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Exploring equality and equity in education

Offered By: The Open University via OpenLearn

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Course Description

Overview

This free course, Exploring equality and equity in education, considers the complexity of social justice as applied to education and reflects on the different purposes of, and value ascribed to, education in different countries and cultures. It discusses different conceptions of 'justice' and the distinction between equity and equality.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Equality and you
  • 1 Equality and you
  • 2 Other perceptions of equality
  • 2 Other perceptions of equality
  • 2.1 Equality of opportunity
  • 2.2 Equality of outcome
  • 2.3 Analysing perceptions of equality
  • 3 An example of the construction of inequality
  • 3 An example of the construction of inequality
  • 4 A human rights approach
  • 4 A human rights approach
  • 5 Inequality in different contexts
  • 5 Inequality in different contexts
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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