ED5875 - Foundations of Education

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	National Priority Band
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Available ONLY to students enrolled in the Master of Teaching.

This subject introduces a range of theoretical approaches to the study of the practices of education with a particular focus on teachers work. Topics include inequities and forms of justice in Australian education in the light of challenges teachers face; literacies, discourse and power in education in relation to individual and cultural differences, child and adolescent development.

Learning Outcomes

• examine relationships among school contexts, educational policies/philosophies and teachers work;
• examine the relations among literacies, discourses and power in educational settings particularly as they relate to inequities and forms of justice;
• examine theories of learning, childhood and adolescence and their educational implications.

Prerequisites:	Undergraduate degree
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ED3490

Availabilities
, , Study Period 3
Census Date 27-Jan-2006
Face to face teaching 30-Jan-2006 to 03-Feb-2006
Coord/Lect:	edeaw.
Contact hours:	30 hours
Assessment:	(60%); (40%).
, , Study Period 3
Census Date 27-Jan-2006
Face to face teaching 30-Jan-2006 to 03-Feb-2006
Coordinator:	edmjv
Lecturer:	jc151236.
Contact hours:	30 hours

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.