After completing the module you will be able to: 

• compare education policy as a practical activity and as a discipline, 
• explain the basic principles of education policy by identifying the roles of its different actors and the processes involved, 
• justify the importance of education policy, 
• define the curriculum and describe which curriculum documents are key, 
• describe the objectives of curriculum policy, 
• use concrete examples to demonstrate how education policy works in real practice and how its (non) functionality affects the performance of the teaching profession.