Identify and explain any challenges facing comparative education

1.Availability of qualified teaching staff- This is where by the majority of those who purport to teach comparative education are actually not trained to teach comparative education and in most cases those who teach are specialized to teach in certain field.
2.Availability of relevant and teaching resource-Where by the teaching material has contributed a lot as the challenge in comparative education where by the resource are very minimal and difficult to acquire them.
3.Availability of funds-Lack of funding has enable students of comparative education to have an opportunity to visit even neighboring countries to conduct studies on educational issues that may relate to to their country which may form the basis for educational reforms.
4.Political instability-As a country, the government play a big role in comparative education but in this where is opposite where by the political issues has affected the current education.

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I. Challenge of definition.
The challenge here is whether it should be defined by content or by method.
II. Comparability
It becomes hard to compare issues like curriculum relevance between different countries as
this may mean different things in different countries.
III. Subjectivity of analysis
Different socio-cultural backgrounds bring different perspectives that are of comparable nature
e.g. emigrants of in a country may view an education system as good while natives may find it
poor.
IV. Culture and language
In order for a researcher to understand an issue he may require to also learn the terminology in
the different cultures that he is studying.
V. Dynamic character of education
For example it is very difficult to compare the countries' education systems when they are in
different stages of education.
VI. Cost of resources
It's costly to carry out research in different countries as the researcher needs to travel slot.

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Mabongajoel answered the question on March 28, 2018 at 09:12