Comparative education - Contemporary Issues and Debates

Timetable

The detailed timetable will be presented - 1st classes

 contact the the teacher anna.mankowska@amu.edu.pl

www.mankowska.amu.edu.pl 

Module aim (aims)

The main course aims 

• To create  a new knowledge for the importance of studying education in an international context 
• To introduce participants to the  key concepts in international education: globalization of education, internationalisation of education, homogenization, postcolonialism and  others 
• To familiarize participants with basic comparative  research methods 
• To facilitate reflection on the issues particular to international research including intercultural skills 

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.

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

Overview: Provides an academic overview of comparative education as a scholarly discipline. Exploring and learning about educational systems in the World

Key words: comparative education, international education, globalization of education, educational systems, internetionalisation of education, homogenization, postcolonialism, postmodernity, social cohesion, social equality 

Short Description: The course provides an introduction to international and comparative education, for people interested in learning more about education and its  international issue. 

Participants will consider why it is important to look beyond the nation state in the current context of globalization and global inequalities, and will learn how to explore suitable research approaches for developing their perspective.

By the end of this course students will be able to: 

• Analyse the impact of the forces of globalization and internationalization on education. 

• Use theories derived from international and comparative study to analyse their own educational experiences .
• Articulate the importance of an international perspective on education .
• Plan international research which demonstrates awareness of basic comparative methods (including sensitivity to intercultural issues) .
• Discuss about the above in an informed and critically analytical manner .

Reading list

Literature will be updated and provided to the students.  We will do cloude sharing and cooperation.

Cowen, R., Kazamias, A.M. (eds) International Handbook of Comparative Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6403-6_11

Esther McMahon & Lizzi O. Milligan (2023) A framework for ethical research in international and comparative education, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 53:1, 72-88, DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2021.1876553

Ian Hardy, Louise Phillips, Vicente Reyes & M. Obaidul Hamid (2023) Reimagining and demystifying data: a storytelling approach, Comparative Education, 59:4, 584-601, DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2023.2189677

Val D. Rust & Xuehong Liao - The Evolving Nature of Comparative Education Research.2011 - In John N. Hawkins & W. James Jacob (eds.), Policy Debates in Comparative, International, and Development Education. Palgrave-Macmillan. pp. 13.

Melosik, Z. (2023). Comparative education: the status controversy and dynamics of scientific development. Studia z Teorii Wychowania, XIV(3 (44)), 9-26. https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0053.9192.

Sue Grey (2021) PISA, policy and the OECD: respatialising global educational governance through PISA for schools, Comparative Education, 57:2, 298-300, DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2021.1879419

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.

Manzon M., Comparing Places, [in:] M. Bray, B.Adamson, M.Mason eds. Comparative Education Research Approaches and Methods, Hong Kong 2007, p. 85-123.• Bray M.& Jkai K., Comparing Systems [in:] M. Bray, B.Adamson, M.Mason eds. Comparative Education Research Approaches and Methods, Hong Kong 2007, p. 123-125

Bray M.& Jkai K., Comparing Systems [in:] M. Bray, B.Adamson, M.Mason eds. Comparative Education Research Approaches and Methods, Hong Kong 2007, p. 123-125