Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Education
Learning Methods
Workshop
Module Offerings
8004EDDOC-SEP-MTP
Aims
To examine the theoretical and policy landscape of education.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Conceptualise the theoretical underpinning of educational policy and practice.
2.
Situate systems of education in their historical and socio-cultural contexts.
3.
Critically examine the power relationships that underpin education and educational outcomes.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Theories of learning and education.
The impact of theory on educational policy and practice.
The social, cultural and organisational context of education.
The learning environment.
Learning infrastructure and technology.
Policy setting and policy enactment.
Policy migration - the relationships between international and national factors that shape practice.
Module Overview:
The final taught module explores the contentious and challenging impact on practice of educational thinking, theory and policy. You will focus on how this plays out in your own area of professional practice, allowing you to deconstruct the various forces that shape education in its broadest sense.
The final taught module explores the contentious and challenging impact on practice of educational thinking, theory and policy. You will focus on how this plays out in your own area of professional practice, allowing you to deconstruct the various forces that shape education in its broadest sense.
Additional Information:This module explores the contentious and challenging impact on practice of educational thinking, theory and policy. Students will focus on how this plays out in their own area of professional practice. This will allow them to deconstruct the various forces that shape education in its broadest sense, as well as reflect on their own role in the development of theory, practice and or policy.
Assessments
Essay