UNSW Handbook Course - Ideology, Power and Education

Ideology, Power and Education - EDST2080


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of Education
	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.

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