In this course participants will gain an understanding of the dynamics of educational policies and how they influence processes and practices. It will explore the issues and challenges related to educational policy and policy analysis in various aspects of schooling. There will be formative and summative assessments. Case Study analysis, individual research project, group and individual presentations and online debates will be used.
This course examines the teaching event in terms of patterns and processes of communication and cognition; and of the network of interactions among all participants in the event. Attention is given to issues addressed in alternative models of the learner with special focus on models the learner uses in processing for meaning, the dimensions of strategic processing, and the analysis of l
The objective of this course is to introduce participants to the nature of the information encoded in text and to the extent of the reader’s responsibility in processing text.
This course provides a background of linguistic insights into the acquisition of literacy by introducing participants to the:
- features of language and the differences between abstract descriptions of language and language in use,
- relevance of descriptions to oral and written language,
- patterns of language which characterize written language, patterns in language acquisition and development, conditions and processes of acquisitions and development.
