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ED50486: Education in an international and global context

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2019/0
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Education
Further information on credits Credits: 12      [equivalent to 24 CATS credits]
Further information on notional study hours Notional Study Hours: 240
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period:
Semester 1
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Coursework 1 (CW 20%)
  • Coursework 2 (CW 80%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
All of the programme's units contribute to, and have been mapped to, the programme aims. All units contribute to aims 6 and 7. This unit will make a key contribution to Programme aim 1:
1. promote students' understanding and critical analysis of i] the interrelationships between international education and globalisation and ii] the concepts of international education and globalisation and how they are contested at a conceptual, ideological and philosophical level

In addition the unit aims to:
1. promote students' understanding of the concept of international education through consideration of the characteristics which define it, based upon a wide range of guided reading
2. stimulate debate relating to the concept of international education and its relation to international schools, to national schools and to higher education
3. highlight issues which are of particular relevance to the promotion of international education in all schools and in higher education
4. encourage participants to reflect upon, and draw upon, their own experience, and to consider how their own professional practice may be improved through greater appreciation of these issues.

Learning Outcomes:
Together, the MA IEG units contribute to programme learning outcomes 1-7 for knowledge and understanding. The unit specific knowledge and understanding outcomes follow.
Having studied the unit, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate understanding of issues relating to the range of concepts defining international education;
2. demonstrate understanding of the concepts of international education and globalisation, and the relationship between them;
3. demonstrate understanding of the concept of international education and its relationship to international schools, to schools in national systems and to higher education;
4. discuss the relationship between values and ideologies, and how the underlying value system of a school relates to the curricula, pedagogies and management styles adopted;
5. demonstrate familiarity with issues which are of particular relevance to students and teachers in the context of international education, in international and national schools and in higher education;
6. demonstrate familiarity with an appropriate range of literature relating to international education and analyse critically the work of others;
7. relate their understanding of issues arising from research in this context to their own experience and to the improvement of their own practice.

Skills:
Together, the MA IEG units contribute to programme learning outcomes 1-8 for intellectual and professional practical skills. Therefore having studied the unit, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate sensitivity to the values, viewpoints and interests of others
2. act both autonomously and collaboratively in planning and implementing tasks
3. demonstrate clarity of thought and quality of argument in educational issues relating to international education and globalisation
4. make critical use of the literature and professional experience the field of education, synthesising information from a number of sources in order to gain coherent understandings and make informed judgements in the absence of complete data
5. apply knowledge and skills critically to policy and practice in international education and globalisation including critiquing the evidence underpinning policy/ practice (and change in practice)
6. formulate and articulate well-reasoned arguments, insights and conclusions and communicate this to specialist and non-specialist audiences orally and in writing
7. contribute effectively to professional debate and discussion in the fields of international education and globalisation
8. assess their own learning needs and enhance their future professional practice in international education and globalisation
Transfferable/ key skills
Together, the MA IEG units contribute to programme learning outcomes 1-13 for transferable/ key skills. Therefore, having studied the unit, students will be able to demonstrate:
1. cross-cultural sensitivity and effective interpersonal communication skills
2. written and oral communication including presentation skills
3. critical and creative thinking skills
4. problem solving and decision making skills applied to complex and unpredictable situations and familiar and unfamiliar problems
5. independent study and learning skills
6. information skills including literature search
7. ICT skills for study, searching for information, networking, communicating ideas and discussing with others
8. ICT skills for academic and professional development
9. independent and group working skills
10. time management and organisation skills and prioritising workloads
11. producing work to meet agreed objectives and deadlines, responding appropriately to feedback from tutors and peers
12. exercising initiative and personal responsibility
13. self-evaluation of academic and professional performance as a basis for development.

Content:
The unit will address a number of issues, including the following:
* Values in education, both nationally and internationally
* Culture and the curriculum
* The concept of an international curriculum
* The concept of international schools
* The concepts of international education and globalisation
* Some issues particularly relating to teachers and administrators in institutions promoting international education
* Some issues particularly relating to students in institutions promoting international education
* The development of a model for international education.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

ED50486 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Education

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