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This inaugural volume is a forum for stakeholders and scholars to examine current trends and identify future directions in comparative and international education, using several essays as a context for discussion and analysis. Contributors address the questions and themes discussed in these essays including: the use of new conceptual or methodological frameworks; the role of CIE in teacher education and higher education; the emergence of new area studies, and diversification of the field to include human rights. The volume provides an analytic overview of published work in the field, with discussions of education theory, policy and practice. Chapters in this annual review both highlight the strengths in the field as well as the exciting and up-and-coming developments in theory, method, practice, and research. This annual review will bring together both scholars and stakeholders in the field to highlight those developments of particular relevance to contemporary and future educational reform and school/classroom applications.

Comparative education. --- International education. --- Global education --- Education, Comparative --- Education --- Intellectual cooperation --- Internationalism --- History --- Educational strategies & policy. --- Organization & management of education. --- Educational Policy & Reform --- General. --- Research.

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In this volume, we take a holistic approach to education, viewing human beings as lifelong learners who need interaction in all educational domains – cognitive, affective, psychomotor – to actualize their full potential. The chapters are based on presentations given at the 2012 conference of the Finnish Educational Research Association (FERA), whose theme was Interaction in Educational Research. Prof. David Clarke, from the University of Melbourne in Australia and the conference’s keynote speaker, opens our symposium with a discussion of international comparative research in educational interaction by constructing and concealing differences. The chapters that follow, arranged in three parts, deal with interaction in cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. In Part I, theoretical and philosophical approaches to interaction are examined through ontological, epistemological, and semiotic perspectives. Part II presents a series of empirical studies on educational interaction. Together, these show regional differences in cognitive and psychomotor learning outcomes, the importance of academic emotions in learning, cultural aspects in understanding the visual arts, and interactive learning for gifted science students. Part III introduces three programs that promote educational interaction: one enhances teacher education with interdisciplinary integration; another explores the benefits of Finnish-Russian cooperation; and a third uses musical concerts as an interactive tool for special education. All of the chapters contribute to the current research and discussion on learning and interaction. In this field inquiries need to be carried out in different learning domains and in various cultural contexts. In particular, cross-cultural comparisons are useful in validating the findings of empirical studies and testing the culture-dependent and culture-invariant dimensions of educational interaction.

Education. --- International education. --- Education --- Social Sciences --- Education, Special Topics --- Education - General --- Global education --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Education, general. --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Training --- Intellectual cooperation --- Internationalism --- Interdisciplinary approach in education. --- Learning. --- Learning process --- Comprehension --- Integrated curriculum --- Interdisciplinarity in education --- Interdisciplinary studies --- Curriculum planning --- Holistic education

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International education. --- Education --- Peace --- Economic development --- Aims and objectives of education --- Educational aims and objectives --- Educational goals --- Educational objectives --- Educational purposes --- Goals, Educational --- Instructional objectives --- Objectives, Educational --- Purposes, Educational --- Educational sociology --- Global education --- Intellectual cooperation --- Internationalism --- Aims and objectives. --- Study and teaching. --- Effect of education on.

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This book provides an overview on the major findings of a questionnaire survey of academic profession in international perspective. More than 25,000 professors and junior staff at universities and other institutions of higher education at almost 20 countries from all over the world provide information on their working situation, their views and activities. The study “The Changing Academic Profession” is the second major study of its kind, and changes of views and activities are presented through a comparison of the findings with those of the earlier study undertaken in the early 1990s. Major themes are the academics’ perception of their societal and institutional environments, the views on the major tasks of teaching, research and services, their professional preferences and actual activities, their career, their perceived influence and their overall job satisfaction. Emphasis is placed on the influence of recent changes in higher education: the internationalisation and globalisation, the increasing expectation to provide evidence of the relevance of academic work, and finally the growing power of management at higher education institutions. Overall, the academics surveyed show that worldwide discourses and trends in higher education put their mark on the academic profession, but differences by country continue to be noteworthy. Academics consider themselves to be more strongly exposed to mechanism of regulations, incentives and sanctions as well as various assessments than in the past; yet their own freedom, and responsibilities and influence shape their identity more strongly and are reflected in widespread professional satisfaction.

Action research in education. --- College teachers -- Research -- Case studies. --- Education, Higher -- Research -- Case studies. --- Education, Higher --- College teachers --- Education --- Social Sciences --- Theory & Practice of Education --- Research --- Academicians --- Academics (Persons) --- College instructors --- College lecturers --- College professors --- College science teachers --- Lectors (Higher education) --- Lecturers, College --- Lecturers, University --- Professors --- Universities and colleges --- University academics --- University instructors --- University lecturers --- University professors --- University teachers --- College students --- Higher education --- Teachers --- Education. --- International education. --- Comparative education. --- Higher education. --- International and Comparative Education. --- Higher Education. --- Postsecondary education --- Faculty --- Education, Higher. --- International education . --- Education, Comparative --- Global education --- Intellectual cooperation --- Internationalism --- History

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This book presents the analysis of the representative survey about the academic profession in twelve European countries. Higher education in Europe has experienced a substantial change in recent years: Expansion progresses further, the expectation to deliver useful contributions of knowledge to the “knowledge society” is on the rise, and efforts to steer academic work through external forces and strong international management are more widespread than ever. Representative surveys of the academic profession in twelve European countries show how professors and junior staff at universities and other institutions of higher education view the role of higher education in society and their professional situation and how they actually shape their professional tasks. Academics differ across Europe substantially in their employment and working conditions, their views and their activities. Most of them favour the preservation of a close link between teaching and research and feel responsible for both theory and practice. Most consider efforts to enhance academic quality and social relevance as compatible. The overall satisfaction with their professional situation is rather high.

College personnel management -- Europe. --- College teachers -- Europe. --- Universities and colleges -- Europe -- Administration. --- Education --- Social Sciences --- Theory & Practice of Education --- College teachers --- Universities and colleges --- Academicians --- Academics (Persons) --- College instructors --- College lecturers --- College professors --- College science teachers --- Lectors (Higher education) --- Lecturers, College --- Lecturers, University --- Professors --- University academics --- University instructors --- University lecturers --- University professors --- University teachers --- Teachers --- Education. --- International education. --- Comparative education. --- Higher education. --- International and Comparative Education. --- Higher Education. --- Faculty --- Education, Higher. --- College students --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- International education . --- Education, Comparative --- Global education --- Intellectual cooperation --- Internationalism --- History