Education Traditions And Systems In Europe

Course Code: MMACOM_22

Masters Level Module

This module will examine some of the major traditions of education in Europe with an emphasis on secondary schooling and post-compulsory education and training in the EU states. Through holistic historical and contemporary case studies of education systems in England, France, Germany and Sweden, and the Soviet Union, the course will analyse the significant difference in the dominant regional systems in terms of their institutional structures, curricula and modes of regulation and governance and relate these to the varying political, cultural and economic contexts which shape them. The course will employ comparative methods to identify convergent and divergent trends within European education, to analyse their causes and to assess the role of EU institutions in addressing the important policy dilemmas that face education in Europe. The analysis of these trends will be used to test the claims of a number of theories on system change. The module will also discuss how the different education systems respond to contemporary pressures and issues such as school choice, competitiveness and diversity.

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