ABSTRACT

The article offers an interpretation of comparative education as an episteme that is entangled with international relations. It does so by seeking to extract past and present forms and patterns of comparative educational thought and action from the three main traditions of international relations, namely: realism, rationalism and revolutionism. It is specifically argued that each of these three traditions offers different understandings of the nature of international society and how its main actors conduct themselves in it. These different understandings of the nature of international politics enable different ways of thinking about, and acting upon, the educational world comparatively. The implications of this interpretation of comparative education for the future are highlighted in the conclusion.

摘要

这篇文章将比较教育解释为与国际关系纠缠在一起的认识论。它通过寻求从国际关系的三个主要传统（即现实主义、理性主义和革命主义）中提取过去和现在的比较教育思想和行动的形式和模式来实现这一目标。有人特别指出，这三种传统中的每一种都对国际社会的性质及其主要行为体如何在国际社会中行事提供了不同的理解。对国际政治本质的不同理解使得人们能够以不同的方式思考和行动教育界。结论强调了这种对比较教育的解释对未来的影响。