{"title":"Book Review: Understanding PISA’s Attractiveness: Critical Analyses in Comparative Policy Studies","authors":"T. Stobie","doi":"10.1177/1475240919891487","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"communities. This chapter offers a particularly useful discussion for international educators and academics. The final chapter focuses on voice in society and the need for all to feel that they have a voice. The stress on inclusivity through democracy is useful and relevant, and the need to be pragmatic about organisations and systems develops this focus. As with the preceding chapter, McDowell sees diversity and complexity in society, and does not shy away from actively discussing these issues. This is a useful book, though its usefulness to international educators may be limited to how to effectively utilise the various discourses within the realms of international education. Some chapters feel rather abstract and laborious, whilst others are more efficient in terms of their application to active dialogue in classrooms and international schools. There is often a limited amount of literature that looks at the sociological impact of education on individuals, groups and nation states, and the various ways to understand conflict, develop resolution and utilise education for peace. George Mason University Press and Peter Stearns should be congratulated for producing such a book, and one would hope for further insightful edited volumes that focus on confronting and investigating the deeper psycho-social and political discourses within international education and international schools.","PeriodicalId":45854,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in International Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2019-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1475240919891487","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Research in International Education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1475240919891487","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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communities. This chapter offers a particularly useful discussion for international educators and academics. The final chapter focuses on voice in society and the need for all to feel that they have a voice. The stress on inclusivity through democracy is useful and relevant, and the need to be pragmatic about organisations and systems develops this focus. As with the preceding chapter, McDowell sees diversity and complexity in society, and does not shy away from actively discussing these issues. This is a useful book, though its usefulness to international educators may be limited to how to effectively utilise the various discourses within the realms of international education. Some chapters feel rather abstract and laborious, whilst others are more efficient in terms of their application to active dialogue in classrooms and international schools. There is often a limited amount of literature that looks at the sociological impact of education on individuals, groups and nation states, and the various ways to understand conflict, develop resolution and utilise education for peace. George Mason University Press and Peter Stearns should be congratulated for producing such a book, and one would hope for further insightful edited volumes that focus on confronting and investigating the deeper psycho-social and political discourses within international education and international schools.
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The Journal of Research in International Education is an international, peer-reviewed journal in international education for schools, examiners and higher education institutions throughout the world. The Journal of Research in International Education seeks to advance the understanding and significance of international education. It sets out to undertake a rigorous consideration of the educational implications of the fundamental relationship between human unity and human diversity that ''education for international understanding'' requires. The JRIE encourages an approach to research in international education that will close the gap between the well established emergent theory and diverse practice throughout the world. In this context, international education is concerned with the promotion of education for international understanding and human rights, and may include peace education, global education and intercultural education. Authors may address, for example, the curriculum, institutional concerns, the history of education, policy and pedagogy at all levels.