Select an appropriate peer-reviewed academic reading to support your argument.Analyse the responses you received from your interviewee on their practice, their values and how they see the purpose of education to infer their position on what quality education is.

Select a reading

For the EMA you are required to select an appropriate peer-reviewed academic reading to support your argument. You may choose a reading that supports Part

1, Part 2 or both parts of your assignment.

Be sure to make good use of this reading in your EMA discussions.

Part 1: Quality education
(1000 words)

In this part of the assignment you are asked to examine the idea of quality education, using evidence from the module materials, and inferences and evidence from the interview you designed for TMA 04. Between receiving the feedback on your TMA 04 and now, you should have carried out the interview.

Place an edited version of the interview questions used, taking into account any tutor comments you might have received from TMA 04, into an appendix labelled Appendix A at the end of your EMA document. This is not included in the word count for the assignment.

For Part 1, analyse the responses you received from your interviewee on their practice, their values and how they see the purpose of education to infer their position on what quality education is.

How does this compare with your own perspective on quality education, based on your reading of this module, and your own experience and observation? Does your and/or your interviewee’s position contrast with other conceptions of quality, either overall or at the level of detail?

Support your argument by drawing on a range of evidence from Block 5 and across the module, your chosen reading  and any outside research you have undertaken.

Part 2: Comparative study
(1800 words)

In Part 2 of the EMA, draw on your understanding of inclusion in quality education to critically compare one aspect of inclusion in two countries. It would be beneficial to your learning if you choose at least one country that you have not used in a previous TMA, but this is not a requirement.

The focus of your comparative study is educational inclusion and its relevance to educational quality, and we suggest that you choose one of the following topics:

Physical needs
Learning needs
Multilingualism
Socio-economic status
Gender
Race
Ethnicity
Religion.

You are free to choose another topic, provided you are able to find sufficient information about it within the module. If you would like to choose a different topic (for instance, sexual orientation, or parental involvement), you are strongly advised to discuss your choice with your tutor before you begin writing.

Your writing should:

consider how policy and practice relating to your topic contribute to the quality of education consider the role of national and local policies, material circumstances, classroom practice, teacher knowledge and social, political and economic circumstances reflect on what theoretical position(s) underlie or are implied by policy and practice in each location refer to research evidence that supports or challenges the choices made by teachers and policymakers.

Select module source materials, outside sources, and at least one academic, peer-reviewed journal article which is relevant to your topic. You may have already referred to/used this article while writing Part 1. Use the Open University Library Website to search for an appropriate paper.

These threads should be woven into your account of the two situations you are comparing and result in an assignment that critically and systematically analyses and evaluates your evidence.

You should focus on giving a critical account of how your chosen inclusion topic features in the education systems of two contrasting countries. You may want to give supporting examples from other countries, as a way to demonstrate, with evidence, your understanding of concepts from across the whole module

Part 3: Application of learning
(200 words)

This comprises an outline of your planned ‘next steps’ in your academic or professional career.

Take time to reflect on how your learning across the module can be applied to your next steps for either your academic or professional career. Complete the template EMA application of learning: next steps, and reflect on the questions and topics in the template.

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