250368 Education in Development Studies (S) (WiSe 2013/2014)

Course Overview
This paper attempts to understand the developmental discourse and the sectoral paradigms of education in international context. The central arguments will discuss the trajectories of Development studies from education. This will be on policy, planning management and administration aspects of education.

Learning Goals
The course objective is to (1) understand the contemporary development issues; and (2) to discuss the educational trajectories and discourses;

Migrationspädagogik

• Analyses contemporary social contexts to generate reflective knowledge in terms of critical engagement with both theory and empirical research on education and migration.

Kulturarbeit

• Intersectional analyses of social stratification (in terms of class, caste, gender and race).
• Research and analysis in terms inclusion, exclusion and discrimination;

Theoretical Introduction

• Introduction to Development Studies
• Introduction to Development Studies [Education in / and Development]
• The Human Capital Approach (T W Schultz & Gary S Becker)
• Modernisation Theory
• Dependency theory
• The Basic Needs Approach (Paul Streeten)
• The Entitlements Approach (Amartya Sen)
• The Human Development School (Mahbub-ul-Haq & Amartya Sen)
• The Capability Approach (Amartya Sen & Martha Nussbaum)
• Neo-liberalism & Development
• Development Policy Analyses

Research & Analyses

• Critical readings of mainstream research
• Policy implications