Objectives and competences
The objective of this course is to offer the students such knowledge and skills which enable them to recognise and analyse national and international key trends related to school systems and professional policies.
Content (Syllabus outline)
" Comparative pedagogy within the system of pedagogical sciences:
- the objectives and tasks of comparative pedagogics;
- the methodology of comparative research;
- areas of comparative research
- -the definition of fundamental concepts.
" Educational policies:
- the relationship between politics and school;
- neoconservatism, neoliberalism, egalitarism;
- private and public schools;
- the globalisation and school systems;
- forms of differenciation in school systems;
- autonomy, centralisation;
- all-life learning;
- professional education;
- international comparisons of the knowledge of the youth (TIMSS, PISA…) and their influence on the national curricula;
- all-day school;
- the Bologne process;
- the assurance of quality in school systems.
" Educational systems:
- reforms of school systems in the 60's of the 20th century;
- international classification of qualifications in educational concepts;
- the educational system of Slovenia;
- teh display of the system's solutions in chosen school systems of developed countries on the level of :
- pre-schhool education;
- compulsory education;
- secondary education;
- university education;
- adult education;
Learning and teaching methods
• Lectures
• Seminar
• Excursion
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
to capture the fundamental categorical apparatus which enables the analysis of the national school system and compares it with foreign ones;
the acquaintance with the general directions and problems in the development of institutionalised education;
the understanding of individual solutions of school systems in their social, economic, cultural and political context.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
the ability to use the comparative method of research;
independent searching and selecting of scientific information and sources.
Readings
• Bela knjiga o vzgoji in izobraževanju v Republiki Sloveniji. 2011. Ljubljana: Ministrstvo za šolstvo in šport.
• Ermenc S., K. 2014: Uvod v primerjalno pedagogiko. 1. izd. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete.
• Vrcelj, S. 2005: U potrazi za identitetom – iz perspektive komparativne pedagogije. Rijeka: Hrvatsko futurološko društvo.
• Eurydice: The information network on education in Europe. http://www.eurydice.org
• Laval, C. 2005: Šola ni podjetje. neoliberalni napad na javno šolstvo. Ljubljana: Krtina.
• UNESCOV priročnik za uporabo mednarodne standardne klasifikacije izobraževanja Isced 1997: Problemi pri uporabi Isceda 1997 v Sloveniji. (2001). Ljubljana: Ministrstvo za šolstvo, znanost in šport.
Dodatno literaturo bo nosilec določal sproti v vsakoletnem učnem programu / Aditional literature will be defined every study year by the lecturer
Prerequisits
A seminar paper is required to take the exam.
Additional information on implementation and assessment Type (examination, oral, coursework, project):
• preliminary exam (40%) and written exam (60%) or written exam (100%)
The final mark consists of the:
• written exam and
• the seminar paper
