16.7 First or second semester. Twelve 3-hour lecture/seminars. On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• understand equal education and employment opportunity legislation, philosophy, policy and practice;
• demonstrate an appropriate stance in relation to inequality of participation, access and outcomes in education; and
• understand the psychological, historical, cultural and structural barriers to participation, access and outcomes in education of selected groups.

Federal and Victorian anti-discrimination legislation; theoretical perspectives on educational inequality; minority responses to mainstream society; study of selected individuals and groups encountering barriers to education and employment; examination of value systems; theories of prejudice. A case study of 1,500 words (30 per cent); an assignment of 3,000 words (70 per cent).