Area: | Department of Education |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Designed to enable students to become well informed and critical observers of current policy developments in Australian education. While it will deal mainly with the current scene, it also aims to survey aspects of Australia's history of education policy-making as a necessary base to understanding the present. The major topics are the policy environment 1980 onwards, colonial legacies, the overhaul of state education in Australia 1890-1914 and education and the welfare state. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Described the factors that have influenced development of education policies in Australia. Identified the major policy initiatives in Australian education since colonisation. Analysed an educational policy initiative in terms of historical and political influences. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Marginson, S. (1993), Education and public policy in Australia. Melbourne, Cambridge University Press. Hirsch, E.D. (1996), The schools we need: why we don't have them. Melbourne, Doubleday. Clarke, Manning. (1962), A short history of Australia. Melbourne, Pitman. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment 1 25%, Assignment 2 35%, Assignment 3 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 70300 Curriculum and Education Studies (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | | | Y | | 2004 | Esperance Community College | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Esperance Community College | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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