ED5875 - Foundations of Education

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	National Priority Band
Administered by:	School of Education

Available ONLY to students enrolled in the Master of Teaching. Limited SP2 offering is available in 2007 ONLY to International students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma of Education.

This subject introduces a range of theoretical approaches to the study of the practices of education with a particular focus on relations between teachers work, constitutive factors (e.g., discourses of education; pedagogical and curricular practices and technologies), contextual factors (e.g., social and cultural contexts, including differences and inequities; policies; systems of provision and governance; age relations and child development), and outcomes of education. The materials for this subject will be available on-line through LearnJCU, therefore students will require access to the World Wide Web for participation in this subject.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate knowledge of discourses of education across a range of national contexts;
• demonstrate knowledge of different theoretical approaches (e.g., cognitive, humanist, and behaviorist psychological theories; functionalist and conflict sociological theories) to the analysis of schooling;
• demonstrate knowledge of socio-cultural contexts, systems of provision, policy and governance, curricular and pedagogical practices, and outcomes of schooling;
• demonstrate ability to analyse relations among discourses of education, socio-cultural contexts, systems of provision, policy and governance, curricular and pedagogical practices, and outcomes of schooling using different theoretical approaches.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

ED3490

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 3
Census Date 26-Jan-2007
Face to face teaching 12-Feb-2007 to 16-Feb-2007 (Materials available on-line through LearnJCU from 3 January 2007)
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Melissa Vick
Lecturer:	Ms Helen Rubin.
Contact hours:	30 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	presentations (60%); assignments (40%).
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Face to face teaching (On Campus Requirement: 30 July to 3 August and 6-10 August and 29 October to 2 November)
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Melissa Vick
Lecturer:	Mr Eric Wilson.
Assessment:	on-line presentation (20%); essays (40%); position paper (40%).
Cairns, Block, Study Period 3
Census Date 26-Jan-2007
Face to face teaching 12-Feb-2007 to 16-Feb-2007 (Materials available on-line through LearnJCU from 3 January 2007)
Coord/Lect:	Mr Eric Wilson.
Contact hours:	30 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	presentations (60%); assignments (40%).
Cairns, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Face to face teaching (On Campus Requirement: 30 July to 3 August and 6-10 August and 29 October to 2 November)
Coordinator:	Mr Eric Wilson
Lecturer:	Assoc. Professor Melissa Vick.
Assessment:	on-line presentation (20%); essays (40%); position paper (40%).

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.