Professor A Hall, OLD 2.28

Optional course for MSc Social Policy and Development, MSc Development Management, MSc Development Studies, MSc Social Policy (Research) and MSc Health, Community and Development. Students in other Master's degrees may also take this paper by agreement with their supervisors and the class teacher and as permitted by the regulations. Work experience in a developing country is highly desirable but not essential.

The course is designed to examine the role of basic education in developing countries as it relates to social development and social policy. Content of the course includes: the history of education and current problems in developing countries, links between basic education and socio-economic development, primary schooling, decentralization policies, non-formal and vocational education, adult literacy, popular education for grassroots development, environmental education, ICT, and foreign aid in supporting basic education.

10 lectures and 10 seminars in LT.

In addition to seminar presentations and the assessed essay, students may be required to write unassessed (formative) essays for the course.

A Hall & J Midgley, Social Policy for Development, 2004, chapter 5; K Watkins, The Oxfam Education Report, 2000; UNICEF, The State of the World's Children: Education, 2006; UNESCO, Education For All Global Monitoring Report, 2010; K Tomasevski, Education Denied, 2003; L Kane, Popular Education and Social Change in Latin America, 2001; World Bank, Priorities and Strategies for Education, 1995; S Graham-Brown, Education in the Developing World: Conflict and Crisis, 1991; M Todaro, Economics for a Developing World, 2000, chapter 9; H Patrinos & D Ariasingam, Decentralisation of Education: Demand-Side Funding, 1997; J Huckle & S Sterling (Eds), Education for Sustainability, 1996.

One 2,500-word essay to be handed in during the first week of ST (25%). Students are required to choose a topic of their own interest. In addition, there is a a two-hour examination paper in June (75%).