this is the heading in the syllabus under heading of comparative education. can any body suggest any book or any other material regarding this. and how can we categories these studies.
Dear Mohd Zia
I have worked quite a lot in this field, particularly in the area of comparative studies of teacher education and, more recently anti-school bullying interventions. Cross national learning can be exceedingly helpful, but there is a rider. Rarely, is it wise to import a way of doing things in one country to another "lock, stock and barrel", i.e. the whole package. Prudent selection is, I think, often more helpful.
On the other hand, this latter practice also carries risks. If, for example, a very promising anti-bullying programme in Norway is adopted but over adapted elsewhere, its core hitting power can be lost or watered down. The key issues are surely balance and context. Feel free to consult several publications on my RG list that address such issues. Best wishes and good luck. Paul
Dear Mohd Zia
Generally speaking, the phrase "comparative education" means comparing across countries or nationalities. If that is your meaning, there are two books that we tend to use most often in our cross-cultural studies class in Teaching and Educational Studies:
Kubow & Fossum (2nd edition is coming out in May) Comparative Education: Exploring Issues in International Context.
Phillips & Schweisfurth (2014) Comparative and International Education: An Introduction to Theory, Method, and Practice.
I like the Phillips & Schweisfurth book for its chapters on comparative methods and its discussion of different types of outcomes in comparative education research.
If what you mean by "comparative" is the research term, though, we have the standard headers used in social science - experimental, quasi-experimental, and ex-post facto comparisons.
Hi Mohd,
There is a monumental book on this topic:
ALEXANDER, R. J. (2001). Culture and pedagogy: international comparisons in primary education. Malden, MA, Blackwell Pub.
It's a comparative study of primary schooling in 5 different countries/cultural contexts: Russia, France, England, India and a state in the US.
Mohd Zia,
In terms of 'what types of studies' there are in comparative education, one such are is 'comparative and international education'
Key authors in this area are
Michael Crossley and K Watson with a key text being 'Comparative and International Research in Education'
Micheal Schweinfurt
Michele Schweisfurth
Guthrie
Tabulawa
Key Journals would be 'Compare' and also 'Comparative Education"
Themes even within international comparative education are obviously vast. One example could b learner centred pedagogy and it's presumed notions of democratisation.
Kind regards
For comparative education in the Arab world, you might wish to look at several leads provided on our research centre's website: http://www.um.edu.mt/emcer Some publications and reports are available for download free of charge. See also:
Bray, M., Mazawi, A.E. & Sultana, R.G. (eds)(2013) Private Tuition across the Mediterranean Region: Power Dynamics and Implications for Learning and Equity. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Sultana, R.G. (2011) Educators of the Mediterranean: Up Close and Personal. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Mazawi, A.E. & Sultana, R.G. (eds)(2010) Education in the Arab World: Political Projects, Struggles, and Geometries of Power. New York: Routledge.
Borg, C., Mayo, P. & Sultana, R.G. (2009) Mediterranean Studies in Comparative Education. Malta: MESCE/EMCER.
Regards,
Ronald G. Sultana
Director, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research
Rather than "types", we use the term "units of analysis (comparison)." Comparing countries has been the most traditional one.
As a general text book, I would recommend this one:
Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (Eds.). (2014). Comparative education research : approaches and methods (2nd ed.). Hong Kong: Springer.
These are the key "units of analysis", chapters and their authors within the book:
4. Comparing Places
Maria MANZON
5. Comparing Systems
Mark BRAY & JIANG Kai
6. Comparing Times
Anthony SWEETING
7. Comparing Cultures
Mark MASON
8. Comparing Values
LEE Wing-On
9. Comparing Educational Achievements
T. Neville POSTLETIlWAITE & Frederick LEUNG
10. Comparing Policies
YANG Rui
11. Comparing Curricula
Bob ADAMSON & Paul MORRIS
12. Comparing Educational Organisations
Clive DIMMOCK
13. Comparing Ways of Learning
David A. WATKINS
Article To be or not to be: Comparative education as a field of study
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