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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Margaret Coady.
Contact: A 2-hour lecture/seminar each week.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- understand a range of theories of the State;
- comprehend a range of theories on the relationships between the family and the State;
- demonstrate awareness of the reasons for some current and perennial controversies on the provision of services by the State;
- analyse some key concepts used in the formulation and justification of social policy and use these concepts to evaluate policy on children's services; and
- understand the relation between policy on the provision of children's services and other social policies.
Content:
A study of the nature of social policy with particular reference to the current provision of children's services in Australia.
Assessment:
Two essays of 2,500 words (50 per cent each) or equivalent tasks.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Kew Campus) (Volume 5 page 50)
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