EDUC206-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025

Education and Society: Ideals and Realities

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

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.

Prerequisites

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

Restrictions

EDUC220

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 F3 Lecture Theatre
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 11:00 - 13:00 Jack Erskine 031 Lecture Theatre
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Essay 80% (in 2 parts) Part 1: two reading summaries Part 2: essay
Reflection 20%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $894.00

International fee $4,100.00

* 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

  • EDUC206-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025
  • EDUC206-25S2 (D) Semester Two 2025 (Distance)
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