units
EDF5808
Faculty of Education
This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 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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Level | Postgraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Education |
Offered | Clayton First semester 2014 (Day) Gippsland First semester 2014 (Off-campus) Berwick Second semester (extended) 2014 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2014 (Off-campus) |
Coordinator(s) | Dr Jane Kirkby (Berwick); Dr Angela Mornane (Clayton, Day); Ms Sarah Rutherford (Clayton, Off-campus); Mr David MacDonald (Gippsland, Off-campus) |
This unit develops a critical understanding of the societal and cultural diversity that surrounds and informs teaching in a wide range of educational settings. It investigates how literacy and numeracy are explicit and implicit in the creation of an inclusive curriculum. It addresses significant aspects of adolescent development in the context of teacher education, as well as current understandings and practices related to differentiated curricula that engage students with diverse intellectual, emotional and social abilities. Historical and contemporary relationships between schooling, social justice and social inclusion are analysed and discussed.
Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:
A teaching activity (2000 words equivalent, 30%)
Contribution to portfolio (resource development project) (3000 words, 35%)
A research task (3000 words, 35%)
Minimum total expected workload equals 24 hours per week comprising:
(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:
(b.) Additional requirements