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Educational and Training Systems of the UK (ED0864)

? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : EDU-P-ED0864

An exploration of the differences among the educational institutions and structures found within the UK, particularly emphasising the Scottish and English systems.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information
24/09/2007 09:30 12:00 Room 4/22, St Johns Land Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

To analyse and compare the education and training systems of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland in order to :

1. help students (whether from the UK or overseas) to understand their own system better through a comparison with the (other) systems of the UK.
2. introduce students from overseas to the main features of education and training in the UK and to the main differences between the systems in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland;
3. explore and illustrate the purposes of comparing education and training systems, the possible approaches to comparative analysis and the concepts used to analyse education systems;
4. examine selected issues in educational policy.

Assessment Information

One essay of 4,000 words.

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Miss Diane Prayle
Tel : (0131 6)51 6305
Email : Diane.Prayle@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof David Raffe
Tel : (0131 6)51 6237
Email : David.Raffe@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/

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