Comparative Minds, Critical Visions:
Working Paper Series at the Center for Comparative and Global Studies in Education

We are proud to introduce Comparative Minds, Critical Visions, which features articles written by some of those who have gathered forces to support various activities of the Center for Comparative and Global Studies in Education in the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo (SUNY at Buffalo) in recent years.

Volume 2

Volume 1

Ordering Information

Comparitive Minds, Critical Visions may be ordered from:
Center for Comparative and Global Studies in Education
Graduate School of Education
468 Baldy Hall
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Buffalo, New York 14260 USA

Price: $15.00. Checks should be made out to Center for Comparative and Global Studies in
Education. Checks should be drawn on U.S. banks. Please add $5 for handling and shipping.

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Contents

Orientalism, the West and Non-west Binary, and Postcolonial Perspectives in Comparative Research and Education
Yoshiko Nozaki

The Problem of Truth in Educational Research: The Case of the Rigoberta Menchú "Controversy"
John A. Clark

Experiencing Truth: A Look at the Rigoberta Menchú Controversy
Michelle Meyers

Coming to Terms with Rigoberta Menchú
Mary Ellen Mulvey

Quantitative and Qualitative Studies in Comparative and International Education
Darren M. O'Hern

Quantitative and Qualitative Research Design: Beyond Dichotomy
Rita Kasa

Gender and Research Methods in Comparative Education
Rachel Fix

Book Reviews
Rima Aranha, Brad K. Mazon, Susan Yepez

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Towards an Agenda for the Critical Study of Social Class and Schooling in the Context of Shifting Global Economy
Lois Weis

The U.S. Higher Education System: A Brief Introduction for International Students and Scholars
D. Bruce Johnstone

"Gender Trouble" in Higher Education in Asia: Exploring the Shifts in Gender Gaps in Mongolia, India, and Japan
Yoshiko Nozaki, Rachel Fix, Rima Aranha, & Yuri Nakajima

Education and Sustainable Development: Historical Roots and Contested Definitions
Robert Stevenson

Discourses on Self, Environmentalism, and Nunavut Science Education Curriculum
Susan Yepez

Race and Class Interaction in School Performance: A Quantitative Approach to a Comparison of Racial Groups in the United States
Hiromitsu Inokuchi

Re-Imagining Latvia as a Multicultural Nation
Rita Kasa & Yoshiko Nozaki

Book Reviews
Sherene Cheah, Rachel Fix, Diane Hardy, Mary Ngolovoi, Tomoka Toraiwa