Comparative Education 🌍

(A) Objectives

• Critically understand the education system in different countries. 📚
• Deal with education-related issues and phenomena in comparative perspectives, within and across countries. 🔍

(B) Syllabus

SECTION-A

1. Comparative Education: Concept, importance, and current trends. 📈
2. Educational development and contemporary issues in comparative education. 🔄

SECTION-B

1. Facets of societies that impact the educational system with special reference to Canada, Australia, and China. 🌏
2. Comparative analysis of educational policies, planning, practices, and present status in SAARC countries. 🌐

Activities (Any one of the following)

• Comparative report of the education system in India and Canada/Australia. 📊
• Discussion on problems of the school education system in India. 💬

(C) Books Recommended

1. Bradshaw and York W (eds.) (1997). Education in Comparative Perspective: New Lessons From Around The World, New York, E.J. Brill. 📚
2. Hans, N (1967). Comparative Education: A Study of Educational Factors and Traditions, London, Rutledge and Kegan Paul. 📘
3. Holmes B (1981). Comparative Education: Some Considerations of Method, London, George Allen & Unwin. 📖
4. Bray, M (1997). Education and Colonial Transition: The Hong Kong Experience in Comparative Perspective. Comparative Education, 33(2), 157-169. 📚
5. Bray, M (2003). Comparative Education: Continuing Traditions, New Challenges and New Paradigms, London, Kluwere Academic Publishers. 📘

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