International Comparative Education

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The course examines current developments in P-20 education systems internationally and surveys a variety of global educational systems. The course provides an overview of educational reforms (in particular, neoliberal constructs) in the United States, and utilizes the U.S. system as a background for comparison. Students analyze individual national systems, regional patterns, and supranational approaches to evolving forms of schooling, as well as curricular and instructional innovations that seek to reimagine schooling in contemporary global society. Open to EdD students only.