The Application and Significance of Comparative Historical Analysis in Comparative Education Research:Based on an Interpretation of Andy Green's Education and State Formation:The Rise of Education Systems in England,France and the USA
Since the second half of the 20th century,the public education system has faced significant challenges under the influences of educational globalization,postmodernism,and neoliberalism.Andy Greene has consistently reflected on the relationship between education and the state.The real education crisis and the accumulation of diverse disciplinary perspectives have led Greene to write the book Education and State Formation:The Rise of Education Systems in England,France and the USA.This book illustrates the ideas and applications of comparative historical analysis,presenting a research model based on problem-oriented and multi-level analysis.It integrates various social science theories and methods according to research purposes,emphasizes causal analysis and diachronic processes,and focuses on systematic and situational comparisons.Greene's attention to education issues in the era of globalization,along with his comparative historical analysis ideas and methods,offers significant insights for contemporary comparative education research.By reclaiming the historical humanistic perspective in comparative education,his work helps move beyond the dilemma of Western centrism and promotes the diversified development of comparative education research methods.
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