ABSTRACT

Digital methodologies, new forms of data visualization and computer-based learning and assessment are creating new challenges as well as opportunities for scholars in educational research. The World Yearbook of Education 2019 explores this highly relevant topic, opening a new discussion about the various conceptual and methodological challenges and opportunities in contemporary educational research.

This volume explores contemporary methods of inquiry, with chapters organized around four topics of enduring interest in this field: impacts, patterns, relations and contexts.

The World Yearbook of Education 2019 comprises contributions from internationally renowned scholars exploring novel concepts and methodologies in grappling with contemporary empirical phenomena in educational research. Vital questions such as how we understand the technological developments that are creating new possibilities for and demands on education, and how we make sense of complex cases that cut across multiple nations, are discussed.

This newest addition to the prestigious World Yearbook of Education series provides a fascinating read for scholars in the fields of education policy and comparative education. It is not only a useful resource for educational researchers and policy makers examining new trends and emerging issues, but would be of interest to graduate students exploring innovative methodologies, particularly in the study of education and education policy.

part 1|42 pages

Impacts

chapter 2|18 pages

The strengths and shortcomings of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)

Reflections from REAP’s experiences in China

chapter 3|18 pages

Randomized Controlled Trials

Limitations for explaining and improving learning outcomes

part 2|58 pages

Patterns

chapter 4|17 pages

Intimate data infrastructure

Emerging comparative methods of predictive analytics and psycho-informatics

chapter 5|20 pages

Politicized data and spatial methods

Generating understanding of contemporary educational policy environments and interventions

chapter 6|15 pages

Rethinking cause and effect

Analyzing economic growth and PISA scores over a period of 15 years

part 3|54 pages

Relations

chapter 9|17 pages

Big data and new social relations in higher education

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