Education In Poland And Other Countries – Comparative Review

Timetable

The classes will be held every Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at Międzychodzka street 5 (ul. Międzychodzka 5 · 60-371 Poznań) room 302. 

W start classes from the 12th of October. 

The detailed timetable will be presented - 1st classes

Module aim (aims)

• demonstrate a basic knowledge of the principles of international and comparative education

• describe the central concepts of international and comparative research

• 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

• describe current issues and trends in international and comparative education

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

English on intermediate level, allowing for the free speaking and reading the articles in English

Syllabus

Week 1: Introduction

Week 2: Defining Comparative Education: Conception of the field

Week 2: Culture and education

Week 3: Comparing Systems

Week 4: Comparing Places

Week 5: Comparing Cultures

Week 6: Early childhood education and care across Europe

Week 7: Compulsory education and its function

Week 8: Higher education in the era of Globalization

Week 9: Ideologies and education

Week 10: Religion and education

Week 11: International schools

Week 12: Insider- outsider research in comparative and international education

Week 13: International research in the field of education: PISA, TALIS, TIMMS ect.

Week 14: Education and international development- social justice in the field of education

Week 15: Assessment, presentation of research paper

Reading list

• 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.• Mason M., Comparing Cultures [in:] M. Bray, B.Adamson, M.Mason eds. Comparative Education Research Approaches and Methods, Hong Kong 2007,165-197.• Masemann V.L., Culture and education [in:] eds. R.F. Arnove, C.A. Torres, S. Franz Comparative Eduction, The dialectic of the Global and local, Lanham 2013, p. 113-133• Hörner W., Nowosad I. Poland. [in:] Hörner W., Döbert H., Kopp B.V., Mitter W. (eds) The Education Systems of Europe. Springer, Dordrecht 2007, p.590-606. • Teaching Comparative Education: trends and issues informing practice, Edited by PATRICIA K. KUBOW & ALLISON H. BLOSSER, 2016, Symposium books, Oxford Studies in Comparative Education• Religion and Education: comparative and international perspectives, Edited by MALINI SIVASUBRAMANIAM & RUTH HAYHOE, 2018, Symposium books, Oxford Studies in Comparative Education• International Schools: current issues and future prospects, Edited by MARY HAYDEN & JEFF THOMPSON, 2016, 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• Revisiting Insider–Outsider Research in Comparative and International Education, Edited by MICHAEL CROSSLEY, LORE ARTHUR & ELIZABETH McNESS, 2016, Symposium books, Oxford Studies in Comparative Education