Teaching and Leading in the Middle Years of Schooling

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On completion of this subject, students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:

  1. Review and critically analyse contemporary literature to demonstrate an appreciation of the issues and challenges facing early adolescents in the 21st century.
  2. Analyse and interpret pedagogies and practices associated with best practice for early adolescent learning.
  3. Critically evaluate the research literature and develop a position paper on one aspect of middle schooling processes and practices.
  4. Analyse and synthesise accumulated understandings of middle schooling by conducting an audit of practices at their own schools to ascertain the extent to which these practices promote the needs of early adolescents.

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• Textbooks

• About University of Notre Dame Australia

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• UND-ELM-MAS-2027 - Master of Education (Leadership & Management)
• UND-ELM-GCE-2027 - Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership and Management)

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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