Introduction to Comparative Education
EDST 336
Spring 2023
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This course offers an introduction to the field of Comparative and International Education. If the central question is "what is education," then how might a comparative perspective yield some insight? In this course, we will consider education in different contexts, ranging from regional foci such as Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa to country-specific case studies to explore the following questions: What counts as education? What spaces and practices are recognized as educational? Who participates? What social, political, and economic purposes and outcomes are associated with education? Why and how do they make sense? Topics we will explore include gender and education, literacy, and privatization. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS EDST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (EDST-MN)(EDST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Sample readings:
Phillips, D. & Schweisfuth, M. (2014). Comparative and International Education: An introduction to theory, method, and practice.
Arnove, R. F., Torres, C. A. & Franz, S. (2013). Comparative education: The dialectics of the global and the local.
Carnoy, M. (1974). Education as cultural imperialism.
Takayama, K., A. Sriprakash, and R. Connell, "Toward a Postcolonial Comparative and International Education," Comparative Education Review 61, no. S1 (2017): 1-24
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Examinations and Assignments:
Over the course of the semester, students will write 4 critical reflections on one or more of the course readings for a given day.
Students will write a short (5 pages) final paper that builds on their final project from EDST 235: Globalization and Education as well as on what they have learned in Intro to Comparative Education. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This class will satisfy the Category 2 requirement for the EDST major and minor. |
| Instructor(s): Speciale,Teresa Times: ..T.R.. 08:50AM-10:10AM; Location: 164MTV108; |
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