International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building
Centre for Comparative and Global Education
“Comparative Education is the application of the intellectual tools of history and the social sciences to understanding international issues of education” ― Erwin H. Epstein
Drawing on the above comprehensive definition and epistemological boundary of comparative education, the “Centre for Comparative and Global Education” (CCGE) at O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University) will conduct research and facilitate knowledge exchange on international issues of education by inviting comparative education scholars from abroad to learn from educational experiences of people around the world. In his (now classic) lecture in the field of comparative education- “How Far Can We Learn Anything of Practical Value from the Study of Foreign Systems of Education” delivered at the Guildford Education Conference in 1900 at the Christ Church Oxford, M. E. Sadler (one of the founding fathers of the field) stated that: “The practical value of studying, in a right spirit and with scholarly accuracy, the working of foreign systems of education, is that it will result in our being better fitted to study and understand our own.” (Bereday, 1964). This quote from Sadler’s essay summarizes well the value and the importance of studying comparative education to better understand the problems of our own context and become better empowered to seek solutions.
Though the study and research of comparative education has not yet taken its root within the Indian academy, India also had great educational thinkers, organic intellectuals and reformers, who did their own comparative research of different education systems around the world independently seeking to reform education within the colonial Indian context. India’s “Kavi Guru” (Poet-Teacher), Rabindranath Tagore’s essay written in Bengali “Shikshayar Herfer” (Topsy-turvey Education, 1892) is a classic example in this area. In this essay Tagore compared English education in UK with English education in British India to critically reflect on the problematics of mainstream English education in India and what lessons India can learn from English education in UK.
The Centre for Comparative and Global Education (CCGE) seeks to generate such comparative thinking about education systems, problems of educational transfer within the historic colonial context and in contemporary times of globalization. In doing so, CCGE seeks to advocate for the teaching, research and practice of comparative education in Universities within India and around the world to further inform the contemporary debates on education policy and practice.
References:
Bereday. G. Z. F. (1964). Sir Michael Sadler’s “Study of Foreign Systems of Education”. Comparative Education Review, University of Chicago Press. Vol. 7, No. 3 (Feb., 1964), pp. 307-314
Tagore, R. (1892). “Shikshayar Herfer” /Topsy-turvy Education, in Uma Dasgupta (Ed.). Tagore: Selected Writings on Education and Nationalism. New Delhi: Oxford University Pre -Dr. Mousumi Mukherjee, Founding Executive Director, Centre for Comparative and Global Education & Asst. Director, IIHEd
Prof. (Dr.) Mousumi Mukherjee
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & DEPUTY DIRECTOR, IIHED, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR COMPARATIVE & GLOBAL EDUCATION & MEMBER, JGU RESEARCH AND ETHICS REVIEW BOARD
- 1st January 2020: Release of Comparative and Global Education Working paper series Vol 2, Issue 1 & 2
- Author’s Talk & Book Discussion on “Internationalising the University” on 7th November 2019
- IIHEd Thinking Thursday-“Scaling Transformative Education Programs: Government & NGO Synergy” on 24 October 2019
- Thinking Thursday Research Seminar- “The Future of Work, Education, and Society in India” by Dr. Sabeena Mathayas, Education Specialist, National Skills
Development Corporation, on 26th September, 2019
- Thinking Thursdays research seminar- “Inequalities of Access: Intersectional Barriers to Higher Education in the Indian and the International Context” by Anjali Thomas, Centre for Education Studies, University of Warwick on 11th April 2019
- Thinking Thursdays Special Panel Discussion on- “Drafting a Handbook on Global Citizenship Education for Indian School Teachers” by Dr. Mousumi Mukherjee (JGU), Dr. Sangeeta Pethiya (NCERT), Mr. Akash Saini (UNESCO-MGIEP) on 14th March 2019
- Thinking Thursdays Research Seminar- “Through the Lens of History: Globalisation and the Contested Terrain of Education” by Akash Bhattacharya, Junior Research Associate, Max Weber Stiftung, India Branch Office.
