ED4491 - Futures and Education

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	School of Education

Limited offering available only to RATEP students.

This subject focuses on current and future developments in diverse educational, social and environmental contexts and their significance for beginning teachers. Taking an inquiry project approach to learning and teaching, the subject positions pre-service teachers to engage with community stakeholders as contributiing organisations in producing innovative educational resources that will build skills and knowledge for social and environmental sustainability.

Learning Outcomes

• Work effectively with the profession and the community;
• Critically assess the implications of teacher professional standards for building knowledge and skills for social and environmental sustainability;
• Develop strategies for collaborative planning and project implementation;
• Know and contribute to community stakeholder organisations and professional networks that respond to the changing role of schools in society; and support life-wide learning.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion.

Prerequisites:	ED3488
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ED4494

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coord/Lect:	Dr Sharn Rocco.
Contact hours:	25 hours lectures 15 hours tutorials
Assessment:	presentations (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); project plan and annotated bibliography (40%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Assessment conducted as part of required satisfactory participation, assistance with preparation for, and attendance at, presentations. Requirements for presentations and participation will be varied according to chosen assessment option.
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Face to face teaching (Attendance is via teletutorial participation as per schedule to be advised)
Coordinator:	Dr Sharn Rocco
Contact hours:	13 hours - Teleconferences
Assessment:	presentations (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); project plan and annotated bibliography (40%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Assessment conducted as part of required satisfactory participation, assistance with preparation for, and attendance at, presentations. Requirements for presentations and participation will be varied according to chosen assessment option.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coord/Lect:	Dr Pauline Taylor.
Contact hours:	25 hours lectures 15 hours tutorials
Assessment:	presentations (20%); includes reflective writing (30%); project plan (30%); multi-media or other (20%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Assessment conducted as part of required satisfactory participation, assistance with preparation for, and attendance at, presentations. Requirements for presentations and participation will be varied according to chosen assessment option.

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.