9445 (v.9) Ed 408 - Policy Studies in Australian Education


Area:

Department of Education

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

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.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

70300 Curriculum and Education Studies (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

1

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

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    
2004 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 1 Y    
2004 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 2 Y    
2004 Geraldton University Centre Semester 1 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