- Guest lecture on “Clustering: From the Big Bang to the Current Globalization” by Professor (Dr.) Anil K. Bera, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) on 15th January, 2019.
- Release of “Thinking Thursdays” – Comparative and Global Education Working Paper Series, Vol 1. Issue 2 by IIHEd Director and Vice-Chancellor, JGU- Prof. C. Raj Kumar in November 2018
- THINKING THURSDAYS: IIHEd Research Seminar Series on Fee Wars Understanding Parents’ Associations through their fight for fee regulation of private schools in India By Joyeeta Dey
- Thinking Thursday Research Seminar by Ms. Shruti Jain, Assistant Professor and Assistant Director (GERMAN), on How Foreign are Foreign languages? on October 4, 2018
- Thinking Thursday Research Seminar on Does Humanism have a future in Education by Mr Stephen Chatelier, Honorary Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia on September 6, 2018
- Thinking Thursday Research Seminar on Equity and Efficiency in Higher Education by Mr. Deepanshu Mohan, Assistant Professor, JSIA and Ms. Anamika Srivastava, Assistant Professor, JGLS on April 26, 2018
- Thinking Thursday Research Seminar on Children and Education in Armed Conflict by Dr., Sanjeev Rai, Senior Education Specialist, Swedish Committee for Afghanistan on April 19, 2018
- Release of “Thinking Thursdays”- Comparative and Global Education Working Paper Series, Vol 1. Issue 1 and Thinking Thursday Research Seminar on Challenges of Transnational Research Collaboration in Australian Higher Education by Professor (Dr). Fazal Rizvi, Professor of Global Studies in Education, University of Melbourne, Australia on April 4, 2018
- Thinking Thursday Research Seminar on Challenges of Women Leadership: Challenges and Way forward by Dr. Harpreet Kaur , Director, Genpact Centre for Women’s Leadership, Ashoka University by March 8, 2018
- Thinking Thursday Research Seminar on Teaching,/ Knowing/Doing: Vilem Flusser, Ngugi was Thiong’o and Decoloniality by Dr, Frank G. Karioris, Assistant Professor of Sociology Director, Centre for Critical Gender Studies, American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Krygyzstan on February 8, 2018
- International Research Symposium 2017 “Other Ways of Knowing and Doing”: Globalizing Social Science Knowledge in Higher Education
Thinking Thursdays: IIHEd Research Seminar Series by Dr. Rohee Das Gupta on “Discipline Specific Pedagogy: Bridging Empirical Research Experience within Classroom Discourse”
Thinking Thursdays: IIHEd Research Seminar Series on “Podcasting CIE through FreshEd: What does a podcast reveal about an academic field?” by Will Brehm, PhD( Assistant Professor Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan)
International Institute for Higher Education Research and “Capacity Building Centre for Comparative and Global Education”
Thinking Thursdays: IIHEd Research Seminar Series Dr. Kumar Suresh on “Equity and Diversity Management in the Institutions of Higher Education”
Thinking Thursdays: IIHEd Research Seminar Series Dr. Nehginpao Kipgen on “The Rohingya Conundrum and its Significance for International Studies in Higher Education”
Thinking Thursdays: IIHEd Research Seminar Series Mr. Shailendra Sigdel on “Sustainable Development Goals and Mandates of UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)”
Thinking Thursdays: IIHEd Research Seminar Series by Ms. Wafa Singh on “Gauging the Impacts of Community University Engagement Initiatives in India “
Thinking Thursdays: Iihed Research Seminar Series on l”Intertwined Narratives Of Higher And Shadow Education In India: Re-Conceptualizing Educational Spaces And Policies In The Emerging Indian Knowledge Economy”
Thinking Thursdays: Iihed Research Seminar Series on “contemporary relevance of j. krishnamurti’s world-view and educational thought” by Professor Meenakshi Thapan, Ph.D
Thinking Thursdays: IIHED Research Seminar Series on “The role of international faculty Indian Higher education” by Dr. Hannas Morie Morris
International Institute for Higher Education Research and “Capacity Building Centre for Comparative and Global Education”Group Captain V. Krishnappa (Retd.)
