Essays should be 2000 words long (+/- 10%) and address one of the three prompts below. Students are encouraged, but not required, to expand on their blog in their essay.

Essay prompts:

1. Focusing on a particular country or countries, describe the relationship between education and another aspect of national development in the country(ies), focus on key actors, main challenges, attempts made or planned to overcome the challenges, and any unintended consequences.

2. Critically examine the role of international education aid in national development. You may focus on one country (or region) or one international organisation or NGO. Consider the main sources of aid, competing agendas in aid, shortcomings in aid, and any unintended consequences.

3. Examine power in education and development. Choose a local development initiative and place it within the broader global context, critically examine issues of power and agency between included actors.

(please tell me your decision, when you decided a prompt, we need to talk more details, and also support your arguments with evidence- every argument needs evidence from the text; your opinion is not evidence. ​

Make the connection between various aspects of your writing explicit- if in doubt, state it right out!​ And combine a lot of readings from the class!