Comparative & International Education
Programs at Penn State
Comparative and International Education
Comparative and International Education option enables
students from several graduate programs to gain the perspectives, techniques,
and methodologies of comparative and international education, while maintaining
a close association with program areas of application. Comparative and
international education is devoted to the systematic analysis of the operation
and effects of the world's education systems, including cultural, sociological
and political studies of educational significance.
http://www.ed.psu.edu/cied/
Professional Associations
AUA (Association of University Administrators)
A British professional association for higher education managers and
administrators.
http://www.man.ac.uk/aua/
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
Fosters cross-cultural understanding, scholarship, academic achievement
and societal development through the international study of educational
ideas, systems, and practices.
http://www.cies.ws/
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
An association for individuals in international education
at the post-secondary level to promote educational opportunities across
national boundaries.
http://www.nafsa.org/
Selected Reference Sources
Commonwealth Universities Yearbook
A directory of universities in countries of the British Commonwealth,
including an essay on its system of higher education, its history and
current statistics.
Comparative Education:Exploring Issues in International Context
Comparative Education, Terrorism, and Human Security:From Critical Pedagogy to Peace Building?
Does Educational Tracking Affect Performance and Inequality?:Differences-in-Differences Evidence Across Countries
HB141.N2 no.11124 2005 3rd Floor Paterno
Education Policy Analysis
Annual publication of the OECD, covering major issues in international
education.
Handbook of World Education: a Comparative Guide to Higher Education & Educational Systems of the World
Covers world educational, including background, primary and secondary
education, higher education issues and trends.
Higher Education Credentials - a Guide to Educational Systems in Europe and North America 1994
International Education Handbook
Provides a guide to international education, with information specifically
for families as well as essays on international education issues; a country-by-country
directory of international schools; and school profiles.
International Encyclopedia of National Systems of Education
Provides comparisons of educational systems. 2nd ed. 1995.
International Handbook of Educational Change 2005; 4 vols
Coverage of key emerging issues.
International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration
A handbook of school management and organization, with articles of
global interest in educational administration. 2 vols.
International Handbook of Universities
An annual directory of institutions of higher education.
International Higher Education: An Encyclopedia
Comprehensive coverage of higher education in fifty-one nations
2 vols.
Kluwer International Handbooks of Education:
International Handbook of Educational Change 2 vols.
International Handbook of Educational Evaluation 2 vols.
International Handbook of Lifelong Learning 2 vols.
Second International Handbook of Mathematics Education 2 vols.
International Handbook of Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices 2 vols.
Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration 2 vols.
National Differences, Global Similarities :World Culture and the Future of Schooling
National Standards and School Reform in Japan and the United States
The New Country Index :Making Sense of International Credentials [Rev. and expanded ed.]
Non-Western Educational Traditions : Indigenous Approaches to Educational Thought and Practice 3rd ed.
Policy-Making for Education Reform in Developing Countries (also available in electronic version)
World Guide to Higher Education: a Comparative Survey of Systems, Degrees and Qualifications
World of Learning
A directory of universities, research centers, museums, and other
educational institutions around the world.
Indexes and Abstracts
America:
History and Life
America: History and Life includes about 400,000 annotated or abstracted
references to American and Canadian history. Published since 1964, the
database includes over 2,000 journals worldwide, including state and local
historical journals as well as historical articles from hundreds of major
humanities and social science journals. It also includes thousands of
book and media reviews, citations to published books, and dissertations.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#AMERICAHIST
Dissertation Abstracts
Dissertation Abstracts is the primary source for 1.4 million doctoral
dissertations (and selected master's theses) from over 1000 North American
and European universities. Includes a link to the UMI full text dissertation
pilot project. Coverage: 1851 to date. Abstracts are available for dissertations
since 1980, abstracts for theses since 1988.
Updates: monthly (usually between the 20th and 25th day)
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#DISS
Education
Abstracts Full Text (Wilson)
Education Abstracts Full Text (Wilson) covers over 625 periodicals, with indexing
from 1983, and full text for many since 1994.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#ERLEDUCABS
ERIC
-- Educational Resources Information Center
ERIC, (Education Resources Information Center),
is a premier database of journal and non-journal education literature, with
more than 1.1 million citations since 1966. Sponsored by the Institute of
Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Dept. of Education.
ERIC covers two types of literature:
Journals [over 1000 scholarly, professional
and practitioner journals]
ERIC Documents [non-journal literature, such
as conference papers, standards reports, etc. Not peer-reviewed].