International Institute for Higher Education Research and Capacity Building on “Good Practices In Institutional Policy: an International Comparative Perspective” by Brigid Freeman Australia (India Institute University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Thinking Thursdays: IIHED Research Seminar Series on “International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building (IIHEd)” by Presenter: Dr. Mousumi Mukherjee
Podcast on Contemporary Educational Issues by Will Brehm
Professional Societies
- Comparative and International Education Society
- British Comparative and International Education Society
- Oceania Comparative and International Education Society
- Comparative Education Society of India
- Africa for Research in Comparative Education Society
- World Council of Comparative Education Societies
Bilateral Agencies Involved in Education
- Australia: AusAID
Australia: AusAID - Canadian International Development Agency: CIDA
Canadian International Development Agency: CIDA - Denmark: Danida
Denmark: Danida - Japan International Cooperation Agency: JICA
Japan International Cooperation Agency: JICA - Norway: Norad
Norway: Norad - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency: SIDA
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency: SIDA - UK Department for International Development: DFID
UK Department for International Development: DFID - US Agency for International Development: USAID
US Agency for International Development: USAID
Books: Special Series in Comparative and International Education
- Oxford Studies in Comparative Education
Oxford Studies in Comparative Education - CERC Studies in Comparative Education
CERC Studies in Comparative Education - Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices (Sense)
Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices (Sense) - Comparative and International Education: Comparative Education Society in Europe (Sense)
Comparative and International Education: Comparative Education Society in Europe (Sense) - Comparative and International Education: WCCES (Sense)
Comparative and International Education: WCCES (Sense) - International and Development Education Series (MacMillan)
International and Development Education Series (MacMillan) - International Perspectives on Education and Society
International Perspectives on Education and Society - Pittsburgh Studies in Comparative & International Education
Pittsburgh Studies in Comparative & International Education - Teacher’s College Press: International Perspective on Educational Reform
Teacher’s College Press: International Perspective on Educational Reform
Comparative Education Review Journal Archive
- CER Vol. 58 No. 3 August 2014
School Persistence in the Wake of War: Wartime Experiences, Reintegration Supports, and Dropout in Sierra Leone Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski and Theresa S. Betancourt Comparative Education Review Vol. 58, No. 3 (August 2014), pp. 457-481 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/675905
International Non-Governmental Organizations involved in Education
- Action Aid
Action Aid - Aga Khan Foundation
Aga Khan Foundation - Bernard van Leer Foundation
Bernard van Leer Foundation - Brookings Institute: Center for Universal Education
Brookings Institute: Center for Universal Education - Education International
Education International - FHI360: Global Education Center
FHI360: Global Education Center - Hewlitt Foundation
Hewlitt Foundation - International Reading Association
International Reading Association - Open Society Foundations
Open Society Foundations - Oxfam
Oxfam - Plan International
Plan International - Save the Children
Save the Children
Journals in Comparative and International Education
- Comparative Education
Comparative Education - Compare
Compare - Current Issues in Comparative Education
Current Issues in Comparative Education - European Education: Issues and Studies
