Education policy

Homework 1 • Identify a specific policy that impacts upon or relates to your chosen educational research topic. • Prepare a 5 minute presentation (maximum 4 slides) that will cover the following:  Briefly outline of your research topic. What is it you want to study and why?  Introduction to the policy you have identified. Tell us what the policy is called and what it is trying to achieve (including the reasons you think the policy was written – what ideologies, values, history sit behind it).  Explain how it relates to your chosen research topic. Homework 2 • Start to identify your field of research. You need to build up a clear understanding of what knowledge currently exists about your chosen research topic:  Who are the seminal researchers in your field of study? (e.g. Which researchers’ publications are frequently being cited by others in your field)  Who has published research in your field of study since 2015?  What journals do researchers in your field of study tend to publish in?