1-6 and chapter 9. (150 p.). McLean, Martin (1995): Educational traditions compared: content, teaching and learning in industrialised countries, London: David Fulton. Chapter 2. (28 p.).
Total: 178 pages
Specialization A: Education and Development Understanding and analysing education and development
Bray, M. and R.M. Thomas (1995): Levels of comparison in educational studies. Different insights from different literatures and the value of multilevel analyses. Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 65, No 3: pp. 472-90. (18 pp)
Fägerlind, I. and Saha L. (1989): Education and National Development: A comparative perspective. Oxford: Pergamon Press. pp 3-142; pp. 225-284. (198 pp)
Meyer, J. W. et al. (1997): World Society and the Nation-State. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 103, No. 1 (July): pp. 144-81 (37 pp)
Globalisation and Education
Jones, P. W.(2000): "Globalization and Internationalism: Democratic Prospects for World Education." In: Stromquist, N. P. and K. Monkman (eds.): Globalization and Education. Integration and Contestation across Cultures. Boston: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.: pp. 27-42. (15 pp)
Stewart, F. (1996): Globalisation and Education. International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 16, No. 4: pp. 327-333. (6 pp)
International Collaboration in Education
Mundy, K. (1999) "Educational multilateralism at a crossroads." In: King, Kenneth and Buchert, Lene (eds.): Changing International aid to education. Global patterns and national contexts. Paris: UNESCO: pp. 93-118. (25 pp)
UNESCO. (2008): 2009 EFA Global Monitoring Report. Overcoming Inequality: why governance matters. Oxford: pp. 24-125, pp. 204-219 (116 pp)
Watson. K. (1993): "Changing emphases in educational aid." In: T. Allsop and C. Brock (eds.), Key issues in educational development. Wallingford: Triangle books: pp. 59-87. (29 pp)
Total number of pages: 444
Specialization B: Policies and Planning
Analysing educational policy and systemic change
Archer, M.(1984): Thinking and theorizing about educational systems. Social Orgins of Educational Systems. p. 1-15 (14 pp)
Archer, M.(1981): "Educational politics. A model for their analysis." In: Broadfoot, P. Brock, C. Tulasiewicz, W. Politics and Educational Change. pp 29-56 (27 pp)
Carnoy. M. (2000): "Globalization and educational reform." In: Nelly P. Stromquist and Karen Monkman (eds): Globalization and education. Integration and contestation across cultures. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers: pp. 43-61. (18 pp)
Planning, Managing, Implementing and Evaluating Educational Development
Belfield, C. and Levin, H.M. (2002): Education privatization: causes, consequences and planning implications. Fundamentals of Educational Planning. Paris: UNESCO/IIEP: pp. 1-57. (56 pp)
Carnoy, M.(1999): Globalization and educational reform: what planners need to know. Fundamentals of Educational Planning. Paris: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning: pp. 13-96. (73 pp)
Haddad, W.D. (1995): Education policy-planning process: an applied framework. Fundamentals of Educational Planning. Paris: UNESCO/IIEP: pp. 13-94. (81 pp)
Kelly, M.J.(2001): Planning for Education in the Context of HIV/AIDS. Fundamentals of Educational Planning. Paris: UNESCO/IIEP. (108 pp)
Pelgrum, W.J. and Law, N.(2003): ICT in education around the world: trends, problems and prospects. Fundamentals of Educational Planning. Paris: UNESCO/IIEP: pp. 19-29, pp. 87-104. (27 pp)
UNESCO. (2008): 2009 EFA Global Monitoring Report. Overcoming Inequality: Why Governance Matters. Oxford: pp. 127-201, pp. 219-233 (88 pp)
Curriculum as Policy
Bernstein, B. (1991): "On the classification and framing of educational knowledge." In: M. Young (ed.): Knowledge and Control: pp. 47-69. (22 pp)
Melber, H. (1997): "Centralisation/decentralisation." In: R. Aventrup (ed.): Shaping Africa’s Future through Innovative Curricula. Proceeding of the first sub-regional conference on curriculum development in southern Africa. pp. 63-69 (6 pp)
Moutsios, S. (2004): "The Identity of the European Union and the European Pedagogic Identities." In: E. Buk-Berge et al. (eds.): Education Across Borders. pp. 129-146 (17 pp)
Quality of Education
Watson, K. (2007): Language, education and ethnicity. What rights will prevail in an age of globalisation? International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 27, No. 4: pp. 252-265. (13 pp)
Hopmann, S. and Brinek, G. (2007): "Introduction: PISA According to PISA-Does PISA Keep What it Promises?" In: S. Hopmann et al., PISA zufolge PISA-PISA According to PISA. Halt PISA was es verspricht? Does PISA Keep What it Promises?: pp. 9-21. (12 pp)
Sjøberg, S. (2007): "PISA and “Real Life Challenges”: Mission Impossible?" In: S. Hopmann et al., PISA zufolge PISA-PISA According to PISA. Halt PISA was es verspricht? Does PISA Keep What it Promises?: pp. 203-224. (21 pp)
Total number of pages: 583