General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Education in Poland and Other Countries |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | Anna Mankowska (coordinator and teacher) |
| Lecturer's email | a.manko@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | dr (phd) |
| Faculty | Faculty of Educational Studies |
| Semester | 2024/2025 (winter) |
| Duration | 45 |
| ECTS | 5 |
| USOS code | 11-EPOC |
Timetable
place: Międzychodzka 5, room 205
day:Thursdays
time: 8:00 a.m. (8:00-9:30)
The detailed timetable will be presented - 1st classes
contact teacher anna.mankowska@amu.edu.pl
| working plan |
| week | date | notes |
| 1 | 03.10.2024 | Introduction - first classes - please remember to register for classes via USOS |
| 2 | 10.10.2024 | |
| 3 | 17.10.2024 | |
| 4 | 24.10.2024 | |
| 31.10.2024 | day off from classes at AMU | |
| 5 | 07.11.2024 | |
| 6 | 14.11.2024 | |
| 7 | 21.11.2024 | |
| 8 | 28.11.2024 | |
| 9 | 05.12.2024 | |
| 10 | 12.12.2024 | |
| 11 | 19.12.2024 | |
| 26.12.2024 | winter holidays | |
| 02.01.2025 | winter holidays | |
| 12 | 09.01.2025 | |
| 13 | 16.01.2025 | |
| 14 | 23.01.2025 | Assessment, presentation of research paper |
| 15 | 30.01.2025 | Assessment, presentation of research paper |
Module aim (aims)
The main aims:
- dedescribe current issues and trends in education
- demonstrate a basic knowledge of the principles of school education, educational system, education, knowledge, LLL process and others
- scribe the central concepts of education and society
- apply these principles and concepts to comparative analysis of educational practices and policies
- formulate a general understanding of the Polish educational system and other, its characteristics and objectives
- reflect on practical experiences, such as observation in Polish schools and/or preschools, and compare the functioning of these institutions to similar entities in other countries.
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Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
The subject is dedicated to the students interested in educational field.
The english skills B1 and above (reading articles, speaking and writting).
Extra time to visit primary school and sport school in Poznań and outside the city (the date to be determined).
Social competences:
- group work (knowing how it works and be ready to do it),
- brain storm (knowing how it works and be ready to do it),
- ability to deliver a presentation in front of the classmates,
- high level of personal culture and knowledge about the world and societies,
- entrepreneurship,
- focus on the implementation of a set objective.
Syllabus
Week 1: Introduction - first classes
Week 2: Defining the field of Education
Week 2: The Impact of Global Players in Education: the Wold Bank, UNESCO, OECD, UE, OBOR, BRICS
Week 3: Comparing educational systems
Week 4: Culture and education
Week 5: My educational story - the meaning of education - self experience
Week 6: Comparing Cultures
Week 7: Early childhood education and care across Europe
Week 8: Compulsory education and its function
Week 9: Vocational education and training (VET)
Week 10: Vocational Higher education in the era of globalization
Week 11: Internationalization of education
Week 12: Religion and education
Week 13: Artificial Intelligence in Education
Week 14: Assessment, presentation of research paper
Week 15: Assessment, presentation of research paper
Reading list
Literature will be updated and provided to the students. We will do cloud sharing and collaboration.
Kazamias, A.M. Paideia and Politeia: Education, and the Polity/State in Comparative Education. [in:] Cowen, R., Kazamias, A.M. (eds) International Handbook of Comparative Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 22., Dordrecht 2009, p. 37-59 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6403-6_11
Noah H. J, Eckstein M.A., Defining Comparative Education: Conception of the field [in:] Noah H. J, Eckstein M.A.,Doing Comparative Education: Three Decades of Collaboration, Comparative Education Research Center, 1998, p. 35-41.
Mason M., Comparing Cultures [in:] M. Bray, B.Adamson, M.Mason eds. Comparative Education Research Approaches and Methods, Hong Kong 2007,165-197.
Vandra Lea Masenann, Culture and education [in:] Carlos Alberto Torres, Robert F. Arnove, Lauren Ila Misiaszek, Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local, London 2023, 125-146 (google books)
Baker, David P., et al. Education: The great equalizer, social reproducer, or legitimator of new forms of social stratification. The Sage handbook of sociology of education (2024): 35-48.
de Wit, Hans. "Internationalization in and of Higher Education: Critical Reflections on Its Conceptual Evolution." Internationalization in Higher Education and Research: Perspectives, Obstacles, Alternatives. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2024. 17-31. https://www.internationalhighereducation.net/api-v1/article/!/action/getPdfOfArticle/articleID/3731/productID/29/filename/article-id-3731.pdf
Mańkowska A. Internationalization of education in China - pedagogical analysis of historical development and political context. Studies on the Theory of Education. (2023);XIV(3 (44)):137-149. https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0053.9201 https://sztw.chat.edu.pl/resources/html/article/details?id=613829&language=en
Religion and Education: comparative and international perspectives, Edited by MALINI SIVASUBRAMANIAM & RUTH HAYHOE, 2018, Symposium books, Oxford Studies in Comparative Education• Knowledge and the Study of Education: an international exploration, Edited by GEOFF WHITTY & JOHN FURLONG, 2017, Symposium books, Oxford Studies in Comparative Education
Xuesong Zhai et al. A Review of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education from 2010 to 2020, Volume 2021 | Article ID 8812542 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8812542
Boubker, Omar. "From chatting to self-educating: Can AI tools boost student learning outcomes?." Expert Systems with Applications 238 (2024): 121820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.121820