Republic of the Philippines

GREENVILLE COLLEGE
School of Graduate Studies

COURSE SYLLABUS

I. Course: Master of Arts in Education; Major in Educational

Management

II. Course Title: Comparative Education

III. Course Credit: 3 units

IV. Course Description:

This course is a comparative study of the educational philosophy and goals, status
and laws on education, systems and structures, programs and strategies in various
countries with emphasis on the educational systems of the Western and Asian
countries.

V. General Course Objectives:

After completing the course, students should be able to :

- Create an awareness of the nature and scope of Comparative Education.
- Introduce recent development of ideas among comparative educationalists.
- Consider the basic principles and analysis of educational systems of different
Western and Asian Countries.

VI. Specific Course Objectives:

For the successful completion of he course, students are expected to:
- Survey the development ideas among comparative educationalists about their
purposes and methods.
- Critically review the method of inquiry in comparative education.
- Experience and acquire competence in the use of the tools of the comparative
educationalists such as area of studies, prediction and data manageability.

VII. Instructional modes to be used

a. Lectures, discussions, individual reporting
b. Group discussions, Survey
c. Reactions, Critique
VIII. Materials of Instruction
- Textbooks ,References
- UNESCO Institute of Education, Handbook Pamphlets
- ADB Report on Philippines Education and Development

IX. Evaluation
1. Regular attendance and class participation
 2. Positive contribution/ recitations during class interaction
3. Submission of research study for the course collateral
4. Passing midterm and final exam

X. Attendance
Students are required to attend the 3 hour-session class.

XI. Vocabulary
Students are expected to understand the terms used in the various comparative
methods of educational systems under study and be able to explain the meaning.

XII. Course Extent

First Week
1. Definition of the course/Objectives
a. Description
b. Goals/Objectives
Second Week
2. History of Comparative Education
a. The North American Comparative Education Society
b. Decade of Optimism
c. Years of Uncertainty

Third Week
3. Trends and Issues
a. Decade and Reappraisal
b. The World Scenario
c. The International Bureau of Education (IBE)
d. What Comparative Education Seeks For

Fourth Week and Fifth Week

4. Problems and Concerns
a. Lack of Precise Definition
b. Comparative education as a discipline
c. Extend and nature
d. Ethnocentricity
e. Dimension of Comparison
f. The role of social science
g. Thematic
h. Others

Sixth Week, Seventh and Eight Week

5. Approaches to Comparative Education
a. Pre-Historic Philosophy
 Submitted by:

EDITHA D. AGBUYA, Ed. D.