edu 304 - comparative education - National Open University of Nigeria

3.4.7 International Approach
This is an approach whereby all the variations existing from one
area to another within the same country are taken into consideration
while comparing the system of education of a foreign country with one's
educational system.
3.4.8 Gastronomic Approach
This is a method whereby both the diet as well as the eating habit
of the people in a particular country are related to the practices of their
education, the approach is not very popular among the modern
educational comparativists.
3.4.9 The Field Study Approach
This approach is not new in the area of the subject. On this
approach, Brickman (1966) cited by Alabi and Oyelade (1998) observed
that:
Visitation of foreign countries whether for the
purpose of commerce, conversation curiosity or
conflict, goes back to ancient history, travelers in all
historical periods must have brought back facts and
impression concerning the cultures of the other
countries they had visited, included in their reports
must have been comments relating to the young and
their upbringing. They may also have made some
remarks regarding the similarities and differences in
the ways of educating children. Some, indeed, may
have arrived at conclusions involving the expression
of value judgments.
In using this approach for studying comparative education Halls
(1965) cited by Alabi and Oyelade (1998) identifies three stages in the
field study of approach. They are:
1. Preparatory stage
2. Investigatory and analytical stage as well as
3. Evaluatory and Comparative stage.
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