Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% online
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Study terms
- 01 Jun 2020
Start your career with Curtin’s globally recognised courses and extensive industry connections. Through OUA, our online courses offer an interactive and collaborative learning experience that gets you the same degree as if you studied on campus. Curtin is a global university with a vibrant culture of innovation and collaboration and is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide.
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Subject details
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- Introduction to Futures Thinking (Inayatullah) Future focused models of education
- Drivers of futures thinking in education - international and national contexts
- Education leadership in a Neoliberal landscape (Eriksen)
- Sustainable models of educational leadership (Hargreaves, Fullan)
- Sustainability - the four pillars - political; sociocultural; environmental and economic
- Education for sustainability (ARIES; Tilbury; Sterling)
- Education as sustainability (ARIES; Tilbury; Sterling)
- Integral models of thinking for sustainability (Wilbur)
- The contribution of education to sustainable global development
- Globalisation: Key Concepts (Ball; Lingard; Marginson; Friedman; Polanyi) Internationalising the curriculum, natural, economic and sociocultural
- Education and the creation of living capital and anthro-capital
- Review
Equivalent subjects
You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
Special requirements
- EquipmentDetails - Audio/Visual equipment
- OtherDetails -
- Additional materials
This subject explores the influences on education of emerging concepts concerning the future of education. This includes education (of, for and as) sustainability, globalisation and notions of sustainable education. It also examines the impact of these on education systems, educators, leaders and learners within the context of a globalised landscape. This subject provides educators with theoretical and conceptual frameworks to understand these influences and the practical tools to respond to such change.
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Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.
- Case Study (60%)
- Report (40%)
Textbooks are not required.