Reading Educational Policy Research

Course aim

To enable students to define their own position in relation to the major debates and issues in the field of contemporary research in education and to further develop critical analytic skills of reading and interrogating research, and on theorising educational issues.

Course content

International perspectives on educational policy development and reform; Australian education policy and its relationship to social and economic/political change; Specific issues within the student's professional area of interest, eg the leadership debate in educational administration, devolution and decentralisation, accountability and standardised curricula, the School Effectiveness Movement and alternative views of educational reform, professional development.

Textbook(s)

Rizvi, F. & Lingard, B 2010, Globalizing Education Policy, Routledge, London and New York

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Responses

Note: This is a non-graded course and your result will be a pass or fail.

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
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