EDU4110 – National and International Policies and Planning on Education and Development
Course description
Course content
The themes of the course include
- nation-states and the global order
- international education and development policy thinking and practice
- Education for All: purposes and practices
- education policy and planning from a national perspective
- institutions, management and governance of educational reform
- curriculum policy and implementation
Learning outcome
The course aims to introduce you to national and international policies and practices as related to education and development.
Upon completion of the course you are expected to:
Knowledge
- understand the importance of and interaction between processes of formulating policies at the global and national levels
- understand the processes of formulating, planning and implementing education policies for development and change in national contexts
- understand the modes of governance, management, provision and delivery of education in national contexts
Skills
- demonstrate capacity to identify research issues related to policy and practice of education and development at global and national levels
- demonstrate capacity to analyse pertinent research issues related to the policy, practice, governance, management, provision and delivery of education at global, regional, national and sub-national levels
- demonstrate capacity to present and discuss in oral and written form issues related to policies and practice in education and development at multiple levels
Competence
- document understanding and oral, written and analytical competencies of relevance to discussions and research on policies and practices in education and development at multiple levels
Admission
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
The Comparative and International Education Programme is open to all students who fulfil the basic requirements above. The main target groups are international students, for example students under the 'Quota' Programme, Erasmus students and NORDPLUS students. Norwegian students are also encouraged to apply.
All students in the 1st semester of the program have equal access to the course. Other applicants may be considered if there is capacity.
Only students who have been admitted to the course may take part in the lectures, seminars and examination.
Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Students are required to have passed EDU4100 – Introduction to Comparative and International Education (discontinued) in order to attend this course.
Teaching
The teaching combines lectures with group work, seminars, exercises and oral presentations by students.
Access to teaching
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instructio