476-424 Educ.4B Issues & Contexts in Education

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

476-320 Education 3A Curriculum and Teaching and 476-322 Educ.3B Children With Special Needs.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Study of aspects of the social, political and economic contexts of schooling. Analysis of the work, role and careers of teachers. Techniques of preparation of a literature review on a contemporary educational issue. Development of a personal philosophy of education within the context of teaching as a profession.

Assessment

Assignments totalling 4000 words, or equivalent.

Prescribed Texts

• Hatton E (ed), Understanding Teaching Curriculum and the Social Context of Schooling. Sydney: Harcourt Brace 1994.
• Limerick B & Nielsen H (eds), School and Community Relations: Participation, Policy and Practice. Sydney: Harcourt Brace 1995.
• Marsh C, Handbook for Beginning Teachers. Longman South Melbourne 1996.
• Senate Employment, Education and Training References Committee, A Class Act Inquiry into the Status of the Teaching Profession. Parliament House Canberra 1998.