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ED32007: Educational futures

[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]

Academic Year: 2025/26
Owning Department/School: Department of Education
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Period:
Academic Year
Assessment Summary: CWES 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Proposal for educational reform (CWES 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: 1. Synthesising knowledge to critically assess current educational challenges 2. Interpreting and evaluating educational reform initiatives 3. Appraising potential solutions to educational scenarios 4. Assessing a range of sources relevant to educational reform 5. Integrating knowledge and understanding to develop rigorous and persuasive proposals for educational change


Synopsis: Propose reforms and changes to education, based on your understanding of educational policy and practice. You'll hear from speakers that will introduce key challenges facing education internationally in the 21st Century. Working as part of a group, you'll analyse future scenarios and case studies of educational and societal reform and change. This will help you develop practical solutions to educational challenges alongside developing analytical, project management and communication skills.

Content: You will explore the socio-economic, political and technological factors shaping the nature of education. You will consider educational futures and scenarios in relation to the specific challenges facing education, which may include: sustainability; climate change; decolonisation; access to and participation in education; post-truth society; Global Educational Reform Movement; neo-liberalism and (neo-classical) economics imperialism; changing nature of work; nationalism; exclusion, deprivation and marginalisation. Case studies of international educational change and reform will be explored alongside theories of policy implementation, realisation and evaluation. You will also learn about the development of policy and reform proposals.

Course availability:

ED32007 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department of Education
  • UHED-AFB20 : BA(Hons) Education with Psychology (Year 3)
  • UHED-AKB12 : BA(Hons) Education with Psychology with Professional Placement (Year 4)

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