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Cultural Contexts in Primary Education
Undergraduate | CUR-EDP311 | 2018
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Examine the social, cultural, linguistic, and economic forces which impact classrooms and learning outcomes. Investigate options that reduce the effects of inequalities through curriculum choices and pedagogical practices.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Cultural Contexts in Primary Education
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- examine and evaluate current international and national education policy trends
- interpret and describe current cultural and social patterns in Australia
- develop a critical perspective of difference and diversity and their significance to education
- evaluate strategies that support inclusive student engagement and learning for children from diverse backgrounds, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
- formulate an informed perspective on an educational issue.
- Schools, policy & reform
- Accountability & performativity
- Markets and school choice
- Competition & reforming school practices
- Reforming parents and inequality
- Understanding childhood & growing up
- Critical pedagogies for social justice
- Class & differentiating achievement
- Gender and sexuality
- Rethinking cultural diversity
This subject examines social, cultural, linguistic, and economic forces which impact on classroom practices and student learning outcomes. The subject requires analysis of the characteristics of classrooms and schools that reduce the effects of inequalities through curriculum choices and pedagogical practices. This subject emphasises the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers associated with student linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic diversity including consideration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in primary school classrooms.
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- Report (50%)
- Essay (50%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one of
- CUR-EDP226-Professional Studies in Managing Learning Environments
CUR-EDP220 (Not currently available)
Others
You don't have to enrol in this subject if you have completed EDP310 Curriculum and Culture as they are considered equivalents.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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