EDU-30072 - Module Specification
School of Social, Political and Global Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2020/21

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2020/21

This module will introduce students to key concepts such as 'race', nation and ethnicity and to some of the ways in which these have been theorised. It will explore political issues in the recent (1945-present) history of immigration in Britain including state responses to and public debates about immigration during this period. The critical role of education in such debates is the central core of the module. Current debates over multiculturalism, immigration and asylum as well as racism in the current global political climate of heightened 'security' concerns and preoccupations with 'terrorism' will also be connected to issues of schooling especially in relation to the schooling of Muslim pupils and children from asylum seeking backgrounds.

1) To introduce students to key concepts such as 'race', nation and ethnicity and to some of the ways in which these have been theorised.
2) To explore political issues in the recent (1945-present) history of immigration in Britain including state responses to and public debates about immigration during this period; the critical role of education in such debates is the central core of the module.
3) To explore current debates over multiculturalism, immigration and asylum as well as racism in the current global political climate of heightened 'security' concerns and preoccupations with terrorism and connect these to issues of education.

Intended Learning Outcomes

apply, critique and evaluate key concepts such as 'race', nation, ethnicity, racism and anti-racism: 1,2
summarise and evaluate debates on multiculturalism, immigration and asylum especially as these relate to education in Britain: 1,2
reflect critically on some of the consequences of New Labour's agenda on immigration, asylum and terrorism for issues of educational inequality: 1,2
make theortically informed judgments about developments in British national educational policy in relation to race and immigration since the end of the 2nd World War: 1,2

Study hours

20 contact hours; 50 hours preparation for seminars; 40 hours preparation for essay; 40 hours preparation for critical review

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment