Emergent Issues in Education Comparative Perspectives
Emergent Issues in Education Comparative Perspectives by Robert F. Arnove, published by State University of New York Press in July 1992, spans 363 pages and is presented in English. This book features contributions from leading scholars in comparative education, exploring critical global trends that affect policymakers and practitioners across various national contexts. It addresses significant topics such as the organization, governance, and financing of education, as well as curriculum content and teacher training quality.
Readers will find an in-depth analysis of the tensions between achieving equality in educational opportunities and maintaining high academic standards. The book examines reform movements from the 1980s, including the “excellence movement” in the United States, and discusses the implications of increased enrollment in education since World War II. Additionally, it reassesses the relevance of education to both the economy and governance, highlighting the roles of government and industry in shaping educational policies.
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In Emergent Issues in Education, leading scholars in comparative education and in the politics, sociology, anthropology, and economics of education illuminate worldwide trends in critical issues that confront policymakers and practitioners in different national settings.
Among the topics raised and analyzed are the organization, governance, and financing of education; the content of curriculum, texts, and tests; and the quality and nature of teacher training. Among the issues examined is the tension that has emerged between the imperative to achieve equality of educational opportunity and the concern of educational decision makers to maintain and upgrade the quality of academic offerings.
Aspects of this tension are manifested in the reform movements of the 1980s, especially the “excellence movement” that has resurfaced in the United States. Reform movements are evident in countries that have experienced increased enrollment at all levels of schooling in the post-World War II period. In the United States, as elsewhere, there has been a reassessment of the relevance of education to the economy and polity, and of the role of government and industry in education.
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