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Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EFPM914: Education Studies
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Overview
| NQF Level | 7 | ||
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| Credits | 30 | ECTS Value | 15 |
| Term(s) and duration | This module ran during term 1 (10 weeks) | ||
| Academic staff | Dr Jonathan Doney (Lecturer) | ||
| Pre-requisites | None | ||
| Co-requisites | None | ||
| Available via distance learning | No | ||
Have you ever wondered what education is for, who it serves, or who decides how it should be organised? This module will enable you to take a critical and questioning approach to a number of the big issues in education and to further develop an engaged and informed understanding. The big issues will be chosen so that they cover a wide variety of global and contemporary topics – e.g. mental health, creativity, social justice. You will be encouraged to explore each issue by adopting a number of different disciplinary lenses (historical, philosophical, psychological and sociological). The module will introduce you to key research, policies, and theories which relate to each of these issues, so that you will be well equipped to contest and debate them. This module provides an important foundation for further study on our other MA Education modules and will be accessible for current and future educational professionals alike. There are no pre-requisites to this module.
| Module created | 25/05/2018 | Last revised | 08/09/2020 |
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