- Introduction to comparative education

- Actors and purposes in comparative education

- Quantitative and qualitative approaches to comparative education

- Introduction to international large-scale assessments,    

    -- the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)    

    -- the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)  

    -- the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS)

- Introduction to education and crucial issues in the East Asian region  

    -- Korea  

    -- Taiwan  

    -- China

    -- Japan  

[本課程為國際課程採密集授課形式，故無16週課程進度安排。上課時間8/11-8/13，合併共計18小時。上課地點：韓國高麗大學。授課教師：Pay-yen Liou。學生另須修習先修課程(Pre-study)及參與AELC Forum]

15% of the grade will be for class attendance, preparation, and participation.  

50% of the grade will be for the course journal, including responses to designated questions and daily reflections.  

- Responding to the instructor’s two questions which will be announced at the end of each day. The response for each question is limited to less than 200 words.  

- Writing a daily reflection which is less than 300 words. It is designed to help you to be reflective about what you are learning in the course and to connect course materials to your research. Documenting important points from the lectures is also sufficient.    

35% of the grade will be for the group oral presentation.

- Introducing the educational system and important educational issues of your country. It is expected that each member will appromiately present 15 mins.      

Final Score Letter Grade  

95-100 A+

90-94 A

85-89 B+

80-84 B

75-79 C+

Below 74 F 

Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (Eds.). (2014). Comparative education research: Approaches and methods (Vol. 19). Springer.  

Elliott, J., Stankov, L., Lee, J., & Beckmann, J. F. (2019). What did PISA and TIMSS ever do for us?: The potential of large scale datasets for understanding and improving educational practice. Comparative Education, 55(1), 133-155.  

Singer, J. D., & Braun, H. I. (2018). Testing international education assessments. Science, 360(6384), 38-40.