Southern Mindanao Colleges

Pagadian City

Summer Class 2023

Report: Educ 210: Comparative Education
Reporter: RAISA A. AMILUSSIN
Professor: ROSANA A. WOOTON
 Rationale for the Study of
Comparative Education.

1.Enhance one's own understanding ;To

enable us understand our own education
systems in a better way by knowing its routes
and how it has been influenced by others to
be what it is today.
2. To generalized educational concepts ;To enable
us make general statements about how education
develops and also test how universally applicable
existing theories in education are.

3. To know other people. ;Through comparative

education one develops a reservoir of knowledge
which satisfies one intellectual curiosity besides
enhancing ones intellectual enlightment. Thus it
broadens our thinking when dealing with
educational issues and problems thus, think
globally and act locally.
4. To improve education at home ;By studying other
peoples systems of education we get to develop a
better perspective of our own education system. We
study comparative education to discover which
reforms are desirable and possible and how best to
implement them, and also what successes to borrow
and what failures to avoid.

5. To make people practical ;We study comparative

education in order to get exposure to knowledge in
other disciplines in humanities and social sciences
that also study human affairs so as to enable us
have a holistic picture of education.lso
6.To learn the true nature of a society ;By
studying schools in other countries, comparative
education opens the window through which we
can understand a society for often the school
reflect what the society looks like (schools are
the mirrors of society)

7. Contribute to International understanding and

goodwill ;Comparative education fosters
international understating, peace and co-
operation among nations of the world.
8.Contribute to International understanding and
goodwill ;Comparative education fosters
international understating, peace and co-
operation among nations of the world.

9.Problem solving ;All countries face educational

problems that require solutions. Comparative
education helps us to understand differences and
similarities between our own education system
and others.
10. International standards ;In order to achieve
international standards in education, comparative
education makes us aware of the international
trends in education and guides countries on how to
give their people or citizens a universally
conscious and relevant education that fits in the
global village today.

11.To expose people to innovations ;Today people

are using various media to conduct education
activities by use of televisions, teleconferencing,
radio, e-learning and internet.
11. To understand the economic implications of
education ;There is an argument that there is a
correlation between education and
improvements in the economy, that is,
according to economic theory. Comparative
education helps us to examine whether and
where this is true.
 Aims of Comparative Education

1.To provide a picture or profile of the

education systems in various countries or
regions of the world.
2. To enable one come up with a global
description and classification of education in
various parts of the world.

3. To determine the relations and aspects in

education and society, for example, how does
family size affect education? How does social
status affect education? Or what are the
motivations of different social classes to
participate in education? among other
aspects.
4.To distinguish the fundamental elements of
educational persistence and change and relate
these with philosophical laws.

5. To facilitate practical reform and planned

development of the school system, that is,
improvement of education at home. In order to
achieve this aims one requires to establish the
correlation of aims, customs, social norms and
the education system.
6. To enable one have a greater
understanding of the wider educational
process.

7. To promote the spirit of international

understanding and co-operation among
those who study it, by promoting friendship,
understanding other people's points of view
and appreciate other people's cultures.
 What is the importance of
comparative?

The comparative method is useful for

understanding the system of one's own
country and another country. It provides an
insight into various political, economic,
cultural, social and historical aspects which
paves a simpler way to address trade relations
or diplomatic relations with the other nations.