Educational Research: Purposes, Place and Policy
Key Facts
| Module Code |
EDUC4240 |
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| Module Convenor |
Howard Stevenson |
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| Teaching Pattern |
Weekly
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| Semester Taught |
Spring Semester (usually starting in January) |
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| Method of Assessment |
Written assignment |
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| Pre Requisites |
none |
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| Module Administrator |
TBC |
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This module will focus on addressing several fundamental questions in education, from a philosophical perspective, but in turn they will be applied in a policy context.
- what is education for and who decides?
- How are the aims and purposes of education reflected in ‘policy’?
The module will examine different approaches to understanding ‘policy’ and will also explore ‘policy analysis’ as a particular strand within research. This will include a range of approaches to policy analysis including those associated with ‘analysis of policy’ and ‘analysis for policy’.
Throughout the module the issues covered will be explored in a range of contexts – in different countries, different educational sectors and at different ‘levels’ within systems (from individual institution through to policy making at national and supra national level)