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EDTE 417 — Introduction to Education Policy

Teacher Education · University of Ghana

This course is designed to introduce students to educational policy debates, with a particular focus on the major issues and challenges facing policymakers in Ghana and the West African sub-region. It will examine standards-based, market-driven, professionally-led, and networked models of reform, looking at their theories of change, implementation challenges, and the critiques levelled against these approaches. Topics include policy analysis, history of schooling; the school systems today; thinking about power; growth, critical thinking; achieving social justice.

Credits
3
Level
Level 400
Semester
Semester One

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Course details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).