Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Humanities and Social Sciences

School

Education School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

2 Lecture hours
2 Tutorial hours

Incompatible

ED739 or EU780, EDUC4019, EDUC4600

Restricted

Entry to the Grad Dip Ed (Secondary)

Assessment methods

Assignments

Course enquiries

Dr Geoff Hilton

This course is not currently offered, please contact the school.

Course description

This course critiques contemporary discourse and theory regarding youth, encompassing perspectives on development, diversity and implications for teaching and learning. It explores contemporary issues impacting on schooling for young people from a number of perspectives. It considers the purposes of education & how schools might produce new citizens. Attention is given to the way education has attempted to respond to the pressures of globalisation and new times. This course encourages the development of a personal philosophy of teaching.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2015 (02/03/2015 - 27/06/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile