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History of Australian Education
Undergraduate | UNE-EDCX135 | 2020
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 16 weeks
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History of Australian Education
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- display knowledge of some theories of schooling and evaluate some evidence and interpretations of the history of Australian education;
- describe the origins and development of schooling in Australia in any of their historical, political, social and cultural contexts;
- discuss diversity in Australian education in relation to any of these power relations: financial, political, institutional or curricular; and
- identify and evaluate some contemporary issues and debates in Australian education in relation to any of their historical, political, social and cultural contexts.
- Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects Learning Management System site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.
History of Australian Education provides an historical approach to understanding educational issues in Australia since 1788. A range of aspects of Australian schooling are explored: the nature of historical study; theories of schooling; state and school formation in colonial Australia; expansion and school reform; state aid's fall and rise; migrant and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander responses to schooling; teacher unions; the expansion of universities; current debates. These topics will be investigated not only in historical terms, but with reference to sociological, political, cultural and policy analyses of Australian schooling.
Essay: 2500 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1, 2
Essay: 2500 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 3, 4- Essay - 2500 Words (50%)
- Essay - 2500 Words (50%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- UNE-SPE-DEG-2020 - Bachelor of Special and Inclusive Education (Primary)
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media) Headset, including microphone (highly recommended) Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
- Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. For additional information please visit UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
- Other requirements -
Textbook requirements:
Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.
Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.
Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Undergraduate
UNE-SPE-DEG