Education, Change and Society M

Course aim

To develop students as educators who have a critical awareness of the impact of diversity and identity on school students experiences of, and engagement with, educational institutions.

Course content

Students will reflect on their own identities and subjectivities and consider the ways in which these might influence their pedagogies and practices as educators and how that might position learners from diverse cultural and social positions working with sociological and cultural theory, with a social justice orientation. Students will consolidate and extend understanding of diversity, learn to critique systemic responses which privilege and oppress, and develop pedagogical and practical strategies which will help prepare them for teaching in complex and diverse schooling contexts

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online learning activities)	3 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Learning log/Journal, Viva

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.