Preface - Larry E. Suter Methods and Practice in Comparative Education Research: Models, Ontologies and Epistemologies - Larry E. Suter, Emma Smith and Brian Denman Part 1: The Status of Comparative Education Research Chapter 1: The Status of Comparative Education Research in the 21st Century: An Empiricists View - Larry E. Suter Chapter 2: Critical Challenges in Approaches and Experience in Comparative Education Research - Brian D. Denman Chapter 3: Enduring Issues in Education: Comparative Perspectives - Wing On Lee Chapter 4: Riddled with Gaping Wounds: A Methodological Critique of Comparative and International Studies in Education: Views of a Professor - Rui Yang Part 2: Measurement Methods in Comparative Education Research Chapter 5: Challenges in International Large-Scale Educational Surveys - Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Nina Jude, Susanne Kuger Chapter 6: Non-Cognitive Attributes: Measurement and Meaning - Mary Ainley and John Ainley Chapter 7: Methodological Challenges to Measuring Heterogeneous Populations Internationally - Leslie Rutkowski and David Rutkowski Chapter 8: The Participation of Latin American Countries in International Assessments: Assessment Capacity, Validity, and Fairness - Guirimo Solano-Flores Chapter 9: Validity Issues in Qualitative and Quantitative Research of Cross-National Studies - Jae Park Chapter 10: Mixed Methods in Education: Visualising the Quality of Quantitative Data - David A. Turner Part 3: Research Practices in Comparative Studies of Education Chapter 11: Growth and Development of Large-scale International Comparative Studies and their Influence on Comparative Education Thinking - Larry E. Suter Chapter 12: The Meaning of Motivation to Learn in Cross-National Comparisons: A Review of Recent International Research on Ability, Self-concept, and Interest - Ming-Te Wang, Jessica L. Degol, Jiesi Guo Chapter 13: Examining Change over Time in International Large-Scale Assessments: Lessons Learned from PISA - Christine Salzer and Manfred Prenzel Chapter 14: Qualitative Comparative Education Research: Perennial Issues, New Approaches and Good Practice - Michele Schweisfurth Chapter 15: Methodological Challenges in Conducting International Research on Teaching Quality Using Standardized Observations - Anna-Katharina Praetorius, Wida Rogh, Courtney Bell and Eckhard Klieme Chapter 16: The Measurement and Use of Socioeconomic Status in Educational Research - J. Douglas Willlms & Lucia Tramonte Part 4: Lessons from International Comparisons of Student Behaviors Chapter 17: Early Childhood Care and Education in the Era of Sustainable Development: Balancing Local and Global Priorities - Abbie Raikes, Dawn Davis and Anna Burton Chapter 18: Equity of Access to Pre-Primary Education and Long-Term Benefits: A Cross- Country Analysis - Gerard Ferrer-Esteban, Larry Suter and Monica Mincu Chapter 19: Primary Education Curricula across the World: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodology in International Comparison - Dominic Wyse & Jacob Anders Chapter 20: Outside-School-Time Activities and Shadow Education - Siyuan Feng & Mark Bray Chapter 21: Measuring Opportunity: Two Perspectives on the Black Box of School Learning - Leland S. Cogan and William H. Schmidt Chapter 22: What Can International Comparative Tests Tell Us about the Future Supply of Highly Skilled STEM Workers? - Larry E. Suter and Emma Smith Part 5: International comparisons of Instruction Chapter 23: Comparative Research on Teacher Learning Communities in a Global Context - Motoko Akiba, Cassandra Howard and Guodong Liang Chapter 24: Teaching Instructional Practices: Play-Based Learning - Supporting the Transition from Early Years to Primary Education - Tanya Hathaway Chapter 25: Challenges in Practice: A Critical Examination of Efforts to Link Teacher Practices and Student Achievement - Laura O'Dwyer and Catherine Paolucci Chapter 26: Global Higher Education Trends: Implications for Policy and Practice - Christopher C. Blakesley, Donna J. Menke and W. James Jacob Chapter 27: Digital Technologies and Educational Transformation - Nancy Law and Leming Liang Chapter 28: International Large-scale Student Assessments and Their Impact on National School Reforms - Gustavo E. Fischman, Pasi Sahlberg, Iveta Silova and Amelia Marcetti Topper Part 6: Influence of Large-Scale Assessments on Policy Chapter 29: Changes in the World-wide Distribution of Large-Scale International Assessments - Larry E. Suter Chapter 30: The Uneasy Relation Between International Testing and Comparative Education Research - Martin Carnoy Chapter 31:Global and Local Dissonance when Comparing Nation-States and Educational Performance - Colin Power Chapter 32: Building Learning Assessment Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean - Adriana Viteri and Pablo Zoido
