COMPARATIVE

EDUCATION
ED 302 SUMMARY NOTES
WEEKS 10 to 11

Presented by
Bro. John Bailanda CSC
Tel: +254-785666927, Email: jbailanda@cuea.edu
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION AND
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN
EDUCATION IN AFRICA

Contemporary Issues in Education: Should

not just be taken as challenges, instead – a
host of stimulating as well as
impeding/obstructing/hindering concepts,
perspectives and practices in education.

Comparative Education discussion should

aim to study different issues so as to enable
informed decisions or guide policy
formulation.
 WEEK 10 A –
ICT AND EDUCATION
 ICT Competencies  The Concept of
For teachers and learners, Knowledge Explosion
and for employability How is knowledge tapped?
Who is the credible
source?
 ICT Integration in
School Systems and
 Social Media and the
Pedagogies
fear of
ICT especially for system
unfounded/conspiracy
administration and for
theories
teaching and learning
 WEEK 10 B – EDUCATION
QUALITY AND EQUITY
 Quality – Teachers and
Teaching/Learning
Context
Against crowded classrooms
Teacher : Student Ratio
concerns
 Equity – Differently
ably
Is education targeting every
category of learner to
achieve maximally
 Quality Resources and
Pedagogies and
Andragogies
Teaching and Learning
thrives on methods and
resources
 Equity – Socio-
economic contexts
Are education resources offered
to learners according to need to
achieve maximally
 WEEK 10 C –
GENDER AND EDUCATION
 Gender Issues –
Women Empowerment
Struggle and recognition of
Equality
 Gender Issues – The
Boy-Child and The
Girl-Child
What are the best ways to
educate them together?

 Gender Issues –  Gender Issues – The

Changing aspects of global movements
Female, Male, How does education fit in
Transgender! the debate!
 WEEK 10 D –
INTEGRITY AND SECURITY IN
EDUCATION
 Ethical Issues  Exam Malpractices!
In Scholarly Merit The springboard of
In Research conduct unhealthy competition in
In Teacher-Student relationships
Authentic Knowledge!
school and translated in
job market
Corruption in Education!
 Why are Learners Security
Targets?
 Does Peace Education
 The vulnerability of
children & youth and have room in school
women in face of wars curriculum?
 WEEK 10 E –
Curriculum Reforms and Innovations
 Are Reforms  Effects of Curriculum
necessary? Change!
Ever-changing face of How often should
Education curriculum change?

 Curricula Borrowing!  Whose best practices?

Critique the intentions of
curriculum reform and the
management issues in Africa
 WEEK 11 A –
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
 Critique national  University
policies and Placement Policy
practices of Higher Course, Points and
Education Diversity!

 University Credit  Equitable Access to

Transfer Higher Education!
How much can the institution Funding Issues vs
own its certificate? Employability
 WEEK 10 B –
TRANSITION POLICIES
 100% Transition  Education for All!
Policy! How is this policy
What does this policy serve? achievable in developing
countries?

 Global Policies!
Critique the adaptation of global education policies
and their effect on country education systems
 WEEK 11 C –
Teacher Education/Qualification
 Different Levels of  The Need for Constant
schools – Different Teacher Professional
Qualifications of Development
Teachers! Whose expense?

 Teacher  Teaching Ethics!

Remuneration! Modeling values and
morals!
 WEEK 11 D –
HEALTH AND EDUCATION
 The COVID-19
Pandemic revealed the
vulnerability of
teachers (elderly/with
pre-existing
conditions)
- Younger people resilience
to disease and yet
carriers
- School crowds are
vulnerable to water-born
and air-born diseases
 HIV/AIDS has persistently
been a threat to young
people
-Teenage/Adolescents in trial
relationships
-Youthful targets of
transgenerational sex
 How might Education
respond to health skills and
preventive health?
 Does Health Education have
room in curriculum?
 WEEK 11 E –
Ecology and Global Warming
 Schools as
Environmental
destroyers – From the
aspect of fuel for
cooking and other
activities
 The need to pay attention
to natural disasters:
Floods, Rising Tides,
Typhoons and Hurricanes,
Desertification,
unpredictable seasons, etc.
 Schools (young
generation) as best
targets of
environmental
education and
conservation practices
 Does environment
education have room
in school curriculum!
Contemporary Issues in Education
Stretch beyond continental
boundaries
 The Course should be eye-open to
more global issues
The Course should stimulate your
research potential

 The Course should invite you to

career professionalism