PART I: INTRODUCTION Building a Foundation for Reflecting On Comparative and International Education: a Synthesis of Published Comparative Education Research - Alexander W. Wiseman, Emily Anderson, Petrina Davidson and Calley Stevens Taylor Mapping the Purposes of Comparative and International Education Research: A Comparative Study of Four Leading Journals - Stephanie A. Sell PART II: Comparative Education Trends and Directions Reflecting on Gender and Education Research and Practice in the Field Of Comparative and International Education: Past, Present, and Future - Caroline Manion Understanding the Internationalization Of Education and Its Demand for A Business of Knowledge: Emerging Issues And Discussions In Canadian Comparative And International Education - Lynette Shultz Facilitating Cie’S Journey Up Into the Educational Trenches: a Discussion Essay - Karen L. Biraimah Comparative Education in Egypt: Trends, Directions, and Aspirations - Ahmed Ismail Heggi Metaphorical Trajectories of Comparative and International Education Research in The Asia-Pacific - Brian D. Denman Czech Comparative Education: Revitalization, Issues and Trends - Eliska Walterova Comparative Education in an Age of Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities in Contemporary Italy - Anselmo R. Paolone Comparative and International Education in Germany: a Discussion of Current Trends - Marcelo Parreira Do Amaral and Hans-Georg Kotthoff PART III: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS Reframing the Center: New Directions in Qualitative Methodology in International Comparative Education - Supriya Baily, Payal Shah and Meagan Call-Cummings Doing Mixed Methods Research in Comparative Education: Some Reflections on the Fit and a Survey of the Literature - Qiang Zha and Derrick Tu PART IV: RESEARCH-TO-PRACTICE Education for Youth at the Borderlands: Developing Comparative and International Education Between States - Allyson Krupar and Esther Prins Measuring Learning Outcomes in Kenya: Context and Perspectives - Laban P. Ayiro PART V: AREA STUDIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS Two Worlds Apart in Botswana’s Education System: Lessons from the 2010 Examinations Crisis Agreement - Lathi Jotia and Keene Boikhutso Stem Learning Achievement Among Cambodian Middle School Students: An Examination of Gender and Psychosocial Factors - Sothy Eng and Whitney Szmodis PART VI: DIVERSIFICATION OF THE FIELD National Postnational Transnational? Changing Conceptualizations of Citizenship in Comparative and International Education Research - Dobrochna Hildebrandt-Wypych

Edited by Alexander W. Wiseman, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA Emily Anderson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA