,ICH4801
EXAM PACK
2023
LATEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
, ICH4801 Assignment 3 Memorandum
SECTION A
Question 1
1(a) (Chapter 8)
i) Define “comparative education” in your own words. (2)
A study of how the development of education in the past, across the ages and continents, has
influenced the development of education in particular countries. A study of the school systems
of two or more countries. A study field that has a three-in-one perspective on education: an
education system perspective, a contextual perspective and a comparative perspective. “A
field of study dealing with the comparison of current educational theory and practice in different
countries for the purpose of broadening and deepening understanding of educational problems
beyond the boundaries of one's own country”. A systematic examination of other cultures and
other systems of education in order to discover similarities and differences
ii) How did the following contribute to the development of the field of comparative
education?
Travellers’ tales: Travellers made contact with other communities, societies and cultures, made
them to start comparing their own (societies, communities and cultures) with other people they
contacted. This phase can be regarded as a prescientific phase of comparative education as
these stories were told casually and are neither exhaustive nor systematic nor objective …
The systematic study of foreign education systems for borrowing: This is a new kind of
th century. These were government
educational travellers who came on the scene during the 19
officials who were sent out to other countries to study the education systems and educational
development in foreign countries with an intention of borrowing the best policies and practices
to improve their own systems back home.
International co-operation: During this phase the basis for comparative education transcended
from borrowing to improve the education system of one country, to a more unselfish, universal
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