| Course ID: | EDAP 8210E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Educational Policy Analysis |
Course
Description: | Analysis of major phases of policy development and of various
policy analysis models. Stages of policy development,
implementation, and assessment in current educational reforms
are covered. |
| Oasis Title: | Educational Policy Analysis |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EDAP 8210 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | The student will:
1. Be able to identify the major phase of policy
development.
2. Gain an understanding of the social construction
of policy problems, and how the categories used
to carry out policy are constructed by policymakers,
the public and others.
3. Understand how policies are implemented across
federal, state, and local levels, including the
major actors and institutions.
4. Reflect on own role as policy analyst, including
consideration of ethics, values, and evidence in
analyzing policies.
5. Conduct an analysis of a particular dimension of
a policy problem. |
| Topical Outline: | Major phases of policy development
Problem definition
Agenda setting and adoption
Policy formulation
Policy implementation
Evaluation
Special challenges
Social construction of policy problems
Policy as political argumentation
Policy instruments and theories of change
Contexts that matter for teaching and learning
Role of the policy analyst
Ethics |