Philosophical principles and issues in education
GE
Subject value 2.0 * Full-year subject * Gippsland/Distance
This subject is usually taken in the second year of the Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) and consists of two modules, one dealing with the philosophical principles of teaching and the other with current issues in education.
Prescribed texts
Easthope G, McLean R and Easthope G The practice of teaching Allen and Unwin, 1992
Meighan R A sociology of educating Holt, Rinehard and Winston, 1986
Smith C J and Laslett R Effective classroom management Routledge, 1993
Lloyd D I (ed.) Philosophy of the teacher Routledge, 1984
Cleverley J and Philips D Visions of childhood Allen and Unwin, 1987