Comparative Education

Year
3
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01009875
Subject Area
Education Sciences
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
4.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge of Sociology of Education, History of Education and on the Portuguese education system.     

Teaching Methods

We intend to combine the expository method for presentation and elucidation, with the use of pedagogical practices based on student work. During the curricular unit, literature reviews and/or investigation work shall be encouraged; as well as small works on the issues covered in class; preparing questions about the content of the classes; performing small summaries on topics addressed; reflection on the principles, ideological orientations, educational conditions and the assumptions of educational practices.

Learning Outcomes

In this curricular unit, students should recognize the importance of comparative studies in education and know the major approaches and research methods in Comparative Education, because, regardless of the status conferred by the various epistemological discussions, comparison is part of today’s debate on education.

At the end of this cuuricular unit students should be able:

- To identify and characterize the main approaches in Comparative Education.

- To differentiate Comparative Education from International Education.

- To use in the educational reflection knowledge coming from the comparative study of education.

- To relate the conditions of society with Comparative Education approaches and with the educational dynamics in different periods and in different spaces.

- To know the contribution of international organizations to Comparative Education.

- To identify and characterize trends of education in the world.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Origin, Evolution of Comparative Education.

Theoretical, epistemological and identity perspectives of Comparative Education

The Comparative Education and International Education

Approaches and Methods and Techniques in Comparative Education.

Globalization and Education

Comparative Education and International organizations

Issues and Trends in World Education.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Maria Magalhães Teixeira Seixas

Assessment Methods

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Continuous evaluation
Mini Tests: 50.0%
Ass.of literature review focusing a previously defined theme,including its pres.(50).Other possibilities for evaluation can be decided in agreement with students: 50.0%

Bibliography

Ferreira, A. G.(2001).Elementos fundamentais para comprensão do estudo da educação comparada. Coimbra: NAIE.

Ferreira,A.G. (2008).O sentido da educação comparada: Uma compreensão sobre a construção de uma identidade. Educação,  31(2), 124-138.

Gil, L. V. (2011). La educación comparada e internacional. Procesos históricos y dinâmicas globales. Barcelona: Octaedro/ICE-UB.

Juliá,F. F. (2002). La educación comparada actual. Barcelona: Ariel.

Madeira, A. I. (2011). A construção do saber comparado em educação: Uma análise sócio-histórica. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian e Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.

Meyer, J. W., & Ramirez, F. O. (2010). La educación en la sociedad mundial: Teoría institucional y agenda de investigación de los sistemas educativos contemporâneos. Barcelona: Octaedro/ICE-UB

Nóvoa, A. & Yariv-Mashal, T. (2003). Comparative research in education: A mode of governance or a historical journey? Comparative Education, 39(4),  423-438.