COMPARATIVE EDUCATION AS AN ELONGATION OF EDUCATION HISTORY: A HISTORICAL DISCOURSE

Abstract

The import of this chapter is to see comparative education as a prolongation of history and a practical realisation of the history of education, not only on the contemporary scene but also as history which depends on comparative analysis for its better understanding. The study adopted the historical method of qualitative research approach, using primary and secondary methods of data collection to realize that one cannot understand an educational system without knowing its immediate theoretical foundation and the philosophic matrix on which such foundation is structured. Therefore, comparative education encompasses History and policy of education and it is also the programmatic aspect of history and policy of education.