EDUC206-16S2 (C) Semester Two 2016

Education and Society: Ideals and Realities

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2016
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2016
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 22 July 2016
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 7 October 2016

Description

This course considers the connections and tensions between ideals and realities in education and society. Drawing on work in the sociology of education, the philosophy of education, and educational policy studies, as well as on educational practices, the course addresses questions such as these: How should society be structured? What do we hope to achieve through education? Why do some students ‘fail’ and others ‘succeed’? What role can education play in social change? This course encourages participants to deepen their understanding of education, social life, and human fulfillment.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students who successfully complete this course will:
  •         Be able to draw on sociological and philosophical work in addressing educational questions.
  •         Be aware of some of the connections and tensions between ideals and realities in education  
             and society.
  •         Have the capacity to question commonly accepted views in education and to explore social  
             alternatives.

Prerequisites

30 points in EDUC or permission of the Head of School

Restrictions

EDUC220

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Peter Roberts

Lecturer

David Small

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Assignment 1 05 Sep 2016 50%
Final Exam 50% To be held during the official UC end of year Examination period (end of Semester 2). Check the UC examination timetable for date, time and room venue. Keep up to date through this link: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/exams/

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $717.00

International fee $2,913.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Educational Studies and Leadership .

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