CYP4002 - History of Education

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Understand how legislation has shaped contemporary education;
Identify key changes and continuities within education history and evaluate their contemporary relevance;
Recognise alternative perspectives within the UK and beyond.

Content:

In this module students will trace key educational developments in legislation, organisation, curriculum and culture. The module will encompass state-funded education, private education and alternative education.

Illustrative themes include:
• Continuity and change within key legislation and its impact upon access, organisation and content;
• Institutions, organisations and structure, e.g. elementary school, primary school, the tripartite system, comprehensives, co-education, public schools;
• Cultural change, e.g. discipline, choice, dress, pupil/student participation;
• Alternative histories, e.g. free schools, home schooling.

Learning and Teaching Information:

This module will be taught using lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials, some of which will be student-led. Students could be expected to prepare for the sessions by reading set texts and completion of tasks set in class or via the VLE and will be expected to take part in a wide range of learning activities.
Students may be required to prepare and present brief presentations as the basis for discussion.

Lectures, seminars and workshops
Hours: 33
Intended Group size: Cohort

On-line support and small group tutorials
Hours: 1 (min)
Intended group size: 6-10

Guided independent study
Hours: 166

Further details relating to assessment
Directed activities: these consist of weekly tasks that must be completed and submitted for inspection at timetabled sessions each week. The assessment will be assessed on a pass/fail basis with a pass requiring at least 75% of all weekly tasks to be completed successfully. A pass will lead to the full award of 10% towards the final module mark. A fail in directed activities will contribute 0% to the final mark.

Assessment:

001 Directed Activities semester 1 10%
002 Historical Review (Poster & Rationale) 2000 word equiv semester 1 wk 6 45%
003 Briefing paper 2000 words semester 1 week 11 45%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Dr Paul Coman
Level - 4
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4S1

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