EDF8204

Social context of education, policy and practice

(EDU)

Associate Professor T L Seddon

12 points + 3 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis: Issues and debates changing the way our society educates the next generation. How knowledge, skills and attitudes are selected, organised and distributed through different education institutions and how patterns of educational provision are changing. Sociological approaches in the analysis of education.

Assessment: Critical Review (1000 wrods): 20%; Research paper (7000 words): 80%