Education and societyLaajuus (5 cr)
Course unit code: C-10122-KAS--KAA--020
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Institution
- 10122
Objective
The student:- understands the societal and cultural nature of education and is able to discuss and describe it with the help of concepts from the sociology of education and studies in education policy; - recognises the relations between the individual and society as part of historical, institutional and educational trajectories.
Content
The course engages students in becoming acquainted with the fundamental questions and structures of education, as well as education's societal and cultural connections. These include the macro- and microstructures of education, education policy and politics as individual and societal phenomena, the hidden curriculum, and the development of educational thinking as part of a critical societal analysis. The scientific frame of the course is the sociology of education and education policy.