Review article
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v17i4.1739
A Generic Model of “the” Education System for the Purposes of Making Critical Comparisons and Policy
Steyn Steyn
; Potchefstroom Campus North-West University
Hannes van der Walt
; Potchefstroom Campus North-West University
Charl Wolhuter
; Potchefstroom Campus North-West University
Abstract
The education system per se, despite its central position in the field of study proclaimed by the scholarly community of Comparative and International Education, has never taken a central stage/role in Comparative and International Education scholarly enquiry. Through the various stages of its history, Comparative and International Education research has either focused on the societal-contextual forces (geography, demography, social system, economy, political system, religio-philosophical viewpoints) shaping education or on the societal outcomes/effects of education, to such an extent that the education system has always remained the blind spot in the centre of the field. A model explaining the structure of the education system which shows the components of “the” education system and their interrelationships has resultantly not been developed. This article attempts to address this shortcoming by discussing and outlining the structure of the education system on the basis of recent epistemological developments. Four components of the education system, along with their elements, are identified: education system policy, organisation and administration, structure for teaching, and support services.
Keywords
Comparative Education; education; education system; post-modernism
Hrčak ID:
151230
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Publication date:
28.12.2015.
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