ESA504 Education Policy Analysis (8)
Where does this policy come from? What does it mean? How can I respond? What implications does this policy hold for teachers and educational leaders? This subject provides a framework to address these questions from which an understanding of education policy and its intended and unintended effects can be built. Given the increased scrutiny on educational systems to deliver solutions to political problems, this subject builds an understanding of the way that education policy problems are constructed, and the processes by which these policy problems come to influence the lives of teachers, students, parents and educational leaders. The structure of the subject encourages students to test the theories and tools introduced against cases in their regions, and apply these theories and tools to local and regional policy developments.