University of Oslo
Institute for Educational Research
Master of philosophy in Comparative and International Education
ACADEMIC YEAR 2006/2007
Updated March 2006
Unfortunately mistakes may occur in the syllabus. Changes will be announced on the webpage.
*The text is in a compendium, available at Gnist Akademika.
** The book is used several places in the syllabus.
Introduction to comparative and international education
Arnove, Robert F. (2003): "Introduction: Reframing comparative education. The dialectic of the global and the local." In: Comparative education: the dialectic of the global and the local, Arnove, Robert F. and Carlos A. Torres (eds.). Lanham, Md : Rowman & Littlefield. p. 1-23. (24 p.)**.
Crossley, Michael and Keith Watson (2003): Comparative and international research in education: globalization, context and difference, London: Routledge Falmer. Chapter 2-8. (130 p).
Samoff, Joel (2003): "Institutionalizing international influence." In: Comparative education: the dialectic of the global and the local, Arnove, Robert F. and Carlos A. Torres (eds.) Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 52-114. (40 p.)**.
Total: 194 pages
Curriculum theory
Cummings, William K. (2003): The Institutions of Education, Oxford: Symposium Books. Chapter 1-6 and chapter 9. (150 p.).
McLean, Martin (1995): Educational traditions compared: content, teaching and learning in industrialised countries, London: David Fulton. Chapter 2. (28 p.)*.
Total: 178 pages
SPECIALISATION AREA A: DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION
Theories and Concepts:
Brock-Utne, Birgit (2002): "Education and Development: A Developing Theme." In: International Review of Education, Vol.48. No.1/2. p.45-65. (20 p.).
Brock-Utne, Birgit (1998): "Multicultural education and development education." In: Nordisk pedagogik, Vol.18. No.1. p.1-15. (16 p.) *.
Chambers, Robert (1997): Whose reality counts?: Putting the first last, London: Intermediate technology publications. Chapter 1-6. (108 p.).
Freire, Paulo (1972): Pedagogy of the oppressed, London: Penguin Books. Chapter 1 and 2. (40 p.).
Heward, Christine and Bunwaree, Sheila (eds) (1998): Gender, Education and Development, London: Zed Books. Chapter 1, 2, 11, 12 and 13. (78 p.).
Small, David (1997): "Development education revisited. The New Zealand experience": International Review of Education, Vol. 43. No. 5-6. p. 581-594. (13 p.).
Pre-Colonialisation, Colonialism, Independence and Self-Reliance:
Fuglesang, Andreas (1982): About understanding: Ideas and observations on cross-cultural communication, Uppsala: Dag Hammarskj?ld Foundation. Chapter 8 and 9. (35 p.) * .
Prah, Kwesi Kwaa (2003): "Going Native: Language of Instruction for Education, Development and African Emancipation." In: Language of instruction in Tanzania and South Africa (LOITASA) , Brock-Utne, Birgit, Zubeida Desai and Martha Qorro (eds). Dar es Salaam: E & D Publishing. p. 14-34. (20 p.).
Nyerere, Julius K. (1968): "Education for Self-Reliance". In: Essays on Socialism, Nyerere, Julius K. Dar es Salaam: Oxford University Press. p. 44-76. (32 p.).
Odora, Catherine (1994): "Indigenous forms of learning in East Africa with special reference to the Acholi in Uganda." In: Indigenous forms of learning in Africa, Brock-Utne, Birgit (ed.). Oslo: University of Oslo, Institute for Educational Research. Report No. 7/1994. p. 61-90. (30 p.).
Shatrugna, M. (1998): "Literacy as liberation." In: Education, development and underdevelopment, Sukla, Suresacandra and Rehka Kaul (eds.). London: Sage Publications. p. 241-265. (25 p.)*.
Talib, M. (1998): "Educating the oppressed: Observations from a school in a working class settlement in Delhi." In: Education, development and underdevelopment, Sukla, Suresacandra and Rehka Kaul (eds.). London: Sage Publications. p. 199-210. (12 p.)* .
White, B. W. (1996): "Talk about school: Education and the colonial project in French and British Africa (1860-1960)." In: Comparative Education, Vol. 32. No. 1. p. 9-25. (16 p.) *.
