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Elective Bach. Education subject.
Credit points: 16.7
Contact: Twelve 3-hour lecture/seminars.
Timetable: First or second semester.
Objectives:
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.
Content:
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.
Assessment:
A case study of 1,500 words (30 per cent); an assignment of 3,000 words (70 per cent).
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