School of Public Policy and Professional Practice  
 
 
EDU-20021 Issues in Public Education  
Co-ordinator: Mr Graeme Easdown    Room: CBA0.015, Tel:34426  
Teaching Team: Miss Tracy  Roberts, Miss Jo-Anne  Watts  
Lecture Time: See Timetable...  
Level: 2 Credits: 15 Study Hours: 150  
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Programme/Approved Electives for
Educational Studies Dual Honours (Level 2)
Educational Studies Major (Level 2)
Educational Studies Minor (Level 2)
Available as a Free Standing Elective
Yes
Barred Combinations
N /A

Prerequisites
None
Description

Education has experienced unprecedented change over the past few decades. Much of this change has been planned, a lot has not. New policies, new ideologies, new practices, a new understanding of professionalism within education, have all contributed to the sense of transformation that now pervades every part of the sector. In many respects, these changes are also visible in other areas of the public provision. Indeed, we can see almost identical pressures for change occurring in other countries, eliciting many opposing views as to where education should be heading in the 21st century. Nevertheless, despite often having differing perspectives on the aims and purposes of education, one thing politicians and educationalists do agree on and that is the importance of education to the economic, cultural and social well-being of a nation. Recognising, then, the centrality of education at the turn of the millennium, it is entirely appropriate that we try to identify and understand some of the key issues that currently configure the sector. The module will therefore enable students to identify key issues in public education, examine the relationships between education policy and practice-based change and explore the implications of such policies and practices for students, educational professionals and work cultures.
Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.

http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/edu-20021/lists
Aims
a) To identify key issues in public education; b) to examine the relationships between education policy and practice-based change in a range of educational settings, which will include primary, secondary and Further Education contexts; and c) to explore the implications of such policies and practices for students, educational professionals, and work cultures of those settings.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Comment on the relationship between education policies and practices in secondary and post compulsory education. will be achieved by assessments: 1, 2,
Appreciate the implications of education policy for learners and professionals will be achieved by assessments: 2,
Compare and contrast the experiences of practitioners from a different educational phases and settings will be achieved by assessments: 2
Critique written arguments about theory, policy and practice will be achieved by assessments: 2,
Critically appraise evidence for and against different points of view will be achieved by assessments: 1, 2,
Study hours
24 hours lectures, workshops and seminars
24 hours seminar preparation
60 hours assessment preparation
62 hours supplementary reading
Description of Module Assessment
01: Portfolio weighted 20%
On-Line portfolio
The portfolio will comprise some or all of text, image, sound and video files, accompanied by a reflective commentary that demonstrates students' emerging critical examination of an educational issue.
02: Essay weighted 80%
An essay which enables students to demonstrates their depth of understanding of issues relating to state education.
Version: (1.06B) Updated: 03/Oct/2013

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