On Visiting School Systems Overseas

Visiting schools or other educational establishments in foreign countries can be as much as a hazard as a help in understanding the educational system in other places. To provide a supporting framework to enhance the value of administrators travelling abroad, the author indicates some of the hazards that confront, educational visits and fact‐finding missions. Particular difficulties confronted include problems of context, bias, communication, sampling, interpretation and “culture shock”. The author recommends familiarity with recent works in comparative education and indicates some appropriate references.