ITSF+4090+Issues+and+Institutions+in+International+Educational+Development

=Spring 2012 =

Professor: Mark Ginsburg or Carine Allaf (TC)

Syllabus
 - Ginsburg  - Allaf

Course description
This course examines different theoretical frameworks for conceptualizing “development” and for explaining the relationships between education and economic, political, and social development. It also explores the structures, logics, and functioning of local, national, regional, and international institutions involved in facilitating or inhibiting educational (and other forms of) development. Such institutions include multilateral and bilateral intergovernmental agencies, states/governments, corporations, philanthropic foundations; nongovernmental and civil society organizations, and social movements. - Ginsburg

This course examines different theoretical frameworks used to explain the relationship between education and economic, political, and social development. It also explores the workings of institutions involved in educational development at the local, national, and international levels, and a number of current issues in the field of international educational development (IED). The first part of the course considers different theoretical frameworks; the second part looks at several key institutions engaged in educational development and planning around the world that are working at various levels from the international to the community level. The final part of the course deals with current issues in educational development and will explore education and conflict in addition to climate change and sustainable education. We will apply insights gained from the first two parts of the course to the analysis of educational policies and programs designed to address these crucial issues. A combination of readings, lectures, student presentations, multimedia, group work and guest speakers will be used to deepen our understanding of the issues reviewed in the course. - Allaf

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