Module EFPM912 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EFPM912: Perspectives on International Education
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover the following topics:
- Education for global citizenship
- Discourses of globalisation
- Approaches to education in diverse countries/contexts
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Conflict and violence
- Human rights
- Marginalisation
- International agencies and their role in global education
- Non-formal education
- Questions of quality in global education
- Gender
- Education for sustainability
- Global policy
- Culture and cross-cultural perspectives
- Curriculum
- The nation and national development
- Politics and policy
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 270 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 30 | 30 hours of lectures and/or seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 50 | Set reading |
| Guided Independent Study | 120 | Directed study e.g. web-based activities; preparing for academic tutorial; preparing for seminars; responding to seminar activities; collaborative group tasks |
| Guided Independent Study | 100 | Preparation for assignments and further independent reading |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Rivzi, F, and Lingard, B. (2010) Globalizing Education Policy. London: Routledge.
Carney, S. (2009). Negotiating policy in an age of globalization: Exploring educational “policyscapes” in Denmark, Nepal, and China. Comparative Education Review 53.1: 63–68.
DfES (2005) Developing a Global Dimension in the School Curriculum, London: DfES.
Whitty, G. and Furlong, J. (2017) Knowledge and the Study of Education: an international comparison. Oxford: Oxford Studies in Comparative Education, Symposium.
Phillips, D. & Schweisfurth, M. (2014) Comparative and International Education: an introduction to theory, method, and practice, 2nd edition. London; New York: Bloomsbury
