Comparative Education - OINQ4P041A

• Title: Comparative Education
• Guaranteed by: Katedra pedagogiky (41-KPG)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/0, MC [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: cancelled
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Jiří Prokop, Ph.D.; PhDr. Ondřej Papajoanu, Ph.D.

Annotation

Comparative education, one of the main pedagogical disciplines, examines and compares educational phenomena and school systems in two or more countries. It focuses on trends and developments in education world-wide and how are education systems compared.

Last update: Papajoanu Ondřej, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2023)

Aim of the course

Students should understand the focus and methods of comparative education and should be able to examine education systems and compare them while reflecting trends and developments in education world-wide.

Last update: Papajoanu Ondřej, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2023)

Literature

Marshall, J. (2019). Introduction to Comparative and International Education. London: Sage Publications.

Last update: Papajoanu Ondřej, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2023)

Requirements to the exam

Active participation in the seminars.

Passing the final exam.

Last update: Papajoanu Ondřej, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2023)

Syllabus

1. Comparative education, its methods and functions.
2. Historical development of comparative education.
3. An analysis of education systems in different countries, ISCED classification, typology of education systems.
4. Organizations focusing on comparative education.
5. International comparison of educational outcomes of students.

Last update: Papajoanu Ondřej, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.01.2023)