Department of Education, Unit Catalogue 2010/11 |
ED20003: Education in society |
 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: This unit will consider the role of education insociety. It will be based on an assessment of the purposes of education and of educational organisations such as schools, colleges and universities. It will consider government policies towards education; how these policies were formed and what they mean in practice. Examples will be drawn from the UK and wider. Learning Outcomes: Students will appreciate the contested nature of the functions and values of education and be able to undertake wider questioning of the effects of education on individuals and social groups. Skills: Comprehensive and scholarly written communication (e g essays) (A) Effective oral communication (e g seminar presentations) (T) Ability to select, summarise and synthesise written information from multiple sources (F) Ability to apply theory into practice (T) Ability to produce work to agreed specifications and deadlines (A) Ability to work independently, without close supervision or guidance (F). Content: Aims and purposes of formal education in the Uk the politics of education; the role of the state in education policy and practice; national curricula, national development plans, centralised and decentralised systems; equal opportunity in education; the sociology of assessment; ethnicity and education; gender and education; disability rights and education; markets and equity; cultural capital and access to education. |