Comparative Education and Its Scope
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION AND ITS SCOPE
By: Ms Kashfia Latafat
According to Wikipedia Comparative Education is a discipline in the social sciences
which entails the scrutiny and evaluation of different educational systems,
such as those in various countries. Professionals in this area of endeavor are
absorbed in advancing evocative terminologies and guidelines for education
worldwide, enhancing educational structures and producing a context to which
the success and effectively of education programs and initiatives can be
assessed.
The Meaning of Comparative Education:
It’s a human nature to compare things which has similarities.
In the same way comparison of different educational systems in context of
geographical, economic, political and cultural aspects is comes under the
umbrella of comparative study. Like other studies comparative education is a
field that is source of attraction for many philosophers which conducting their
own comparisons or produce definitions of it. In other words there are many
educational comparisons and definitions.
Definitions: Comparative education has been defined in many ways by
different authors but the main emphasis is on use of educational system data
from other countries, and designs policies to improve education.
According to Good (1962, as cited in Lawal,
2004), it is a field of
study dealing with the comparison of current educational theory and practice in
different countries for purposes of broadening and deepening the understanding
of educational problems beyond the boundaries of one’s own country.
Adeyinka (1994) gives the following definitions
of the concept:
·
A study
of two or more education system.
·
A study
of how the philosophy, aim, objectives, culture and educational system of one
country develop and its impact on that particular country.
·
A study
of how the development of education in the past times happened across the
different regions and its impact on these particular countries in the context
of development of education.
·
A study
of different schools to assess their administrative process in order to control
or implementing government policies at different levels of education system.
From the above given definitions its quiet clear that
comparative education is just not the comparison of different educational
systems ,its more than that its study gives a clear picture of educational
methodologies around the globe and clear educational perspectives which are
influenced by culture , political ,economic and geographical aspects of
different countries which plays vital role in educational development.
The Scope of Comparative Education:
There are five perspectives which clarifies the scope of
comparative education, these are:
· The subject matter and content; this consist of important contents of
educational system such as structure, aim / goals, curriculum, policies etc.
· Geographical units of study; it encompasses intra, international and
national aspects and its impact on educational development.
· Ideological scope; It’s a detail comparison of different
educational systems on the basis of social, economic and political ideologies.
For example communism, capitalism, free economy or capitalist economy etc.
· Thematic scope; this scope focuses on educational themes of
various systems and compare them more than one geographical unit. Free
education at primary and secondary level, universal primary education,
education for all theme of UNESCO.
· The historical or spatial scope; this deals with the study of the historical
development of the discipline from the earliest (pre-historic) phase known as
the period of Travelers' Tales to the modern phase known as the period of
social science perspectives
Reference by:
http://camponotes.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-scope-of-comparative-education.html.
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