Research

Professional Background

Educational Background

Scholarly Interests

Selected Publications

ITSF 4091: Comparative education

Introduction to theories in comparative education, cross-national comparative analysis, educational indicator research, educational transfer and borrowing, and the relation between culture and education. This course is also offered at the doctoral level (ITSF 6580).

ITSF 4092: Qualitative research and evaluation in international education

The study of qualitative methodologies appropriate to various kinds of educational programs, issues, and problems in diverse research settings.

ITSF 4096: Strategic planning and organizational change in international and national educational settings

The seminar uses theories and methods of social network analysis for examining regional and global policy networks. Besides reading and discussing sociological texts and policy studies literature, we will conduct collaborative empirical analyses of policy networks and policy entrepreneurs. Willingness to conduct empirical research (content and reference analyses) is a condition for participating in this seminar.

ITSF 5006: International Education Policy Studies

This course helps students to understand the rationale and to apply the techniques underlying education sector strategies of low-income governments.

ITSF 5580: Postcolonial studies of education

Prerequisites or corequisites: ITSF 4090 and ITSF 4091. This course explores the impact of missionary, colonial education, and neo-colonial education on school reform both in dependent countries and in former colonial countries.

ITSF 6902: Studies in international and transcultural studies

ITSF 8900: Dissertation advisement in international and transcultural studies

Individual advisement on doctoral dissertations. Fee to equal 3 points at current tuition rate for each term. For requirements, see section in catalog on Continuous Registration for Ed.D./Ph.D. degrees.

Gita Steiner-Khamsi appeared in the following articles:

An Economist Goes Back to School (6/8/2009)

Mediating for the Mediators (6/8/2009)

Learning to Evaluate Educational Projects Around the World (4/28/2009)

New Directions in International Development (4/28/2009)

TC and CIES: Showcasing Some of Our Internationally-Minded Faculty (3/14/2008)

Talking Equity, From Azerbaijan to Zambia (3/12/2008)

A Field Returns to Its Roots (2/13/2008)

Getting Better All the Time (10/18/2007)

Coming of Age in Japan (10/27/2006)

Coming of Age in Japan (10/3/2006)

TC: America's Policy Mecca (9/18/2006 1:27:00 PM)

A Borrower and Lender Be (4/12/2005)

IN BRIEF (2/23/2005)

Professor Steiner-Khamsi Receives Honorary Degree (2/2/2005)

NGOs and Educational Reform in Europe and Asia (11/26/2003)

Educating Current Leaders in Practice and Policy (8/1/2003)

The Open Society and TC Collaborate on Project Evaluations (8/1/2003)

San Cristobal Canyon Curriculum (9/18/2001 6:10:27 PM)

Zumwalt Leaves Dean's Post: Search for New Dean Begins (1/1/2001)

School 2001: TC Professor Works on Mega School Reform Project in Mongolia (7/1/2000)

Schoonmaker and Steiner-Khamsi are Awarded the 2000-2001 TC Faculty Research Fellowships (4/1/2000)

Teachers College: A Leader in Educating Leaders (1/1/2000)

The First Mongolian students at TC (11/1/1999)

TC Students: Pioneers in Comparative Education with New Online Journal (1/1/1999)

China and TC Today (6/1/1997)

Learning by Really Doing (1/1/1900)