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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This seminar examines significant policy issues in education, both historical and current, both Canadian and international. Emphasis is on acquiring an understanding of the content and significance of the policies, with a secondary interest in policy analysis and development. Various faculty in the Department of Educational Administration will be responsible for particular sessions. NOTE: Required for Ed.D. students. An elective suitable for Ph.D. students. Permission of course coordinator required for students outside Educational Administration.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Develop an understanding of what education policy is, how it is made, and how it affects education practice and outcomes.
2. Develop a broad knowledge of various key policy issues in education (Canada or elsewhere)
3. Develop some depth of understanding around at least one important area of education policy.
4. Understand how policy has been studied and researched.
5. Learn about the policy-related work of OISE Educational Administration faculty members.
STRUCTURE AND ONLINE ATMOSPHERE
The course will be conducted as an online seminar, with compulsory asynchronous participation, and optional video-conference participation. You are expected to read and think about relevant materials and participate in a collaborative fashion on BlackBoard. I regard a graduate course as a "community of inquiry", and all graduate students as self-directed learners, who can and should take responsibility for your own learning with my help as appropriate. The more ownership students take, the better the course will be.
I hope for an atmosphere in the online forum that is lively and stimulating, but also respectful of each person's views and contributions. I will try to promote debate and also to encourage you to read and respond to each other's views. I will be looking for ways to have everyone contribute. Because people have different ways of participating and learning, I will hold optional videoconference meetings through Adobe Connect on an approximately weekly basis to supplement (not replace) BlackBoard activity. Click on the buttons below to access the resources (please note links below will NOT be live until the course begins).
If you are participating in a videoconference, please view these IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS AND TIPS, including how to log in! If you have not already done so, you may indicate your videoconference time preference at this online Doodle poll (note: it is set up for next week, but whatever day/time works best for all will be our weekly video time).
This seminar examines significant policy issues in education, both historical and current, both Canadian and international. Emphasis is on acquiring an understanding of the content and significance of the policies, with a secondary interest in policy analysis and development. Various faculty in the Department of Educational Administration will be responsible for particular sessions. NOTE: Required for Ed.D. students. An elective suitable for Ph.D. students. Permission of course coordinator required for students outside Educational Administration.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Develop an understanding of what education policy is, how it is made, and how it affects education practice and outcomes.
2. Develop a broad knowledge of various key policy issues in education (Canada or elsewhere)
3. Develop some depth of understanding around at least one important area of education policy.
4. Understand how policy has been studied and researched.
5. Learn about the policy-related work of OISE Educational Administration faculty members.
STRUCTURE AND ONLINE ATMOSPHERE
The course will be conducted as an online seminar, with compulsory asynchronous participation, and optional video-conference participation. You are expected to read and think about relevant materials and participate in a collaborative fashion on BlackBoard. I regard a graduate course as a "community of inquiry", and all graduate students as self-directed learners, who can and should take responsibility for your own learning with my help as appropriate. The more ownership students take, the better the course will be.
I hope for an atmosphere in the online forum that is lively and stimulating, but also respectful of each person's views and contributions. I will try to promote debate and also to encourage you to read and respond to each other's views. I will be looking for ways to have everyone contribute. Because people have different ways of participating and learning, I will hold optional videoconference meetings through Adobe Connect on an approximately weekly basis to supplement (not replace) BlackBoard activity. Click on the buttons below to access the resources (please note links below will NOT be live until the course begins).
If you are participating in a videoconference, please view these IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS AND TIPS, including how to log in! If you have not already done so, you may indicate your videoconference time preference at this online Doodle poll (note: it is set up for next week, but whatever day/time works best for all will be our weekly video time).
Instructor
CONTACT: laura [dot] pinto [AT] utoronto [dot] ca
ABOUT: http://laurapinto.weebly.com/about.html
ABOUT: http://laurapinto.weebly.com/about.html
