Postgraduate Course: Comparative Education and International Development (EDUA11364)

Course Outline
School	Moray House School of Education and Sport	College	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course focuses upon global pressures on education both in teaching and in learning- throughout all continents, countries and localities. It will examine the impact of economic and political pressures in educational developments at global, national and local levels.
Course description	The course will provide an opportunity to discuss the influence of global and international organizations such as the UNESCO, the OECD, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in supporting educational development through several key issues, such as international educational agenda and influence of international Aid. It aims to locate various debates within different countries and on the response of national governments to global educational agendas and the challenges they face.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 46
Course Start	Semester 1
Course Start Date	20/09/2021
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 8, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	The assessment for the course will be based on a combination of: Task 1 - Group Discussion (25%) Part 1: weekly contribution to group discussion ¿ informal contribution should be equivalent of about 300 words, Weeks 4-8 (10%) Part 2: group submitted literature map connecting required readings for Weeks 4-8 to each other and those from Weeks 1-3. (15%) Task 2 - 800 word Blog (25%) Task 3 - 2,000 word Essay (50%)
Feedback	Prior to essay submission, students will receive feedforward guidance on possible approaches to their essay.
No Exam Information

Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 20
Course Start	Semester 2
Course Start Date	17/01/2022
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 8, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	The assessment for the course will be based on a combination of: Task 1 - Group Discussion (25%) Part 1: weekly contribution to group discussion ¿ informal contribution should be equivalent of about 300 words, Weeks 4-8 (10%) Part 2: group submitted literature map connecting required readings for Weeks 4-8 to each other and those from Weeks 1-3. (15%) Task 2 - 800 word Blog (25%) Task 3 - 2,000 word Essay (50%)
Feedback	Prior to essay submission, students will receive feedforward guidance on possible approaches to their essay.
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Demonstrate a critical understanding of the International context within which education takes place Demonstrate a critical awareness of the many countervailing forces impacting on Quality Education Have a critical understanding of the various international agencies involved in education and their roles in developing goals beyond the 2015 Examine the change from MDGs to SDGs in 2015 and what this means for education and analyse the relevance of SDGs for global achievements in education Critically analyse the importance of North-South partnerships in education

Reading List
Crewe, E., & Harrison, E. (1998) Whose Development? An Ethnography of Aid. London: Zed Books. Harber, C. (2014). Education and International Development: Theory, Practice and Issues. Oxford: Symposium Books Ltd. Henry, D., Lingard, B., Rizvi, R., & Taylor, S. (2001). The OECD, globalisation and education policy. London: Pergamon. King, K., & McGrath, S. (2004). Knowledge for Development: comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank aid, Zed Books: London. Sen, A. (1999). Development as Freedom. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Group presentation skills, analytic reading and writing skills, group discussion skills
Additional Class Delivery Information	10 weeks of 45 minute asyncronous lecture presentations and 75 minute workshop (online or face to face)
Keywords	Education,International Development,Comparative Education