edu 304 - comparative education - National Open University of Nigeria

Unit 6 factors that can sustain the teaching and learning of
comparative education
1.0 Introduction
There are certain factors that can sustain the teaching and learning
of comparative education as a discipline. Also, there are certain qualities
to be possessed by anybody who is teaching comparative education.
2.0 Objective
At the end of this unit, you should be able to identify and discuss
factors that can sustain the teaching and learning of comparative
education as well as the qualities to be possessed by the teachers of
Comparative Education.
3.0 The Content
3.6.1 The Future of Comparative Education
For comparative education to have its status enhanced, the
following suggestions have to be taken into consideration.
(a) It should be possible to establish through Comparative
Education, educational theories that will give predictive power.
(b) The research techniques being used by the Sociologist,
Economics, Psychologists and Philosophers among others
should be integrated into the approaches to the
study of comparative education even though their data may not
necessarily be the same thing for the purpose of building up a
theory.
(c) Highly qualified and experienced people from different
geographical areas should be involved in the study of
Comparative Education.
(d) Education Comparativists should extend their cooperation to
the philosophers, sociologists, historians, economics, natural
scientists, statisticians, linguistics as well as political scientists
even though they work in different fields, their contributions
differently when integrated together build up the body of
Comparative Education information.
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