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Classes in Themselves and for Themselves: The Practice of Monitorial Education for Different Social Classes in Sweden, 1820-1843
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Larsson, Esbjörn – History of Education, 2016
This article investigates the monitorial system of education in Sweden between 1820 and 1843. In contrast to previous research, which has emphasised monitorial education as a method for disciplining poor children, this article compares the use of the method in schools for the working classes and in academic schools. Using concepts such as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Comparative Analysis, Working Class
International Perspectives on Early Childhood Curriculum Changes in Singapore and Australia
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Nyland, Berenice; Ng, Josephine – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
This article explores early childhood curriculum reform in Australia and Singapore in order to identify international trends in early childhood education (ECE), similarities in curriculum reform initiatives and implementation strategies adopted. We have observed the existence of many shared ideas across the two contexts that may influence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum, Trend Analysis
Reflections on a Decade of Changes in Homeschooling and the Homeschooled into Higher Education
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Gloeckner, Gene W.; Jones, Paul – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
This article reviews selected research on successes of homeschooled students over the past decade. The article raises several methods issues, especially related to sampling issues and recent changes in some state laws. In addition the article reviews research collected from college admission's officers' on their perceptions and attitudes relate to…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Educational History, Educational Methods, Sampling
A Historical Comparison of Intellectual Renaissance in the East and the West
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Kim, Ki-Seok; Kim, Sung Sik – Comparative Education, 2008
It is not yet well known that there has been a selective bias in writing the "world" history of higher education. Western hegemony prevails in this academic endeavour. To recover one of the many lost traditions of higher education, this paper will make a historical comparison of the two distinctive academic traditions representing the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Confucianism, Western Civilization, Foreign Countries
Network Analysis in Comparative Social Sciences
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Vera, Eugenia Roldan; Schupp, Thomas – Comparative Education, 2006
This essay describes the pertinence of Social Network Analysis (SNA) for the social sciences in general, and discusses its methodological and conceptual implications for comparative research in particular. The authors first present a basic summary of the theoretical and methodological assumptions of SNA, followed by a succinct overview of its…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Research Methodology
Education and Social Integration: A Comparative Study of the Comprehensive School System in Scandinavia
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Wiborg, Susanne – London Review of Education, 2004
The purpose of this article is to outline a framework of explanation of the unique tradition of comprehensive schooling in Scandinavia. All the countries developed an all-through system of education from grade one to nine/ten with mixed ability classes for nearly all. This all-through system of education is a product of a long historical…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Educational History, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis