BAICE promotes teaching, research, policy and
development in all aspects of international and comparative
education. It is the British affiliate of the World Council
of Comparative Education Societies but membership is open to
all interested in international and comparative education,
regardless of nationality or institutional affiliation.
BAICE aims to encourage the growth and development of international
and comparative studies in education by:
- promoting teaching and cross-disciplinary research
- facilitating research publications
- networking with other professionals and professional organisations
- supporting student
- organising conferences and meetings
- being a resource to policy makers
BAICE works to promote the aims of the United Kingdom Forum
on International Education and Training (UKFIET), the Comparative
Education Society in Europe (CESE), the World Council of Comparative
Education Societies (WCCES) and the Academy of Learned Societies
for the Social Sciences (ALSISS)
BAICE produces the journal Compare and organises a series
of one-day research conferences annually. At least one of these
conferences is designed specifically to provide research students
with an opportunity to present and discuss their research in
progress. BAICE also has a major annual conference. In odd
numbered years this is as co-organiser of the Oxford International
Conference on Education and Development.
BAICE came into existence in September 1997 as the result
of a merger between the British Association of Teachers and
Researchers in Overseas Education (BATROE) and the British
Comparative and International Education Society (BCIES). These
organisations had international memberships and well-established
traditions of activities in the field of international and
comparative education. BAICE continues their work. |
