EPEDUC101
10 units
level
Course handbook
Description
EPEDUC101 provides enabling students with foundational knowledge, skills and insights relating to the academic study of education, teachers, and teaching. The course includes an exploration of philosophical, historical, psychological, and sociological influences in education.
EPEDUC101 and EPEDUC201 are complementary courses and students can choose to study one or both courses in their program.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Ourimbah
- Semester 1 - 2024
Online
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Employ a range of academic reading, writing and oral skills and attitudes, including reflective, analytical and critical thinking, at a level suitable for successful university study at the undergraduate level.
2. Reflect knowledgeably and critically on their own and others' educational experiences using insight gained during the course.
3. Define key introductory concepts in the fields of educational sociology, philosophy and psychology and explain the contribution of seminal thinkers to the study of education.
4. Define basic features of pedagogy, curriculum and assessment.
5. Recount key points in the historical development of schooling and education policy in Australia including Indigenous knowledges.
Content
While embedding the development of essential academic literacies, the course covers three interrelated topics in education: understanding learning, understanding teaching, and understanding schooling. Woven throughout these topics are various philosophies of education.
Understanding learning: students are introduced to the important work of past scholars, and to the fields of educational psychology and philosophy. Through this, deep learning and critical thinking are explored conceptually and developed practically.
Understanding teaching: students examine the role of the teacher in Australian society, are introduced to key concepts related to pedagogy, curriculum and assessment, and learn about the development of teachers as professionals.
Understanding schooling: students explore the historical foundations of Australia's school system, critically examine current issues in Australian schooling and learn more about issues of diversity and equity through an introduction to the sociology of education.
Requisite
If you have successfully completed EPEDUC301 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Written Assignment
Quiz: Online quizzes
Essay: Essay
Presentation: Presentation
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 11 week(s) starting in week 2
Semester 1 - 2024 - Ourimbah
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 11 week(s) starting in week 2
Semester 1 - 2024 - Online
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Self-Directed learning is equivalent to face-to-face contact hours. It involves engagement with course materials that are delivered at a time that suits you via short videos, course notes, podcasts, readings and other activities.
Tutorial-1
- Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
- EPEDUC101 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 278.3 KB)
- EPEDUC101 - Semester 1, 2024 (Centralcst) (PDF, 278.4 KB)
- EPEDUC101 - Semester 1, 2024 (Online) (PDF, 278.4 KB)
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