国際教育論Ⅱ

前期集中 その他 連講 その他. 単位数/Credit(s): 2. 担当教員/Instructor: 劉 靖. 履修年度: 2024.

授業題目/Class subject

Doing Comparative Education

授業の目的と概要/Object and Summary of Class

(1) Introduce the Field: Provide a comprehensive introduction to the fields of comparative education, focusing on its fundamental nature, main theories, and diverse methodologies.
(2) Develop Critical Thinking: Enhance students' ability to critically analyze educational systems, policies, and practices from a comparative perspective.
(3) Equip with Practical Skills: Foster practical skills in designing, conducting, and analyzing comparative education research, emphasizing both qualitative and quantitative methods.
(4) Promote Inter-cultural Understanding: Cultivate an understanding of the diversity and complexity of education systems worldwide, encouraging a global perspective on educational issues and solutions.
(5) Encourage Research Design: Guide students through the process of conceptualizing and developing their own comparative education research projects, culminating in a presentation of their research design.

学習の到達目標/Goal of study

(1) Understand Comparative Education: Articulate the purpose, logic, and strategies of comparative education, including its history and contemporary challenges.
(2) Apply Theories and Methods: Employ comparative education theories and methods to analyze educational issues, drawing on case studies and empirical research.
(3) Design Research: Develop a comprehensive research design for a comparative education study, integrating appropriate theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches.
(4) Critically Analyze Cases: Perform critical analyses of educational systems, policies, and practices, using both primary and secondary sources.
(5) Present Research Designs: Effectively communicate their research project design, incorporating feedback to refine their approach.

授業内容・方法と進度予定/Contents and progress schedule of the class

The course consists of three themes in fifteen 90-minute sessions delivered in three days.

Theme 1 /Day 1:
Foundations of Comparative Education
1. Nature, purpose and logic of comparative education
2. Strategies of comparative education (1): Critical analysis of the winning papers of the Bereday Award for Comparative Education
3. Strategies of comparative education (2): Critical analysis of the winning papers of the Bereday Award for Comparative Education
4. Brief history of comparative education
5. Designing your own comparative education research (1)

Theme 2 /Day 2:
Comparative Analysis of Educational Systems
6. Mapping national educational systems: theories and methods
7. Case study of national educational systems (1): China and Japan
8. Case study of national educational systems (2): China, Japan, Germany and more cases
9. Cross-case comparison, issues in case method and the role of the case researcher
10. Designing your own comparative education research (2)

Theme 3/Day 3:
Designing Comparative Education Research
11. The role of theory in comparative research
12. Individual tutorials of students’ research project design (1)
13. Individual tutorials of students’ research project design (2)
14. Student presentation of their research project design
15. The future of comparative education

成績評価方法/Evaluation method

Class participation 40% + end-course project 60%

教科書および参考書/Textbook and references

• Comparative and International Education, David Phillips and Michele Schweisfurth, Bloomsbury (2015)
• Comparative Education Research: Approaches and Methods, Mark Bray, Bob Adamson, and Mark Mason, Springer (2014)
• Comparative Method in Education, George Z. F Bereday, Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1964)

授業時間外学習/Preparation and Review

Off-class tutorial can be arranged by student requirement, but not compulsory