Module: EDU4002-20 Introduction to International Education
Level: 4
Credit Value: 20
Module Tutor: Tingting Yuan
Module Tutor Contact Details: t.yuan@bathspa.ac.uk
1. Brief description and aims of module:
In this interdisciplinary module you will explore the different theories and concepts that underpin debates around international education, drawing on expertise in the fields of International and Comparative Education, Geography and Sociology. Such concepts as globalization and cosmopolitanism are explored in relation to their framing of education. The unit draws out critical awareness of these ideas related to, for example, the convergence of European education trends; the role of education in the settlement of young refugees; cultural identity and international schools; and international testing and policy borrowing. Knowledge of the concepts taught will be applied through discourse analysis of texts related to the topics covered, for example reading policy texts for traces of cosmopolitan discourses.
2.Outline syllabus
Key themes: Globalisation and Cosmopolitanism
Current issues:
Educational responses to Globalisation and vice versa
Educational responses to Cosmopolitanism and vice versa
Key skills:
Discourse analysis
Critical thinking
Constructing and evidencing an academic argument
Critical literature review
3.Teaching and learning activities
Lectures
Seminars:
Exploring and analysing concrete examples
Discussion and reflection on student’s related lived experiences
Debating the different perspectives
Discussing key readings
Discourse analysis
Assessment Type: CW
Description: Group Presentation
% Weighting: 50%
Assessment Type: CW
Description: Essay (2000 words)
% Weighting: 50%