Postgraduate Module Descriptor

EFPM910: Education Policy

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

The content of the module may change to reflect emerging and developing theory, research and practices in the field of education policy. Nevertheless it will consider key questions and perspectives on education policy including:

Characterising education policy
Localised and elite policy making
Frameworks and models of policy development
Educational centralisation and decentralisation
Education policy transfer, travel and re-contextualisation
Reforming teacher professionalism and teacher identities
Conceptions of children and young people in education policy
Education policy and social justice
Large scale educational reforms including state intervention, New Public Management and privatisation
Choice, markets and competition in education
Educational policy and students, teachers/lecturers and education institutions

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 in-class sessions (10 x 3 hours)
Guided Independent Study	120	Directed study (e.g. web-based activities, preparing for seminars, responding to seminar activities, contributing to online activities/discussion)
Guided Independent Study	50	Directed reading related to topics discussed in the module
Guided Independent Study	100	Preparing for assignments and further independent reading

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).