Policy Discourses and Practices

Course aim

To familiarise students with public policy processes, discourses and practices at global, national and community-based/local levels.

Course content

Basic concepts in public policy; global/local discourses that shape policy formation; political contexts of public policy; identification of public policies relevant to education, especially AVWL, youth and early childhood; policy design, development and implementation; policy analysis; educators as policy researchers, policy workers; advocacy, principles and strategies.

Textbook(s)

Althaus, C, Bridgman, P & Davis, G 2007, Australian Policy Handbook, 4th ed, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW

Olssen, M; O'Neill, A-M & Codd, J. 2003, Education Policy: Globalization, Citizenship and Democracy: a Foucauldian Perspective on the Politics of Liberal Education, 2nd ed, SAGE, London

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	10 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	10 hours x 13 weeks

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

Assessment

Case study - policy analysis, Essay

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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