GEC4511

Contemporary issues and challenges in education

This subject presents a range of contemporary issues in education and seeks to have students explore the relevance, the details, the debate and the challenges for educational thinking, institutions, curriculum and evaluation inherent in the issues. Issues will be drawn across a range of levels of educational activity and fields of schooling as well as other education sites. Whilst the range of content is broad it is argued that the contemporary issues raised and dealt with are vital concerns for all serious students of education whatever their specialisation, level or current occupation. The hallmark of effective study at this level of professional education is a good grasp of the broad issues in the field as well as specialised knowledge.

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