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Comparative Education (CDE 120)
UNIT THREE: FACTORS THAT DETERMINE THE
CHARACTER OF DIFFERENT NATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Every social unit has its distinct quality that gives it identity among other units. A nation is s
powerful social unit, and every nation has its own forms of identity, called national character.
We shall here examine the meaning of a nation and identify the factors which lead to the
formation of national character. Later in units three and four, we shall examine how some of
these characteristics influence the systems of education in different countries of the world.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of this unit, you should be able to:
1. explain the meaning of national character;
2 identify the factors which determine national character in different parts of the world.
FACTORS DETERMINING NATIONAL CHARACTER
Nicholas Hans gives three factors that determine national character. He calls them natural.
religious and secular factors. He refers to natural factors as linguistic, racial, economic and
geographical factors,
Because his country is essentially Christian, he quotes different
Christian traditions as the religious factors. He also quotes different political factors as
secular factors.
Mallinson on the other hand, identifies other factors apart from those of Hans. These are:
historical and social factors. If we consider these together, we can say that the following
factors largely determine the character of a nation. They are:
1. Linguistic factors
2. Racial factors
3. Geographical factors
1 Historical factors
S. Religious factors
Socio-cultural factors
7.
Economic factors
8.
Political factors
Linguistic Factors
Before cience and technology made international contacts very easy, nations developed
around language groups. The French proudly talk of their Gallic ancestry, and many parts of
Britain are Anglo-Saxon in origin. But in modem tiines, many language groups make a
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