European Education: Issues and Studies - International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives
International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives - International Higher Education
International Higher Education - International Journal of Educational Development
International Journal of Educational Development - Journal of Research in International Education
Journal of Research in International Education - Research in Comparative and International Education
Research in Comparative and International Education
Multilateral Agencies Involved in Education
- UNESCO
UNESCO - Global Education First Initiative (UN Secretary General)
Global Education First Initiative (UN Secretary General) - Global Partnership in Education
Global Partnership in Education - UNICEF
UNICEF - United Nation’s Girls Education Initiative
United Nation’s Girls Education Initiative - World Bank
World Bank
Other Resources
- EdStats (World Bank)
EdStats (World Bank) - Information on National Education Systems (IBE)
Information on National Education Systems (IBE) - International Cross-Time, Cross System Education Data (US)
International Cross-Time, Cross System Education Data (US) - International Curriculum and Textbook Archive (UAlbany-SUNY)
International Curriculum and Textbook Archive (UAlbany-SUNY) - International Statistics in Education (UIS)
International Statistics in Education (UIS) - World Inequality Database in Education (GMR)
World Inequality Database in Education (GMR)
Research & publications:
Dr Mousumi Mukherjee has been leading the following projects as Principal Investigator:-
1) “Bridging Internationalisation and Social Responsibility in Higher Education” (2018 JGU Faculty Research Grant)
- Peer-reviewed Journal Article: Mukherjee, M. (Forthcoming). “Tagore’s “rooted-cosmopolitanism” and international mindedness against institutional sustainability”. In Special Issue on Asian Cosmopolitanism, Susanne Choo & Fazal Rizvi {Eds.], Asia Pacific Journal of Education
- Peer-reviewed Book Chapter: Mukherjee, M. (Forthcoming). “Creative Resistance”: Establishing a World-minded Indian University in colonial British India. In Assié-Lumumba, Bedi, Cross and Ekanayake (Eds.) Comparative Education for Global Citizenship, Peace and Harmony through Ubuntu. Brill-Sense Publishers
- Ongoing Book project: Mukherjee, M & Bera, A. “Tagore @Illinois: Researching Global Connections in Education”
2.“Comparative and Global Perspectives on International Student Experiences: The case of Tibetan Students in India”-2019 JGU Faculty Research Grant funded project in collaboration with Dr Liz Jackson, Director, Comparative Education Research Centre, University of Hong Kong
Handbook project:
Dr. Mousumi Mukherjee participated as a resource person to conduct series of workshops in 2018 and co-authored chapters on “Global Citizenship Education: A Handbook for Teachers at Upper Primary level in India” published by Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal- a collective effort of several resource persons- school teachers and academic scholars from NCERT, O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University); UNESCO MGIEP ; Eklavya, Hoshangabad; Kendriya Vidyalaya; Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya; Demonstration Multipurpose Higher Secondary School and Delhi Public School, Bhopal and Neelbad after three week-long workshops and several long-distance deliberations over the email and phone for a year! NCERT will soon make the soft copy of the handbook available for download from their website. The Handbook will now be translated into Hindi and other major regional languages. This GCED Handbook from India has been already selected by the UNESCO Asia Pacific Center for Education in International Understanding (APCEIU) as one of the five EIU/GCED Best Practices in 2019. The other four winners are from Chile, Oman, Philippines, and Slovenia.
