The Scopeof Comparative Education
There arefive perspectives that capture the scope of comparative education. These are;
i)The subject matter and content; this covers the essential components ofeducational systems such as structure, aims, content or curriculum,administration, financing, teacher education.
ii)Geographical units of study; these comprises intra-national, international,regional, continental and global or world systems studies and analysis.
iii)Ideological scope; this compares countries' educational systems on the basis ofdifferent political, social and economic ideologies. For example, democratic,communism, socialist, capitalist, free market and mixed economies.
iv)Thematic scope; this scope focuses on educational themes, topical issues orproblems and compares them within one or more geographical units. For examplefree primary and secondary education, universal primary education, educationfor all and universal higher education.
v)Thehistorical or spatial scope; this deals with the study of the historicaldevelopment of the discipline from the earliest (pre-historic) phase known asthe period of Travelers' Tales to the modern phase known as the period ofsocial science perspectives.
Activity
Examinethe scope of comparative education in light of the above aspects.Does thisscope cover all the dimension of comparative education? Explain your answer
