Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
David Saltmarsh
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MRes
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit explores the foundations of and recent developments in the sociology of education and examines links to teaching and learning and other relevant workplace learning contexts. The seminars explore topical research findings in several areas including the equality and disadvantage in education, global competition, markets and regulation in education, and education and work. The unit will also explore the research methods: ethnography, discourse and contextual analysis. The learning tasks will develop skills in understanding approaches to research and the way in which research problems are identified, described and investigated in this discipline.
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Name | Weighting | Due |
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Critical reviews | 20% | Week 4, 31 August 2014 |
Ed. disadvantage project | 40% | Week 8, 12 October 2014 |
Markets & competition project | 40% | Week 13, 14 November 2014 |
Due: Week 4, 31 August 2014
Weighting: 20%
Submit two 400-word critical reviews of specified journal articles
Due: Week 8, 12 October 2014
Weighting: 40%
Write an essay of about 1500 words examining the issue of educational disadvantage in Australia
Due: Week 13, 14 November 2014
Weighting: 40%
Write an essay of about 1500 words examining the issue of educational markets and competition in Australia
The majority of the communication in the unit will be done online. However, students enrolled as internal will also be able to attend seminars on-campus on Mondays at 4:00pm in W5C213
EDCN817 Sociology & education |
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Module 1: Approaches to the sociology of education |
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4 Aug |
1 Historical overview |
11 Aug |
2 Theoretical perspectives |
18 Aug |
3 Methods |
23 Aug |
4 Assumptions & critique |
Assessment 1 - 2 critical reviews: due 31 Aug |
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Module 2: Educational disadvantage |
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1 Sep |
5 Educational disadvantage & poverty in Australia |
8 Sep |
6 Low SES school communities |
15 Sep |
7 Strategies for reform |
22 Sep |
Mid-semester break |
29 Sep |
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6 Oct |
8 Online media sharing (no seminar – public holiday) |
Assessment 2 - Essay - Educational disadvantage: due 12 Oct |
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Module 3: Markets & competition in education |
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13 Oct |
9 NAPLAN & MySchool |
20 Oct |
10 International competition |
27 Oct |
11 Online media sharing (no seminar) |
3 Nov |
12 Markets in education |
10 Nov |
13 Online media sharing (no seminar) |
Assessment 3 - Essay - Markets & competition in education: due 14 Nov |
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