The recommended ERIC search interface for PSU users is Cambridge Scientific
Abstracts.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#ERIC
What Works Clearinghouse
Created in 2002, the goal of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is to identify
findings of scientific evidence. The WWC collects, screens, and identifies
studies of the effectiveness of educational interventions (programs, products,
practices, and policies); reviews studies that have the strongest design;
and reports on the strengths and weaknesses of those studies against the WWC
Evidence Standards. Study
reports [ratings of individual studies and designs for reliability];
intervention reports [findings that meet WWC Evidence Standards for a
particular intervention]; topic
reports [description of topic and each intervention that the WWC reviewed]
http://www.w-w-c.org/
The
International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences
The International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences is the online
equivalent of the 24 volume encyclopedia published in 2002. Content is organized
around more than 30 primarily interdisciplinary topical areas of active research
and significant promise (for example, memory, crime and violence, markets,
modernization), combined with the categories: Overarching Topics,Disciplines,
Intersecting fields, and Applications. Includes extensive indices, searchable
full-text, and embedded electronic reference links. Annual updates are planned
for release from 2004.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#SOCBEHVSCI
Key
Data on Education in Europe (EURYDICE)
A database of 14 094 online education research documents and articles, a subset
of the Australian Education Index. 71% of the documents are linked to freely
available full text documents; a charge applies to articles in the 'Complete
Article Service".
http://www.eurydice.org/accueil_menu/en/frameset_menu.html
Medianet
(Penn State's Audiovisual Database)
Lists the films and videotapes which are available in the University's Media
& Technology Support Services collection. Use this database to identify
information about specific items in the collection and determine their availability.
For faculty or rental scheduling of audiovisual materials in the collection:
At University Park, call 863-3202 or 865-6314 or fax 863-2574 to schedule
a film or video. At a Penn State College Campus, contact the instructional
services specialist for more information. Non-local rental customers should
call (800) 826-0132. Current collection. Updates: Continuous. Coverage: Films
and Videos from the University's collection.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#MEDIANET
Policy
File (Public Policy Research & Analysis)
PolicyFile draws its content from public policy think tanks, university research
programs, research organizations and publishers. Some well known contributors
include: the American Enterprise Institute, Brookings Institution, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace, Cato Institute, Center for Defense Information,
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Council on Foreign Relations,
Democratic Leadership Council, Economic Strategy Institute, Federation of
American Scientists, Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institution, Hudson Institute,
Institute for International Economics, International Monetary Fund, National
Center for Policy Analysis, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
RAND Corporation, United States Institute of Peace, and the World Bank. Where
available, access to home pages, electronic mail addresses and fulltext are
made available within individual abstracts.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#POLICY
Professional
Development Collection
Professional Development Collection, designed for professional educators and
librarians, provides a highly specialized collection of over 515 full text
journals, including nearly 350 peer-reviewed titles, with full text dating
as far back as 1965. . It also provides full text for 167 education pamphlets,
a searchable images database, and will soon contain full text for scholarly
monographs. A title list can be seen at http://www.epnet.com/titlelists/pdf/tf.pdf
.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#PROFDEV
Psychology
Databases
Primary resource for psychology and related aspects of disciplines including
education, organizational management, psychophysiology, psychiatry, nursing,
sociology, etc. Many titles are available in full text.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#PSYCINFO
Social
Science Citation Index
Social Science Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index to the journal
literature of the social sciences. It covers 1400 social science journals.
The index can be used to look up either a specific author or a particular
publication to see how many articles in the database cited that author or
publication. The index can also be used to find related articles (articles
that have at least one reference in common).
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#SSCINDEX
Sociological
Abstracts
Index for English language journals in Sociology, Social Work, and other Social
Sciences. Provides abstracts for articles and is international in scope. Coverage:
1963-present.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#SOCABS
Selected Journals
Comparative Education Review
Investigates education throughout the world and the social, economic, and
political forces that shape it, through in-depth articles, essay reviews,
and book reviews.
Compare
A journal of comparative education, published under the auspices of the British
Section of the Comparative Education Society in Europe.
Electronic
Journals in the Field of Education
(AERA SIG Communications Among Researchers): Links to electronic journals
that are scholarly, peer-reviewed, full text and accessible without cost.
http://aera-cr.ed.asu.edu/links.html
Innovations in Education and Training International
Papers, case studies, and opinions covering a wide range of topics with an
international perspective on education and training.