Recolonialization, Globalization and the Role of Aid:
Brock-Utne, Birgit (1995): "Cultural conditionality and aid to education in East Africa." In: International Review of Education, Vol. 41. No. 3-4. p. 177-197. (21 p.)*.
Colclough, Christopher (1993): "Primary schooling in developing countries: The unfinished business aid." In: Key issues in educational development, Brock, Colin and Terry Allsop (eds). Wallingford: Triangle books. p. 47-59. (13 p.)* .
Martin, C. (1993): "UPE on the cheap: Educational modernisation at school level in Mexico." In: Key issues in educational development, Brock, Colin and Terry Allsop (eds). Wallingford: Triangle books. p. 145-167. (23 p.)*.
Phillipson, Robert (1999): "The globalization of dominant languages." In: Globalization – on whose terms?, Brock-Utne, Birgit and Gunnar Garbo (eds). Oslo: University of Oslo, Institute for Educational Research. Report nr 5/1999. (15 p.)* .
Rival, L. (1993): "State schools against forest life: The impact of formal education on the Huaorani of Amazonian Ecuador." In: Key issues in educational development, Brock, Colin and Terry Allsop (eds). Wallingford: Triangle books. p.131-145. (15 p.)*.
Watson, K. (1993): "Changing emphases in educational aid." In: Key issues in educational development, Brock, Colin and Terry Allsop (eds). Wallingford: Triangle books. p. 59-87. (29 p.)* .
Total: 551 pages
Recommended reading:
Bown, Lalage (1993): "Preparing the future by changing the present: Women, literacy and development." In: Key issues in educational development, Brock, Colin and Terry Allsop (eds). Wallingford: Triangle books. p. 109-131. (22p.).
Emihovich, Catherine (1994): "Cultural continuities and discontinuities in education." In: Encyclopedia of International Education, Husén, Torsten and Neville Postlewaithe (eds.). London: Pergamon Press. Vol.3. p. 1227-1233. (6 p.).
Freire, Paulo (1972): Pedagogy of the Oppressed, London: Penguin Books. Chapter 3 and 4.
SPECIALISATION AREA B: EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND PLANNING
Key concepts:
Adams, David (1994): "Educational planning: differing models." In: Encyclopaedia of International Education, Husén, Torsten and Neville Postlewaithe (eds.). London: Pergamon Press. p. 1804-1810. (7 p.).
Farrell, Joseph (1994): "Planning education: overview." In: Encyclopedia of International Education, Husén, Torsten and Neville Postlewaithe (eds.). London: Pergamon Press. p. 4499-4510. (11p.)*.
Tjeldvoll, Arild (1995): "A Language of education as a subject. Educational rationales, systems, cultures and paradigms." In: The Role of education in development: from personal to international arenas, Daun, Holger et al. (eds.) Stockholm: Stockholm University, Institute of International Education. p. 71-86. (15 p.)*.
Globalisation:
Belfield, Clive and Henry M. Levin (2002): Education privatization: causes, consequences and planning implications, Paris: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning. (56 p). Available here.
Carnoy, Martin (1999) : Globalization and educational reform: what planners need to know., Paris : UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning. Fundamentals of educational planning - 63. (73 p.). Available here.
Duru-Bellat, Marie (2004): Social inequality at school and educational policies, Paris: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning. (77 p). Available here.
Eckstein, Max A. (2003): Combating academic fraud: Towards a culture of integrity, Paris: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning. (88 p). Available here.
Higher Education:
Castells, Manuel (1994): "The University System. Engine of Development in the New World Economy." In: Revitalizing Higher Education, Salmi, Jamil and Adriaan Verspoor (eds.). Oxford: Published for the IAU press by Pergamon. p. 14-40. (26 p.)* .
Green, Diana (1994): "What is quality in Higher Education? Concepts, Policy and Practice?" In: What is Quality in Higher Education?, Green, Diana (ed.). Buckingham: Open University. p. 3-20 (17 p.)*.
Middlehurst, Robin (1999): "New Realities for leadership and governance in higher education?" In: Tertiary Education and Management, No 5, p. 307-329. (29 p.)*.
Economics of Education:
Woodhall, Maureen (2004): Cost-benefit analysis in educational planning, Paris: UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning. (106 p). Available here.
Total: 503 pages