Ideology, Power and Education - EDST2080

   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: EDST1102 or enrolment in the Diploma in Education Program
 
 
Offered: Semester 2 2005
 
 
Fee Band: 
 
 

Description


Explores the relationship between power and knowledge in systems of education; its ideological processes and its historical and social context. Many theorists have articulated the role of ideology in schools, school administration and school culture. Studies how and why schools are considered political agents exploring the notions of empowerment, libertarian pedagogy, social and cultural reproduction, social control theory and the dynamics of public policy. Australia, in particular NSW, is used as a case study.