Educational Governance: from Welfare State to Neoliberal Policies
| Title | Εκπαιδευτική διακυβέρνηση: από το κράτος πρόνοιας στις νεοφιλελεύθερες πολιτικές / Educational Governance: from Welfare State to Neoliberal Policies |
| Code | ΕΚΠ108 |
| Faculty | Education |
| School | Primary Education |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Aristotelis Zmas |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600015115 |
Programme of Study: Epistīmes tīs Agōgīs: Ekpaídeusī, Koinōnía kai Paidagōgikī (2018-sīmera)
Registered students: 8
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istorikokoinōnikī THemelíōsī tīs Ekpaídeusīs kai tīs Paidagōgikīs | Compulsory Course | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2022 – 2023 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Class ID | 600216954
|
Class Schedule
| Building | School of Education (Tower Building) |
| Floor | Unknown |
| Hall | ΑΙΘΟΥΣΑ 912 (1003) |
| Calendar | Thursdsay 18:00 to 21:00 |
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600216954
Learning Outcomes
Having the course successfully completed, the students will be able to:
1) Discuss critically the reconstruction of education systems under the perspective of welfare state and neoliberal policies.
2) Explain the role that new actors (e.g. international organizations, NGOs, worldwide enterprises, philanthropic organizations) play in the global arena of educational governance.
3) Recognize the emergence of hybrid identities in educational field, researching the boundaries between global and local level as well as between public and private sector.
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in an international context
- Generate new research ideas
- Be critical and self-critical
Course Content (Syllabus)
1) Introduction
2) Welfare State, Neoliberalism and Education
3) State, Educational Decentralization and School Autonomy
4) Networks and Educational Governance
5) Globalisation and Education
6) Transnational Organisations and Educational Influences
7) Worldwide enterprises, Philanthropic Organizations and Privatization in Education
8) Hybrid Identities and Education: Oscillating between Public and Private Sector
9) Educational Governance, Numbers and Measurement of Educational “Quality”
10) Presentations of theses
11) Presentations of theses
12) Presentations of theses
13) Summary
Keywords
Welfare State, Neoliberaslism, Educational Governance, Hyprid Identities
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 78 | 2.6 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 100 | 3.3 | ✓ | ||
| Project | 61 | 2.0 | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 61 | 2.0 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 300 | 10 |
Student Assessment
Description
1) Students have to participate actively in the discussions that will take place during the course, taking into account the readings (available in e-Learning) that rely to the topic of each lesson [Grade: 1].
2) Presentation of a thesis: Students have to work individually, presenting an issue, which will be combined with one of the course’s topics. In order to define and formulate the topic of the thesis the students should come in contact with the instructor [Grade: 3].
3) Creation of a written thesis: Students have to work individually, applying the knowledge and the skills that they developed during the course. In order to define and formulate the topic of the written thesis the students should come in contact with the instructor [Grade: 6].
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Oral Exams (Formative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Corpus σημειώσεων / Corpus of texts
Additional bibliography for study
Ελληνόφωνη / In Greek
Βρυνιώτη, Κ. (2017). Διεθνής διακυβέρνηση της εκπαίδευσης: Όραμα και πραγματικότητα. Αθήνα: Gutenberg.
Μανουβέλος, Ε. (2010). Νέες Μορφές Διακυβέρνησης της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης. Πολιτικές Σύγκλισης και Πεδία Εφαρμογής. Αθήνα: Νομική Βιβλιοθήκη.
Αγγλόφωνη / In English
European Commission (2018). European ideas for better learning: the governance of school edu-cation systems. Brussels: European Commission.
Franklin, B. M., Bloch, M. N. & Popkewitz, T. S. (Eds.) (2003). Educational Partnerships and the State: the Paradoxes of Governing Schools, Children, and Families. Basingstoke: Palgrave Mac-millan.
Lee, S. & McBride, S. (Eds.) (2007). Neo-Liberalism, State Power and Global Governance. Dor-drecht: Springer.
Jessop, B. (2008). State Power. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Soguel, N. C. & Jaccard, P. (Eds.) (2008). Governance and Performance of Educational Systems. Dordrecht: Springer.
Rosenau, J. N. & Czempiel, E. O. (Eds) (1992). Governance without Government. Order and Change in World Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Last Update
02-03-2024
