EDLF 750
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Education Policy and Politics
Course Description
Educational policy at the state and national levels emphasizing political theory, normative and empirical dimensions, and political factors that shape the policy process, legislation, and practice.
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Policy process
Learning Outcome
Understand the practical and political dimensions of the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of education policy.
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Empirical data
Learning Outcome
Understand how normative issues and empirical data are integrated in the policy decision-making process.
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Normative evaluation
Learning Outcome
Understand the conceptual and practical issues in the normative evaluation of education policy.
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Policy underpinnings
Learning Outcome
Understand the philosophical, political, and ethical underpinnings of education policy.
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Policy analysis
Learning Outcome
Apply normative principles in the analysis of specific policies in education.
