EDUC206-17S2 (D) Semester Two 2017 (Distance)

Education and Society: Ideals and Realities

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2017
End Date: Sunday, 19 November 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 30 July 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 15 October 2017

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 will:
1. Recognise the value of using sociological approaches to the analysis of educational issues
2. Develop a sociological imagination about education

Prerequisites

30 points in EDUC or 45 points of SOCI, POLS, HIST, CULT, ANTH or permission of the Head of School

Restrictions

EDUC220

Course Coordinator

David Small

Lecturer

Kathleen Quinlivan

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 1 50%
Online take home test 50%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $732.00

International fee $2,975.00

* 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 .

All EDUC206 Occurrences

  • EDUC206-17S2 (C) Semester Two 2017
  • EDUC206-17S2 (D) Semester Two 2017 (Distance)
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