ABSTRACT Comparative education relies on experiences, expertise, data, and criticism derived from multiple contexts and diverse levels to generate insights, facilitate understanding, and explain change. Marked by connectivity, our contemporary era vastly increases the (potential) diffusion of ideas essential for scientific advance. Three interlocking trends emphasise the growing relevance of comparative educational research. Firstly, competition has become more potent – among scholars, their organisations, and within as across countries. Secondly, educational studies, as science more generally, are increasingly conducted in collaboration – across disciplinary, cultural, linguistic, and organisational boundaries – enhancing the potential for discovery while producing influential scholarship. Thirdly, while educational research and policymaking are increasingly comparative, comparative knowledge stores are often only selectively used. To counter such reductionism, in-depth comparative institutional analysis across divides of academy, politics, and practice remain crucial. The multidisciplinary field must claim its relevance more persuasively, even as scholarly exchange, mobilities, and cultural knowledge endure as vital foundations.

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竞争与合作时代的比较教育

摘要 比较教育依靠来自多种背景和不同层次的经验、专业知识、数据和批评来产生洞察力、促进理解和解释变化。以连通性为标志，我们的当代时代极大地增加了对科学进步至关重要的思想的（潜在）传播。三个相互关联的趋势强调了比较教育研究日益增长的相关性。首先，竞争变得更加激烈——在学者之间、他们的组织之间以及在国家内部。其次，作为更普遍的科学，教育研究越来越多地跨学科、文化、语言和组织界限进行合作，在产生有影响力的学术成果的同时，增强了发现的潜力。第三，虽然教育研究和政策制定越来越具有比较性，但比较知识库往往只是有选择地使用。为了对抗这种还原论，跨学术、政治和实践分歧的深入比较制度分析仍然至关重要。多学科领域必须更有说服力地宣称其相关性，即使学术交流、流动性和文化知识仍然是重要的基础。