This novel book demonstrates the polarised logics that exist between exploring cultural, structural, political and historical contexts as a primary focus for pedagogical research versus an interventionist agenda that isolates pedagogy and its components from their environments.

Michele Schweisfurth is Professor of Comparative and International Education, University of Glasgow, UK.

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Pedagogy and development in the post-COVID, mid-SDG era

Chapter Three: Pedagogy and context, and implications for 'best practice'

Chapter Four: Methodologies for researching pedagogy

Chapter Five: Researching pedagogy in the Global South: divided epistemic communities

Chapter Six: From agreeing to differ to differing to agree

Chapter Seven: A short chapter on scale: can small still be beautiful?

Chapter Eight: Case studies - projects and pedagogy across epistemic communities

Chapter Nine: What connects, works: toward epistemic humility and meaningful action