Select an educational issue from some of those explored in the module. Choose from:

Select an educational issue from some of those explored in the module. Choose from:

a) How education prepares young people for the social and economic contexts of the 21st Century.

b) Inequalities in educational participation and outcomes among different social groups

c) Comparative education: the effects of globalisation on culture and on approaches to education.

d) The development of education policy: what kinds of influences and pressures are shaping contemporary education policy?

Within your assignment:

1.1 Discuss the importance of this issue, in the context of the purposes of education and the role of education in wider society.

1.2 Critically examine some of the problems and challenges identified in recent research and policy on this issue.

1.3 Critically examine some of the responses to these problems and challenges (policies, general approaches, recommendations) proposed in current research and policy on this issue.

1.4 Drawing on current research, what would you recommend should be the priorities for future research or practice or policy. (You can address this by arguing for specific measures and/ or by considering more general approaches).

You may focus your discussion on a particular education sector or area of policy (e.g. schools, post-compulsory education, universities) or discuss education systems in general.

Assignment length: 3,000 words (not including list of references, appendices)