Global perspectives on primary education

This free course, Global perspectives on primary education, provides an introduction to comparative education studies and will compare and contrast primary schooling around the world. You will look into classrooms and hear from teachers, teacher educators and policy makers from a range of education settings and countries. You will also learn about United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 and the agenda for free, universal, quality education.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Schools around the world
• 1 Schools around the world
• 1.1 Schools from around the world: a closer look
• 2 Primary education: why compare?
• 2 Primary education: why compare?
• 2.1 Different purposes of comparative education studies
• 2.2 Ranking purposes
• 3 Primary education: the global context
• 3 Primary education: the global context
• 3.1 Global agendas
• 3.2 Sustainable Development Goal 4
• 3.3 Progress towards SDG4
• 3.4 Quality and learner-centred education
• 3.5 Frameworks for learner-centred education
• 4 Making comparisons
• 4 Making comparisons
• 4.1 Comparing national achievement outcomes
• 4.2 Comparing interviews
• Comparing interviews: part 1
• Comparing interviews: part 2
• Comparing interviews: part 3
• 4.3 Teachers on teaching
• 4.4 Comparing the teachers
• 4.5 Learning in different context: forest school and refugee camp
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• References
• Further reading
• Acknowledgements