Comparative Education by Nothando Ndlovu https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg Do you think Comparative Education with Global North is beneficial to Schools in South Africa and how could we better make these experiences more conducive for our schools and contexts. you may watch this TED talk on: Thinking Schools in a South African context. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTpk4jFnkmk The consciousness gap in education - an equity imperative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOrgf3wTUbo en-us 2022-06-20 09:48:45 UTC 2025-10-25 08:57:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/270d.png I don't think that comparative education is beneficial as it as the potential to foster global labeling, especially if the comparative writer/author is biased. https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2225738660
Simishka Baldeo 
22216313 ]]> 2022-06-20 12:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2225738660 I would say comparative education can be beneficial because students can use the findings to help their native countrie’s educational systems. A deeper understanding of other nation’s educational systems is gained by students through it and they can take some of these ideas back to their own country to assist raise educational standards. https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2225847291 2022-06-20 14:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2225847291 Comparative education Veroniquekimberleenaidoo https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2225883450 So this is a tricky question because I have mixed feelings about this concept. On one end, it’s great because we can fill in the gaps of what SA is missing which leads to improves but on the other end, it feels unrealistic. Every country is different and have to do what works for their circumstances. Comparing other countries with SA only makes you feel pressured to keep up. We need to set our own limits and do what we think is best for our country. ]]> 2022-06-20 15:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2225883450 Each to his own! https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2225910338 I believe the whole world can learn from each other. We have a very good educational system in SA and it is designed for Africa. We can obviously learn from other countries but what works for them might not necessarily work for us. Lelane Lourens ]]> 2022-06-20 16:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2225910338 It will be beneficial for SA https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2225997849 Global education helps develop self-awareness of one's own identity, culture, beliefs and how those connect with the wider world, social awareness including empathy, perspective-taking, appreciating diversity, and respecting others, and relationship-building skills with diverse individuals and groups through effective so I think it’s good for South Africa to gain knowledge from other countries. ]]> 2022-06-20 18:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2225997849 Education and contextual relevance https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2226057550 As South Africa it would be difficult to construct a curriculum for Japan, for example, because those countries differ when it comes to population size, historical events, language and more importantly we would not know what to put into a curriculum that would service its citizens. My point is South Africa being the rainbow nation that it is makes us so different from other countries so we are the only people who can tailor our education system to suit our needs so efforts to transform our education system will not come from the north.
Bukelwa Kumalo]]> 2022-06-20 20:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2226057550 Lessons - Amara Brown https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2226453740 I think comparative education is beneficial to an extent, we should observe, learn from success and failures and continue to construct an education that does not follow behind but is continuously being re envisioned and re framed through an African lens. It would be challenging to compare Finland to South Africa when to start teachers are not values the same, infrastructure cannot be matched. We would always fall behind. ]]> 2022-06-21 05:35:45 UTC https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2226453740 I don't think we should base a South African education system on a Eurocentric education system. I believe the content is not specific speaking to learners in a South African context and it is not the best learning experience for our context. I believe our curriculum should speak to our learners on their own experiences. lvs0001 https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2227071040 2022-06-21 18:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2227071040 The blanket that covers the global north is suited for them as their context is different to ours. As South Africans we should knit ourselves an education system that suits our own context. https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2227994406 Fabian ]]> 2022-06-22 15:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2227994406 https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2228581539 I don’t believe it’s beneficial entirely, there are obviously some aspects we could adapt however we are our own country, with our own economy and history. Trying to adopt a system and apply it to SA would be like forcing a square to be a triangle. We have to look at what would you work for us.]]> 2022-06-23 06:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/thandoir2/g35pqqeugiatdqtg/wish/2228581539