Brendan Bartram is Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK

• List of tablesNotes on contributorsSeries editor’s prefaceStephen WardList of abbreviations1 Comparative and International Education by Brendan Bartram2 Alternative education provision – international perspectives by Paul Wiseman3 Pedagogical outlooks underpinning early-years education and workforce training in England and Hungary by Tunde Rozsahegyi and Mike Lambert4 Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Education in Dutch and English primary schools by Sarah Elsey5 The technical and vocational provision in England: a comparative study with the Austrian secondary system by Sean Starr6 The rise of private supplementary tutoring: Contemporary issues and international perspectives on shadow education in China by Roy Y. Chan, Hei-Hang Hayes Tang, Patrick Delaney7 The impact of austerity in Further Education: Cross-cultural perspectives from England and Ireland by Matt O'Leary and Justin Rami8 Academic, vocational and pre-vocational education –origins and developments by Patrick Ainley9 Comparative issues and perspectives in adult education and training by John Field10 International comparisons in mathematics - perspectives on teaching and learning by David Burghes11 Higher Education - from global trends to local realities by Richard Budd12 Some final reflections on educational comparison by Brendan BartramList of tables and figuresContributorsAbbreviations

Brendan Bartram is Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK

• List of tablesNotes on contributorsSeries editor’s prefaceStephen WardList of abbreviations1 Comparative and International Education by Brendan Bartram2 Alternative education provision – international perspectives by Paul Wiseman3 Pedagogical outlooks underpinning early-years education and workforce training in England and Hungary by Tunde Rozsahegyi and Mike Lambert4 Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Education in Dutch and English primary schools by Sarah Elsey5 The technical and vocational provision in England: a comparative study with the Austrian secondary system by Sean Starr6 The rise of private supplementary tutoring: Contemporary issues and international perspectives on shadow education in China by Roy Y. Chan, Hei-Hang Hayes Tang, Patrick Delaney7 The impact of austerity in Further Education: Cross-cultural perspectives from England and Ireland by Matt O'Leary and Justin Rami8 Academic, vocational and pre-vocational education –origins and developments by Patrick Ainley9 Comparative issues and perspectives in adult education and training by John Field10 International comparisons in mathematics - perspectives on teaching and learning by David Burghes11 Higher Education - from global trends to local realities by Richard Budd12 Some final reflections on educational comparison by Brendan BartramList of tables and figuresContributorsAbbreviations

Brendan Bartram is Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK

• List of tablesNotes on contributorsSeries editor’s prefaceStephen WardList of abbreviations1 Comparative and International Education by Brendan Bartram2 Alternative education provision – international perspectives by Paul Wiseman3 Pedagogical outlooks underpinning early-years education and workforce training in England and Hungary by Tunde Rozsahegyi and Mike Lambert4 Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Education in Dutch and English primary schools by Sarah Elsey5 The technical and vocational provision in England: a comparative study with the Austrian secondary system by Sean Starr6 The rise of private supplementary tutoring: Contemporary issues and international perspectives on shadow education in China by Roy Y. Chan, Hei-Hang Hayes Tang, Patrick Delaney7 The impact of austerity in Further Education: Cross-cultural perspectives from England and Ireland by Matt O'Leary and Justin Rami8 Academic, vocational and pre-vocational education –origins and developments by Patrick Ainley9 Comparative issues and perspectives in adult education and training by John Field10 International comparisons in mathematics - perspectives on teaching and learning by David Burghes11 Higher Education - from global trends to local realities by Richard Budd12 Some final reflections on educational comparison by Brendan BartramList of tables and figuresContributorsAbbreviations