The making and analysis of education policy has become more complex in the 21st Century as a result of political, economic and cultural changes to education. Thus, the goals of this course are to provide participants a critical awareness of issues, challenges and global/transnational policies facing leaders in education in the regional and internationally during times of fervent change. The course design is structured to respond to the needs of future/potential/current leaders from all sectors and across all levels of education. This course will enable participants to examine concerned education issues and policy through the lens of educational leadership. Additionally, this course also examines the theoretical and methodological approaches to be considered in studying policy in a regional as well as a global context. Topics will include social justice and equity issues, for instance, gender; standards and accountability; models of governance, and the legal and the institutional framework of governance across the three educational levels.

CILO-1: Articulate, critique, or elaborate the theories, research methods, and approaches to scholarly inquiry or practice in the concerned educational settings. CILO-2: Demonstrate understanding of the field of study in a historical, social, global and theoretical context. CILO-3: Demonstrate understanding of how to identify and address social justice, standards and accountability, models of governance, legal and the institutional framework of governance through a field of study or a field of practice. CILO-4: Identify sources and assemble evidence pertaining to questions or challenges in the field of study or the field of practice.