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Critical readings in education systems

Course Description: The course "Critical Readings in Educational Systems" employs the systems analysis approach to understand the concept, components, characteristics, and types of educational systems worldwide. It analyzes the factors influencing their formation, the challenges they face, and their evaluation indicators and criteria, with a focus on educational systems in the Arab world and an application to higher education institutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Credit hours: 3
Objectives of the course :

This course aims to closely examine education systems through the critique and analysis of these systems, identifying the factors shaping them, the challenges they face, and methods for their evaluation and improvement.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:

  • Analyzes the philosophical, cultural, and social trends influencing the formation of educational systems around the world.
  • It identifies educational knowledge derived from global experiences that contribute to solving educational and societal problems.
  • Identifies the local and global social factors and variables affecting the quality of educational systems.
  • It extracts concepts related to educational systems analysis methods, their components and characteristics, and approaches and ethics.

Skills:

  • The systems analysis approach and its associated methodological steps are applied to solve educational problems.
  • It evaluates educational practices and applications within educational systems in the context of contemporary societal and cultural trends.
  • Utilizes digital technologies and modern learning resources in the implementation of research projects related to the analysis and critique of educational systems in the local environment.
  • Design of individual and group research projects for the critique and analysis of local education systems using an educational systems analysis approach.

Values, responsibility and independence:

  • Some global and local educational systems are evaluated through theoretical or field studies.
  • Educational systems around the world are appreciated and their importance in developing local education systems is recognized.
  • Understanding the differences in educational systems across cultures and nations, and the value of these differences in enriching educational experience.
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  • Last updated: 2026-05-07

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