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Lecture 3
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- 1Term "comparative" educationassociated with academic research, critical thinking, theory formation
- 2Term "international"associated with "practical" studies produced by international agencies (e.g. OECD, World Bank)
- 3What are "one case" studies?- single-site studies
- focus on ONE country/religion
- case is analyzed in a theoretical framework - 4What's a "two case" study?- compares 2 cases (binary comparison)
BUT: cases are often selected for non-scientific reasons (based on familiarity, convenience...) - 5Small N comparative Research- comparison of natural groups
- groups of countries are relatively homoenous "families of nations" (common political, economic, social characteristics)
e.g. education systems of scandinavian countries - 6What are current examples of glos of global comparisonsOECD programme for international student assessment (PISA), IEA....
- 7At what levels can you do comparisons?1. World Regions
2. Countries
3. States
4. Districts
5. Schools
6. Classrooms
7. Individuals - 8What are advantages/disadvantages of comparing countries?+ : it's legitimate to some extent if countries are influenced by central government policies
- : Countries are not always appropriate units for comparison (e.g. in Germany, India, Canada) - 9What does the term "international" mean?between nations (Phillips & Schweisfurth, 2014)
- 10GlobalisationGrowing interdependence and interconnectedness of the modern world through increased flows of goods, services, capital, people, information
- 11Economic globalisationintegration of all nations into global economic networks, including poor countries
- 12Cultural globalisationchanging cultural identities e.g. through migration
- 13Political globalisationchanging role of the nation state, global and local forces pulling into opposite directions
- 14what can be backgrounds of comparative researchers?interculturally highly skilled VS unskilled
Comparative perspective VS monocultural perspective
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