Comparative Education

Syllabus

• Interest in the study of foreign systems of education. Misunderstandings and misconceptions.
• The comparative argument in education policy making.
• The aims of comparative education.
• The issue of methodology in comparative study of education.
• The historical approach.
• The “scientific” method.
• Contemporary methodological approaches.
• The significance and difficulties of comparison.
• Problems and prospects of the discipline
• Focus on the education systems in selected countries and regions.
• Focus on the comparative study of university education in the era of late modernity.