Policy to Practice Custom Essay

Task
Select a policy document, promulgated at your training organisation, that seeks to address the needs of a particular student group that can be identified as experiencing disadvantage or disability. Discuss to

what extent the intent of the document is being realised in your teaching situation for the intended group, and student population as a whole. You should consider the influences within society that drive and

shape the development of the policy document, and how the policy intent relates to the wider, societal, issues faced by these students.
Rationale
As a teacher of Adult and Vocational Education & Training, you are where policy is applied to the learning situation. It is important that we understand what ‘drives’ policy, what influences the policy writer and

the organisation that puts policy in place; we also need to be able to assess the success or otherwise of any policy that impacts on our teaching. Your study for this subject should identify to you that society is a

complex organism, and addressing social and economic inequality rarely has simple solutions; however, policy should apply the principles of social justice and equity, and it should achieve this in the practical

sense. In analysing the selected document you should identify the challenges in achieving equity (some theorists would suggest this is not achievable, and some would suggest it is not desirable for society), the

impact of policy, its success or otherwise, impacts on the life opportunities of your students. Education has can have a profound effect on a person’s life, are we providing such opportunities to our students?
Presentation
You should present this assignment in essay format, this is not to be a report on a policy document.
Prescribed Text
Holmes, D., Hughes, K. & Julian, R. (2012) Australian Sociology: A changing society. (3rd ed.). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson.
Ragusa, A.T. (2012) Writing for the social sciences. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson