Education across the World

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Explore the rationales and impact of international comparisons of educational performance in a range of different economic systems.
• Explore education in other countries and to critically reflect on horizontal themes of inequalities.
• Critically reflect how international comparisons of educational performance have influenced curriculum and education practice across different economic systems.

• Critical analysis of school level and national levels practices to mainstream educational provision: educational practices such as streaming, setting, ability grouping, assessment for learning; technical and vocational education in different countries and national examination practices in different countries.
• Alternative educational practices in different countries: research on formal and non-formal educational provision; the growth of private education.
• Meanings and models of comparative education; use and misuse of comparative data; cross country comparisons of educational performance.

Typically, this module is taught through weekly sessions plus one group tutorial session to prepare for the assessment.

• Participation in seminar groups
• Group and class discussion
• Directed reading
• Suggested additional research

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.