| source University of Western Australia (X) |
level |
department Faculty of Education (X) |
This unit is designed around a series of key questions and issues such as: What is education? What is teaching? What is the role of education and the teacher in society? What are the current ideologies, structures and processes governing education in Australia? How does social class impact on education? Is there a rural/urban divide in Australian education? What are the implications of Australia's cultural diversity for education? What are key issues in education for Indigenous Australians? How should curriculum be organised and taught? To whom should teachers be accountable and for what? How should the teaching profession be developed in the globalised world of the 21st century? How does research contribute to education?
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This unit examines the concept of youth culture and explores societal changes in Australia over time and their impact on educational policy and practice.
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This unit prepares pre-service teachers with the knowledge and understanding of a variety of aspects of child and adolescent development and how they impact on learning and the classroom. Topics introduced include aspects of cognitive development, intelligence and learning, the characteristics of learning disability, characteristics of students at educational risk and other relevant topics.
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This unit encourages students to think critically about the work of teachers and its functions in the community. Students address the ways in which teachers participate in a complex series of social interactions at different levels of power and responsibility, and engage in tasks which may not, at first glance, have much to do with teaching children or even providing opportunities for students to learn. The unit is therefore organised around four key questions: (1) what constitutes teachers' work? (2) how is it constructed? (3) by whom? and (4) in whose interest?
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Students explore the key features of literacy teaching practices; plan and sequence teaching and learning strategies for foundational reading and writing skills; examine and analyse a range of literacy practices; and investigate strategies to support whole, small group and individualised literacy instruction.
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This unit provides an introduction to literacy-related issues. Topics may include an overview of literacy in the history of the human species; literacy in the general community and debates over falling standards; language in the curriculum; academic English and its key features; the authority of written text; the relationship between speech and writing; the emergence of electronic language (text messaging, email, Internet chat); multiliteracies in a global context of cultural and linguistic diversity; and semiotics and social discourses in education.
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This pre-semester unit introduces students to the practical experience of teaching by exploring the diverse nature of teachers' work and the competencies required for classroom teaching and management. The unit includes one week of school-based experience.
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Students explore the key features of numeracy teaching practices; plan and sequence teaching and learning strategies for primary mathematics skills and understandings; analyse the development of children’s mathematical understandings; examine exemplary teaching practices; and investigate strategies to support whole, small group and individualised numeracy instruction.
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This unit provides students at the level of the Bachelor of Education the opportunity to read in a field of study not otherwise available during the semester, or upgrade partial credit for professional development courses taken elsewhere. All unit proposals require the approval of the unit co-ordinator and no enrolment is permitted without the prior approval of the unit co-ordinator. It may be undertaken as a reading and conference unit under direct supervision.
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This unit provides students at the level of the Bachelor of Education the opportunity to read in a field of study not otherwise available during the semester, or upgrade partial credit for professional development courses taken elsewhere. All unit proposals require the approval of the unit co-ordinator and no enrolment is permitted without the prior approval of the unit co-ordinator. It may be undertaken as a reading and conference unit under direct supervision.
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This unit enables honours students to gain the necessary research and design skills to complete a research proposal and dissertation in the honours year. The first half comprises basic research methodology and preparation of thesis proposals. The second half involves library skills, discussion of recent literature related to areas of research and editing, referencing and presentation skills.
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This unit focuses on the principles of research design and the analysis of quantitative data from research and evaluation studies in education and the social sciences. Topics include reliability, validity, the interpretation of quantitative data and the development of measuring instruments and scales.
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This unit gives an overview of present-day qualitative research methods. It includes historical background, the philosophical context and paradigm considerations. It focuses particularly on design and strategy in qualitative research and on the collection and analysis of qualitative data. It also covers developing and writing qualitative research proposals and writing qualitative research reports.
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This unit can be taken full-time or part-time. The major paper (about 5000 words) should provide evidence that the student can generate a problem and/or research area from his/her own professional work in education and demonstrate mastery of that area as well as a capacity to review it critically.
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This unit can be taken full-time or part-time. The major paper (about 5000 words) should provide evidence that the student can generate a problem and/or research area from his/her own professional work in education and demonstrate mastery of that area as well as a capacity to review it critically.
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This unit is an introduction to linguistics and applied linguistics, with an emphasis on applications to educational contexts, and is designed primarily for language teachers [Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Languages Other Than English (LOTE)]. Students learn the fundamental principles of phonology, grammar, semantics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics as a prerequisite to applying them in their field of language learning. The unit is also recommended for teachers of any subject who have a strong interest in language and a desire to understand the use of language in the classroom.
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This unit comprises two segments: (1) language, learning and written literacies—focuses on cultural, social and political dimensions of literacy and the ways in which these affect production of meaning from print texts. It emphasises how knowledge is constructed in different subject-specific discourses and what kinds of literacy support can be offered in mainstream classrooms across the curriculum to enhance students' opportunities for learning; and (2) classroom-based applications—focuses on teaching and learning tasks collected and observed during the school practicum, or selected from common school resource materials. Students analyse the assumptions made about literacy in the teaching and learning tasks, analyse the ways in which the tasks could be modified to improve attainment of literacy competencies and develop sets of strategies that can be applied to support students' learning.
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This unit focuses on the aims, curriculum, teaching, management and teacher preparation aspects of education in contemporary society. It details how these aspects in any society, including Australian society, can be described, analysed and critiqued using selected philosophical, sociological and historical frameworks.
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This unit provides students with an overview of the legal issues which may affect them in their professional roles as educators in Australia. In particular, the unit provides (1) an overview of the legal principles of negligence and the liability of teachers for physical injuries to students; (2) an introduction to the basic principles of family law and consideration of their relevance to teachers; (3) a consideration of the impact of anti-discrimination law upon education; and (4) an introduction to the law relating to educational malpractice.
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