CCD 625 Critical Policy Analysis

This course is designed to provide the participant with a basic understanding of policy, policy discourses, and critical policy analysis, particularly the analysis of policy ideology, politics, and policy consequences. Students will be given opportunities to analyze and critique policy from their chosen field (e.g., curriculum, special education, teacher education, literacy, leadership); critique policy making in action; develop a scholarly stance toward policy analysis; recognize the connections between justice, social action, policy, and practice; and formulate ideas and strategies for being policy change-agents in their chosen field of education. Pre-requisite(s): Admission to the NCE Doctoral Program or the consent of the instructor. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours