Towards a comparative history of comparative education: a personal journey. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Manzon, Maria
• Is Part Of: Comparative education. Number 56:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 96
• Page End: 110
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Histories of comparative education -- academic mobility -- intellectual biography; Education -- Periodicals; Comparative education -- Periodicals; 370.9
• DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2019.1701251
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0305-0068

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Action follows from being. One's way of doing and understanding comparative education follows from one's being. It springs from the soul. Using [Kim, T., and R. Brooks' (2013). "Internationalisation, Mobile Academics, and Knowledge Creation in Universities: A Comparative Analysis." SRHE Research Award (2011/12) Final Report] framework on the relationship between academic mobility and knowledge creation, I will reflect here on my personal and intellectual journey and how it has shaped my work on comparative histories of the field of comparative education. As this article is written, I am commencing a new transition in my professional life, this time in Japan. I am reflecting on a possible new research agenda building on my past work and the new panorama opened from my new vantage point in the field.