Module Code
單元編號
PFS7021
Module Title
單元名稱
ASIA-PACIFIC EDUCATION IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Module Synopsis
單元概要
Education in Asia Pacific offers many perspectives and cases for comparison such as Confucian heritage culture, Western colonialism, multilingualism, economic modernization, regional social mobility, globalization, and so on. Students will engage in comparative education field by critically analysing education development of different places in the Asia Pacific region, and will undertake a macro-level hermeneutics with cross-cultural or cross-national comparisons. The course is largely learner-directed (doctoral students’ own personal enquiry and analysis) with guidance provided by the lecturer. The students will be assigned required readings and other resources from which they will address their which part of the region and what aspect of education development they will examine. The lecturer will play the role of critical mentor throughout.