Training projects:
- The Centre for Comparative and Global Education under the International Institute for Higher Education Research and Capacity Building hosted the First World Youth Congress for Kindness to promote UN SDGs at O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University) in collaboration with the UNESCO-Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Peace and Sustainable Development from 20-23rd August, 2019: https://mgiep.unesco.org/article/o-p-jindal-global-university-and-unesco-mgep-join-hands-in-a-unique-partnership
- https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/jgu-partners-with-unesco-for-first-world-youth-conference-on-kindness/1563263
- Dr. Mousumi Mukherjee participated in the planning meetings of “Knowledge 4 Change” Mentor training programme in CBR designed by the UNESCO-chair in Community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. The UNESCO Chair in CBR initiative Knowledge for Change (K4C) is an International partnered training consortium, built on partnerships between HEIs & CSOs for co-creation of knowledge. It aims to build research capacity to address local challenges, in line with UN SDGs. Following the planning meetings, the Centre for Comparative and Global Education under IIHEd hosted the first face-to-face training in CBR by the UNESCO-Chair in CBR on campus at O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University) during March 2018: http://unescochair-cbrsr.org/index.php/events/knowledge-for-change-k4c-planning-meeting/
- https://news.webindia123.com/news/press_showdetailsPR.asp?id=1085885&cat=PRN
Research Symposium:
- The Centre organized an International Research Symposium “Other Ways of Knowing and Doing”- Globalizing Social Science Knowledge in Higher Education (Dec 9-12, 2017) in collaboration with the UNESCO-Chair in CBR, WCCES, IOCES and OCIES and a journal special issue publication project with OCIES official journal- International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives (published through the University of Sydney): https://issuu.com/mousumimukherjee5/docs/finalbrochure_irs_2017-9-12_dec_201
- https://www.worldcces.org/international-research-symposium-sonepat-india-11-12-dec-2017.html
Offered through JSIA since Fall 2017
Globalization of Education – (MA DLB) 0388 (Fall semester)
Historically education has been a privilege for the few in every country context. This course takes a global perspective in studying how access to education globalized 1990 onwards with the UN Declaration of Education for All and a more recent focus on access to Quality Education for All under the UN Sustainable Development Goal 4. Students read some of the seminal theoretical texts on globalization and education. Thereafter, by studying case studies from different countries, students learn how global organizations, such as the United Nations, do policy advocacy at the national level and how policy processes have been historically circulating around the world from the colonial period to the contemporary times.
Global Citizenship and International Understanding- MA (DLB) 0446 (Spring semester)
This course was designed to help students gain a critical understanding of the concept of “global citizenship” in the context of the UN declaration of the 17 sustainable development goals. The course begins with theoretical readings on the concepts of citizenship and globalization. Thereafter, the course materials discuss how and under what circumstances the UN and other global organizations developed the concept of “global citizenship education” building on the earlier concept of “education for international understanding’. Students write a reflection paper, work on a group project and develop a final research paper as part of the continuous learning assessment for the course.
Education for Sustainable Development Goals.
This course focuses on the social and emotional learning of young citizens to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The course will help students to gain deeper understanding of the concepts of compassion, secular ethics and democracy. Students will read theoretical readings on the 3 main concepts- compassion, secular ethics and, democracy. Thereafter, they will reflect on actual scenarios, stories and case studies based on these concepts. As part of the continuous learning assessment for this course, the students will work on an individual reflection paper on the concepts and a group project to demonstrate how the concepts learnt through this course could be applicable to actually implement the UN Sustainable Development goals.
Fully online Doctoral Core Course being offered through the Office of Doctoral Studies (ODS) from Spring 2020
Research and Publication Ethics (DS-C-005)
Studying the philosophy of a particular subject area helps to learn the basic concepts of logical analysis and how to use them in developing arguments based on evidence. The problems of human life, that are the subjects of inquiry, are embedded within the social and ecological environment. Hence, a philosophical enquiry or research question is expected to contribute to the good of society and the environment. This is where ethics or moral philosophy becomes important for a researcher. The relationship between the researcher and the society/environment thrives on ethical values based on universal principles like honesty, trust, and justice. These ethical values practised by researchers can enhance the credibility of the research findings in the perception of the public. Therefore, these ethical values are the ideals, that each researcher should strive to attain. This course was designed as mandated by the UGC to educate students about this integral relationship between philosophy and ethics, and why both these concepts are critical for a researcher to comprehend.
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Dr. Mousumi Mukherjee
Associate Professor & Deputy Director, International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building (IIHEd)
Founding Executive Director, Centre for Comparative and Global Education
O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University)
Sonipat-Narela Road
Sonipat, Haryana 131001
Office: IIHEd, T2 Third Floor
Sajjan Jindal Academic Block
Mob: +91 8930110818
Email: mmukherjee@jgu.edu.in
CCGE Research Associate:
Ms. Aparna Chakravorty
Doctoral Fellow, IIHED
nkoshal@jgu.edu.in