Module Code 單元編號 EDS6004 Module Title 單元名稱 EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT IN GLOBAL CONTEXT Module Synopsis 單元概要 Contemporary educational reform and development takes place in a context of globalization, a context which has produced a substantially dominant discourse of educational reform for global economic competitiveness. Consequent on increasing rates of globalization, contemporary educational reform and development also takes place in a context of poverty and significant inequalities in education and in the global distribution of wealth. This has produced a discourse of educational development for social justice. The discourse of educational reform for global economic competitiveness is more prevalent in richer, developed countries, while the discourse of educational development for social justice is more prevalent in the developing world. The course engages with both discourses in both contexts, through a consideration of aims and purposes in education, and of the relationship between education and society, informed by concepts of change (and continuity) in educational and social reform and development. The course includes at least four case studies involving comparative consideration of educational reforms and development in countries and territories in rich, developed societies and in developing world contexts.