| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1 |
| Old unit code |
300.658 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to (1) define 'policy' and discuss its complex and contested nature as an actively negotiated process which extends between the policy intent of central authorities and everyday practices in schools and classrooms; (2) recognise and discuss the growing impact of globalisation and internationalisation on education policy and practices; (3) identify and analyse contemporary education policy trends globally, nationally and locally; (4) examine and assess the changing nature of policy directions in the domains of devolution, accountability, privatisation and marketisation, funding, international education and curriculum, and critique the implications of these changes for practices in schools and classrooms; (5) critically evaluate future education policy scenarios; and (6) select and apply appropriate conceptual tools to analyse educational policies and practices at global, national, state and local levels, focusing on a policy area of personal interest and relevance. |
| Content |
This unit develops the themes of mapping the conceptual terrain of policy; globalisation and internationalisation; global trends in education policy; devolution policies; accountability policies; privatisation and marketisation policies; curriculum policies; other policy domains as identified by student interests; and future policy scenarios. |
| Assessment |
This includes a 20-minute seminar presentation on one unit reading and a 4000-word essay in which students conduct an analysis of an education policy of interest/relevance to them.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Professor Lesley Vidovich |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
Contact hours—2 hrs per week for 13 weeks
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| Texts | |
Selected readings are provided in a unit reader. |
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
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