EDM 616: COMPARATIVE EDUCATION (Assignment)

MARJORIE A. PATAL
Ph. D. in Educational Management

ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND HISTORICAL

CONTEXTS OF COMPARISON
QUESTIONS TO PONDER

1. Based on the social context of your learners, how would you reconcile the situation to have
a more meaningful process?
Learning in the social context refers to all learning that occurs in and among groups
of people. They may comprise members with uniform or diverse social, political, cultural,
linguistic, and educational backgrounds. They can be informal or formal, large, or small,
and exist for any length of time.
Learners learn through different learning activities that may be cooperative,
collaborative, planned or unplanned, and they can be led by one or more individuals, or be
completely self-organizing. In our school, we employ the use of differentiated instruction
to help the learners create a meaningful learning experience. Through differentiated
instruction and collaborative learning, groups of students learn best when their teachers
accommodate their differences as they work together to solve a problem and complete a
task.

2. With the advent of IT era, does technology can replace teachers?

“The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers”. The
quality of our teaching and the quality of our teachers are seen as important determinants
affecting education performance. Teachers are essential to universal and quality
Education for All. They are central to shaping the minds and attitudes of the coming
generations to deal with new global challenges and opportunities. Education is undergoing
constant changes under the effects of today’s pandemic. The effects of this pandemic on
Philippine education bring rapid developments in the utilization of technology and
communication in the teaching – learning process. The disruption of classes gave
educational managers time to rethink how we educate future generations. Virtual

COMPARATIVE EDUCATION Ph.D. Ed.M. Class

ESSAY PAPER Mid-Year Semester A.Y. 2020-2021
 instructions are highly valuable now and shown a rapid shift from face-to-face learning to
remote learning. E-teaching and learning promote digital literacy to adapt to the changes
needed in both instruction and supervision. Digital tools have become a necessity in this
alternative learning modes. Integrating technology in the teaching and learning process
cater the needs of the learners to raise their performances. But the use of these
technological advancements does not mean that it can replace the teachers. It is important
to understand that high-quality teachers create a classroom culture that motivates learners
and leads them on the path of success. Technology cannot inspire, feel the learners, and
unable to help them through their struggles and cannot help them continue to stand up
when they are feeling down unlike teachers who are compassionate and supports the
learners.

COMPARATIVE EDUCATION Ph.D. Ed.M. Class

ESSAY PAPER Mid-Year Semester A.Y. 2020-2021