Educational Planning - Theory and Practice
The course encourages critical reflection on the uses of educational planning techniques— given the type of information on the education system(s) that are available and accessible — as well as how these theories and practices shape our understanding of evidence, expertise and governance in education.
The course deals with a number of topics connected to the broader theme of educational planning from an international, historical and comparative perspective. It contains different perspectives on educational planning, discusses its history as well as examples of what planning means in theory and practice at different levels of analysis. Some of the topics covered are: the analysis of education systems including access, tracking, personnel and funding, measures/techniques, and their follow up and evaluation.
The course contains compulsory instruction which combines lectures, workshops, discussions and group work to achieve the learning outcomes. Assessment is based on an individual written examination.
Course attendance is required for a student to be examined. In order for a student to be examined, they must have attended at least 80% of all compulsory course sessions, such as lectures, group work, group work presentations, and seminars. Student absences of more than 20% of the course sessions must be compensated via additional course assignments. If a student has attended less than 60% of the course sessions they have to re-take the course.
