Particular focus on how educational policy interacts with principles that explain educational system behavior. Social praxis, educational reform and policy are considered. Global futurism focuses on major problems such as war prevention, ecological planning, and world poverty as a basis for developing transnational education. Introduction to international development education in Asian and Pacific nations. Students explore links between education and development.
Emphasis is on cross-cultural perception of development.
Focus on environmental problems, such as pollution, resource depletion, and overpopulation, to develop programs of relevant education. Uses action projects in schools and community. Examination of philosophically based methods of analysis and interpretation and their influence in educational research and practice. Application of historiography to educational problems and policy. Repeatable with different content.