Comparative research in education in Latin America: Situations and perspectives

Authors

  • Nora Krawczyk Faculdade de Educação - Unicamp

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/edu.2013.173.3976

Abstract

This article problematizes some issues related to the current situation of comparative studies and challenges in education research: comparison as a process of knowledge, the relation between comparative studies and development models and the use of comparison as a form of political regulation and governance in education. Finally, the article offers some elements for the construction of a critical perspective on comparative research through a socio-historical approach.

Key words: comparative research, Latin America, educational policy.

Author Biography

Nora Krawczyk, Faculdade de Educação - Unicamp

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Published

2013-11-03

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 3 (2013): September/December

Section

Dossiê: Metodologias Comparadas

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