• To introduce students to education within an international context.
• To provide a knowledge base within which students are able to compare and contrast different education systems between countries.
• To develop an informed understanding of the impact of globalisation on education and schooling.
• To focus on educational policy in an international context.

Syllabus

This module will explore models, concepts and themes relating to education at a global level. There are two overarching trends which structure the sessions.

• First, processes of globalisation provide a theoretical frame within which students will examine themes and trends that cut across geographical and national boundaries. Among other things, globalisation and children’s rights to education, the Millennium Development Goals, the investment in early years education, the schooling of migrant children and the marketisation of schooling and higher education are discussed.
• Second, the module will focus on the way that education is promoted within different international contexts, thereby exploring how factors such as ideology, culture and economics impact on education. There will be more of a case study approach here with students focusing on country specific education systems. For example, key case studies could be drawn from Scandinavia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, New Zealand, America or Italy. In each case the focus may be on the schooling system, the provision of early years education or the shifting role of higher education.

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