Module Identifier
ED11420
Module Title
POLICIES AND ISSUES IN EDUCATION
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Dr Rosemary O Cann
Semester
Semester 1
Other Staff
 

Course Delivery

Delivery Type Delivery length / details
Lecture 10 Hours.
Seminars / Tutorials 10 Hours
 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Exam 2 Hours   Written exam.  60%
Semester Assessment Essay of 2000 words  25%
Semester Assessment 1 Bibliographic Exercise of 1000 words  15%
Supplementary Assessment All failed elements of the assessments must be retaken (as described above) if the students average marks falls below the required pass mark of 40%. New assignment titles and examination paper will be issued.  100%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

*Demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate educational policies and current education issues .

*Demonstrate an ability of forming coherent arguments in discussing current education issues.

*Demonstrate an ability of applying their own educational experiences to the broader contexts of social an political change within the Education systems.

Brief description


This module provides an introduction to education policies and issues in England and Wales. It sets current education policy in the historic context of educational developments and change, whilst introducing some major contemporary education issues.

Content

Lectures are based on the following topics:

1. Introduction - The anatomy of an education system
2. The growth of a schooled society
3. The Education Acts of 1944 and 1988
4. Control, Choice and Accountability
5. New Labour Education Policies in England and Wales
6. Issue 1: Educational Standards
7. Issue 2: Wales: Nationality, Culture and Schooling
8. Issue 3: Three Topical Controversies (Healthy Eating in Schools, Single-Sex Teaching and Special Educational Needs)
9. Issue 4: 16-19 Curriculum
10. Issue 5: Gender and Education

Seminars are based on the following:

1. Your Educational Autobiography
2. 1944 Education Act
3. Comprehensive Versus Grammar Schools
4. 1988 Education Reform Act
5. The National Curriculum
6. Current Education Issues
7. Special Educational Needs
8. Healthy Eating in Schools
9. Boys Underachievement
10. Perspectives on Higher Education

Reading List

General Text
(1996.) National school policy :major issues in education policy for schools in England and Wales, 1979 onwards /edited by Jim Docking. David Fulton Primo search (1988.) The Education Reform Act 1988. Industrial Society Primo search Baker, Mike. (1994.) Who rules our schools? /Mike Baker. Hodder and Stoughton Primo search Brooks, Ron (1991.) Contemporary debates in education :an historical perspective /Ron Brooks. Longman Primo search Jones, Gareth Elwyn. (1997.) The education of a nation /Gareth Elwyn Jones. University of Wales Press Primo search Recommended Text
(2004 (various p) An introduction to the study of education /edited by David Matheson. David Fulton Primo search (1997.) Education in England and Wales :a guide to the system /Gill Holt ... [et al.]. National Foundation for Educational Research Primo search Aldrich, Richard. (1996.) Education for the nation/Richard Aldrich Cassell Primo search Chitty, Clyde. (2004.) Education policy in Britain /Clyde Chitty. Palgrave Macmillan Primo search Chitty, Clyde. (1999.) The education system transformed /Clyde Chitty. Baseline Primo search Chitty, Clyde. (1992.) The education system transformed :a guide to the school reforms /Clyde Chitty. Baseline Books Primo search
Dunford, J. E. (1990.) The education system in England and Wales /John Dunford and Paul Sharp. Longman Primo search Knight, Christopher. (1990.) The making of Tory education policy in post-war Britain, 1950-1986 /Christopher Knight. Falmer Press Primo search Lawton, Denis. (1994.) The Tory mind on education, 1979-1994 /Denis Lawton. Falmer Press Primo search Lowe, Roy. (1997.) Schooling and social change, 1964-1990 /Roy Lowe. Routledge Primo search Maclure, Stuart. (1992.) Education re-formed :a guide to the Education Reform Act /Stuart Maclure. Hodder & Stoughton Primo search Silver, Harold. (1990.) Education, change and the policy process /Harold Silver. Falmer Primo search Tomlinson, John. (1993.) The control of education /John Tomlinson. Cassell Primo search (1999.) An introduction to the study of education /edited by David Matheson and Ian Grosvenor. David Fulton Publishers Primo search (1992.) Continuing the education debate /edited by Michael Williams, Richard Daugherty and Frank Banks. Cassell Primo search (2000.) New Labour's policies for schools :raising the standard? /edited by Jim Docking ; written by the National Education Policy Course Team, University of Surrey Roehampton. David Fulton Primo search

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4