Postgraduate CUR-EDMC600-2022
Education in the Post-Truth Era
$2,306 $2,556
Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 28 Nov 2022
QS RANKING 2022
11
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
17
Subject details
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- apply critical concepts to evaluate how truth, evidence and the counterfactual shape or have the potential to shape society and education
- critically evaluate the perspectives, knowledge and practices shaping educational contexts, reforms and trends in the post-truth era
- apply perspectives and practices derived from critical pedagogical and Indigenous traditions to formulate approaches to leading pedagogical, policy and/or curriculum change in a post-truth context
- integrate critical pedagogical and Indigenous perspectives and knowledge in the design of learning
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- Troubling truth: What is truth and why this matters in contemporary education
- Truth, evidence, and education
- ‘Alternative facts’ and other challenges for education in the post-truth era
- Indigenous perspectives and critical pedagogy in the post-truth era
- Designing learning in and for a post-truth society
In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-MED-MAS-2022
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
This subject examines how truth functions in formal education today and the implications for education in the post-truth era. Notions of evidence, fact, truth and what constitutes these are increasingly contested. Democracies around the world are also confronted with a deep-seated crisis as "fake news", "alternative facts" and "misinformation" are promulgated in political and public spheres. Students will explore how Indigenous peoples and cultures, and those of the Global South are now challenging the legitimacy of traditional western epistemology and its hegemony as the purveyor of truth in the 21st Century. Students will consider ways educators can better prepare students for life in society and the 'realities' of a world beset with complex interrelated environmental, economic, social, and political challenges in a post-truth world.
Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.
Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.
- Evaluate education from the perspective of post-truth (50%)
- Design for learning (50%)
Current study term: 29 May 22 to 28 Aug 22
Textbooks are not required.
Next study term: 27 Nov 22 to 26 Feb 23
Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.