Undergraduate Course: Educational Politics and Policy (SCPL10005)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Social Policy |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.ed.ac.uk/social_policy/ |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Education in the UK has gone through several enormous transformations in the last half century, in common with public services more generally, and in common with educational changes throughout Europe. One of the most notable sources of change in the UK has been the devolution of most political responsibility for education to the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales, and Northern Ireland Assembly, while responsibility for education in England remains with the UK Parliament at Westminster. This course aims to understand these changes in education policy, relating it both to European developments and to reform resulting from devolution. The course aims to provide an understanding of these policy and political processes in the context of perennial concerns about the relationship between pedagogical and political authority, the role of the state and of civil society in underpinning free enquiry and debate, the problematic questions of accountability and professional autonomy, and the implications of social diversity and social inequality for education¿s role in enabling a common citizenship. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Class Delivery Information |
Class will take place on Thursdays from 11-1 in Semester 2 |
| Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will be assessed on their capacity to critically evaluate the nature of education as a social institution;
analyse objectively the deeply controversial issues that debate about educational policy provokes; critically assess the importance of power in the governance of and practice of education;seek systematically to understand the relationship between education and social diversity; conceptualise the relationship between education and democracy.
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Assessment Information
| One 4,000-word essay 100%. Every student must also contribute to leading at least one tutorial session (assessed as 'duly performed') |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Education Policy, UK, Devolution, Europe |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Lindsay Paterson
Tel: (0131 6)51 6380
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Roisin O'Fee
Tel: (0131 6)50 9975
Email: |
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