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

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476-424 Educ.4B Issues & Contexts in Education
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Maxine Cooper
Prerequisites	476-320 Education 3A Curriculum and Teaching and 476-322 Educ.3B Children With Special Needs
Semester	1 (view timetable)
Contact	A total of 36 hours in workshop/seminar sessions
Subject Description	This subject examines aspects of the social, political and economic contexts of schooling. Topics include analysis of the work, role and careers of teachers, preparation of a literature review and development of a personal philosophy of education within the context of teaching as a profession.
Assessment	Assignments totalling 4000 words, or equivalent.
Prescribed Texts	E Hatton (ed), Understanding Teaching Curriculum and the Social Context of Schooling. Harcourt Brace, 1994. B Limerick & H Nielsen (eds), School and Community Relations: Participation, Policy and Practice. Harcourt Brace, 1995. C Marsh, Handbook for Beginning Teachers. Longman, 1996. Senate Employment, Education and Training References Committee, A Class Act Inquiry into the Status of the Teaching Profession. Parliament House, 1998.

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