International
Higher Education
Newsletter of the Boston College Center for International Higher Education.
Quarterly since 1995. http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/
International
Journal of Disability, Development and Education
Research and review articles on all aspects of education, human development,
special education, and rehabilitation, with an international, multidisciplinary
focus.
International Journal of Early Childhood = : Revue Internationale
de L'enfance Préscolaire = Revista Internacional de la Infancia Pre-Escolar
International research on early childhood education published in the language
of the author. Summaries of each article in English, French, and Spanish.
International Journal of Educational Research
Research on theoretical or conceptual problems in education with an international
perspective.
International
Journal of Lifelong Education
Review articles and scholarly research on such topics as adult continuing
education, distance education, and human resources development and training.
International Review of Education
An international forum for policy issues, educational trends and learning
innovations.
Resources for Comparative Education
ASHE
Council on International Higher Education
For scholars and practitioners interested in international perspectives in
the study of higher education.
http://www.higher-ed.org/international/
ACE American Council
on Education
Provides a forum for the discussion of major issues related to higher education.
http://www.acenet.edu/
EdResearch
Online
A database of 14 094 online education research documents and articles, a subset
of the Australian Education Index. 71% of the documents are linked to freely
available full text documents; a charge applies to articles in the 'Complete
Article Service".
http://cunningham.acer.edu.au/dbtw-wpd/sample/edresearch.htm
Education
at a Glance OECD Indicators - 2001 Edition
OECD education indicators enable countries to see themselves in the light
of other countries' performance, including the human and financial resources
invested in education, on how education and learning systems operate and evolve,
and on the returns to educational investments.
http://www.oecd.org/LongAbstract/0,2546,en_2649_34515_1888317_1_1_1_1,00.html
Key
Data on Education in Europe (EURYDICE)
EURYDICE. the European Community information network on education in Europe,
produces reliable, readily comparable information on national education systems
and policies. Using 145 indicators, provides an overview of the functioning
of education systems and the participation of young people at all levels of
education in 30 European countries.
http://www.eurydice.org/accueil_menu/en/frameset_menu.html
General Education
Online
A free database of links to higher education facilities worldwide for researchers
http://www.findaschool.org/
Information
Resources for Scholars of International and Global Affairs
Extensive links maintained by the Boston College Center for International
Higher Education. http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/
Information
Resources International Higher Education
Links to international education sites maintained by the ASHE Council on International
Higher Education.
http://www.higher-ed.org/international/zintlhe.htm
Institute of International
Education
Information about IIE international training programs, research on international
education issues, and IEE services for students, advisers, or human resources
professionals.
http://www.iie.org/
International Association
of Universities (IAU)
A UNESCO-affiliated organization to encourage links between institutions of
higher education throughout the world.
http://www.unesco.org/iau/
International
and Global Information Resources
Links to global information sites maintained by the ASHE Council on International
Higher Education.
http://www.higher-ed.org/international/zintlres.htm
International
Bibliographic Database on Higher Education (HEDBIB)
Over 25,000 references since 1988 on higher education systems, administration,
planning, policy, finances, evaluation, academic staff and students, academic
cooperation, trends, curriculum, teaching methods and learning processes.
Co-produced by the International Association of Universities; ERIC, the Association
of Commonwealth Universities, the Association of African Universities; the
International Centre for Distance Learning, and UNESCO.
http://databases.unesco.org/iau/hedbib/
International Bureau
of Education
An international, intergovernmental centre for the content of education.
It manages World Data on Education, collects and innovations and best practices
on education; co-ordinates preparation of national reports on the development
of education; and more. A division of UNESCO.
http://www.ibe.unesco.org/
International
Education Sites
Links from the NCES to international statistics sites.
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/international/
Opendoors
Provides student mobility data, national data on US students abroad, international
students in the U.S., and more.
http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/
Paulo Freire Institute
The PFI develops research whose results contribute to interventions, including
the formulation and implementation of plans, programs, and projects in the
fields of education, culture, and communication.
http://www.paulofreire.org/
United
States Network for Education Information
An interagency and public/private partnership whose mission is to provide
official information assistance for anyone seeking information about U.S.
education and for U.S. citizens seeking authoritative information about education
in other countries.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/edlite-index.html
World Education
A nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of the poor through
economic and social development programs; provides training and technical
assistance in non-formal education for adults and children.
http://www.worlded.org/