Unit of Study: EDPB5002 - Globalisation and Education
Concepts of global integration and culture. Economic political and cultural dimensions of globalisation. Major interpretive approaches to globalisation. Major world trends in education assessed in light of globalisation. Globalisation of labour markets; marked forces in education; cross-cultural and trans-national trends in education provision; knowledge as a global construct; global organisations and agenda in education; emerging global and regional structures in education, students, educational professionals and knowledge workers in a globalising world. Investigation and report on a special study.
Unit coordinator: Professor Anthony Welch/Dr Nigel Bagnall
Classes: on line
Assessment: 500 word minor overview; 1200 word review essay; 1500 word minor essay; 2500 word special study report
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This unit of study can be undertaken as a part of the following degree programs:
Graduate Certificate in Development Studies
The core of the Development Studies program provides a critical and multidisciplinary perspective on the global, national and local level of the development process. Professionals in the field of development face unprecedented challenges in managing change towards ethnically, environmentally and politically sustainable ends.
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Graduate Certificate in Policy Studies
This course aims to equip students with conceptual skills required for practical policy analysis and policy development in educational and social and community services domains.
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Graduate Diploma in Development Studies
The core of the Development Studies program provides a critical and multidisciplinary perspective on the global, national and local level of the development process. Professionals in the field of development face unprecedented challenges in managing change towards ethnically, environmentally and politically sustainable ends.
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Master of Development Studies
The core of the Development Studies program provides a critical and multidisciplinary perspective on the global, national and local level of the development process. Professionals in the field of development face unprecedented challenges in managing change towards ethnically, environmentally and politically sustainable ends.
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Master of Education
The Master of Education (MEd) is one of the largest postgraduate coursework programs in Australia, and is designed to develop and support the careers of trained teachers who are teaching professionals, educational administrators, researchers and policymakers. It is not a program that results in a recognised teaching qualification.
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Master of Policy Studies
This Master of Policy Studies course aims to equip students with conceptual skills required for practical policy analysis and policy development in educational and social and community services domains.
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