Postgraduate - UnitEDF5910 - Policy and polity in early childhood education

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Peninsula Second semester (extended) 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Chris Peers

Synopsis

The unit specifically addresses the provision of skills in critical analysis of early childhood educational policy, by considering educational research about policy concepts and their determination by prevailing social, economic and political forces. The unit develops skills in document analysis, information literacy as well as broadening students' capacities for corporate and social responsibility. The unit provides students with opportunities to develop research interests in areas that may be significant for their current professional practice, including Quality Reform Agenda; relationships between state and Commonwealth governments; managerial reform in schools and universities; shifts in capital funding sources for educational research and their implications for educational policy.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will have developed:

Skills in critical analysis
Policy analysis
Information literacy
Awareness of corporate and social responsibilities in the field of education

Assessment

Oral or written report (4000 words or equiv) 50% and Research presentation (oral or written; 4000 words equiv) 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Chris Peers

Contact hours

Equivalent to an average of 24 hours per week including 3 contact hours