Comparative education plays a crucial role in identifying and disseminating best practices in education for sustainable development, allowing countries to learn from each other's experiences and successes.

Economic growth is not a key principle of education for sustainable development, as it is recognized that economic growth alone is not sufficient to achieve sustainability.

Comparative education plays a vital role in promoting cultural understanding and cooperation among nations, which is essential for fostering global citizenship education.

Comparative education can contribute to the achievement of the SDGs by identifying and disseminating best practices, promoting global citizenship education, and supporting the development of national education policies that align with the SDGs.

Education for sustainable development faces challenges such as lack of political will and commitment, insufficient funding and resources, and resistance to change from traditional education practices.

Comparative education can contribute to addressing the challenges faced in implementing education for sustainable development by identifying and disseminating best practices, promoting dialogue and collaboration among stakeholders, and supporting the development of innovative approaches.

Comparative education plays a role in promoting environmental sustainability by comparing environmental education policies, identifying and disseminating best practices, and supporting the development of a global curriculum.

Comparative education can contribute to the achievement of social justice and equity in education by identifying and disseminating best practices, promoting dialogue and collaboration among stakeholders, and supporting the development of innovative approaches.

Comparative education plays a role in promoting peace and understanding among nations by comparing peace education policies, identifying and disseminating best practices, and supporting the development of a global curriculum.

Comparative education can contribute to the achievement of the MDGs by identifying and disseminating best practices, promoting global citizenship education, and supporting the development of national education policies that align with the MDGs.

Comparative education research faces challenges such as lack of funding and resources, methodological challenges, and political and cultural barriers.

Comparative education can contribute to the development of more effective and equitable education systems by identifying and disseminating best practices, promoting dialogue and collaboration among stakeholders, and supporting the development of innovative approaches.

Comparative education plays a role in promoting lifelong learning by comparing lifelong learning policies, identifying and disseminating best practices, and supporting the development of a global curriculum.

Comparative education can contribute to the achievement of the EFA goals by identifying and disseminating best practices, promoting global citizenship education, and supporting the development of national education policies that align with the EFA goals.

Key trends and developments in comparative education research include the increasing use of mixed methods research, the growing focus on global citizenship education, and the emergence of new theoretical frameworks.