EPEDUC201
10 units
level
Course handbook
Description
EPEDUC201 provides enabling students with the opportunity to deeply explore some of the challenges related to educating in Australia. The course guides students through an exploration of critical issues 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 2 - 2024
Ourimbah
- Semester 2 - 2024
Online
- Semester 2 - 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 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, as well as the social and professional role of teachers, using insight gained during the course.
3. Define and apply key introductory concepts and theories in the fields of educational sociology, philosophy and psychology to aspects of contemporary schooling.
4. Define basic features of pedagogy, curriculum and assessment, and evaluate how these impact on the experiences of diverse learners.
5. Recount key points in the historical development of schooling and education policy in Australia including Indigenous pedagogies, and evaluate how they have impacted on contemporary education.
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 examine the important work of contemporary scholars 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, learn how contemporary practices of pedagogy, curriculum and assessment affect students’ learning experiences, and the development of teachers as professionals.
Understanding schooling: students explore contemporary features of Australia’s school system, critically examine current issues in Australian schooling and their relationship to diversity and equity.
Requisite
If you have successfully completed EPEDUC301 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assessment items
Annotated Bibliography: Annotated Bibliography
Quiz: Online Quizzes
Essay: Essay
Presentation: Debate
Written Assignment: Reflection
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 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 2 - 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 2 - 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
Course outline not yet available.
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