Word limit: 1500
Task: Demonstrate your understanding of, and engagement with, international comparative education. Write a response in three sections (approximately 500 words each). Use the three headings below. No general introduction or conclusion is required.Make reference to the literature in your assignment.Use Harvard referencing.
Part 1: International comparative education(approx. 500 words)
Describe,analyseand evaluateinternational comparative educationas an educational research approach.
Describe: What is international comparativeeducation?
Analyse:What are some theoretical and practicalpurposes, methods,challenges andimplications of comparing international education systems?
Evaluate:What are some of the advantages and disadvantages in undertaking international comparative educational analysis?How could international comparative educational research be of benefit tostakeholdersin education(students, parents, teachers, administrators, policy makers, researchers and/or others)?How canyou learn from internationalcomparativeresearchin yourwork as an educator in your own context?
[note: the readings fromWeek 3are particularly relevant to Part 1 and you should reference some of them in Part 1]
Part 2: An international comparative study(approx. 500 words)
Chooseoneinternationalcomparativeeducational study from the literature that interests you. (You may choose one of the articles suggested below or find your own.)Describe, analyse and evaluate thestudyby addressing the four questions below. Youmay like to reference/illustrate some of the points you made in Part 1.
- What was the purpose orintention of the study? Why was a comparative study chosen to achieve this research intention?
- Whatmethodologywas used? Evaluate the efficacy of the chosen methodology.
- Analysethe findings of the study.What potentialvalueand implicationsdothe findingsholdforstakeholders in education(students, teachers, administrators, policy makers, researchers and/or others)?
- How might the findings ofthis studyinformyourwork as an educator in your own context?
Part 3: Research topic(approx. 500 words)
Reflect onyourown experienceso far inresearching / developing yourpresentation for Assessment 2.
- Which topic and countries have you chosen for your major research project? Why have you chosen this topc and these countries?
- Why is a comparative study a helpful way to consider the chosen topic?
- What prior knowledge do you have about this topic and about education in these countries, and from where does this prior knowledge come?
- What do you hope you will learn form this research? How do you hope that this research will inform yourpracticeas an educator in your context?
-What sources of data and analysis have you found and why will these be helpful? Do you perceive any limitations to these sources? (Consider currency, objectivity, reliability and validity.) What information do you still need to find and how will you find it?
- What challenges have you encountered so far in your research and how have you dealt with them? What further challenges do you anticipate and what resources will you draw on to tackle them?
In this section you may like to reference/illustrate some of the points you made in Part 1.