Comparative and international education / Brendan Bartram --
Alternative education provision : international perspectives / Paul Wiseman --
Pedagogical outlooks underpinning early-years education and workforce training in England and Hungary / Tunde Rozsahegyi and Mike Lambert --
Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education in Dutch and English primary schools / Sarah Elsey --
The technical and vocational provision in England : a comparative study with the Austrian secondary system / Sean Starr --
The rise of private supplementary tutoring : contemporary issues and international perspectives on shadow education in China / Roy Y. Chan, Hei-Hang Hayes Tang, Patrick Delaney --
The impact of austerity in further education : cross-cultural perspectives from England and Ireland / Matt O'Leary and Justin Rami --
Academic, vocational and pre-vocational education : origins and developments / Patrick Ainley --
Comparative issues and perspectives in adult education and training / John Field --
International comparisons in mathematics : perspectives on teaching and learning / David Burghes --
Higher education : from global trends to local realities / Richard Budd --
Some final reflections on educational comparison / Brendan Bartram.

"International and Comparative Education offers detailed and wide-ranging illustrations of the ways in which comparison can illuminate our understanding of contemporary education systems by exploring issues in relation to specific educational sectors, from early-years and primary schooling, through to further, adult and higher education." -- From publisher's description