EDU101 - Education, Knowledge and Society
Unit details
Year: | 2021 unit information |
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Important Update: | Unit delivery will continue to be provided in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. This may include a mix of on-campus and online activities. To find out how you are impacted, please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Unit sites open one week prior to the start of each Trimester/Semester. Thank you for your flexibility and commitment to studying with Deakin in 2021. Last updated: 4 June 2021 |
Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Piper Rodd |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1-hour class, 1 x 2-hour seminar across 9-weeks |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities |
Content
This unit investigates how educational experiences may be understood in terms of formal and informal human activities and compares the different principles underpinning these educational experiences.
It considers the development of professional knowledge in Education and the development of a range of educational institutions that serve an educational purpose in modern society, including those institutions serving different stages of human development such as: early childhood Education, schooling, training, higher Education, and adult and community Education.
The unit considers key theories informing the sociology of Education and how these theories can be applied to analyse the relationship between the human activity of Education, the individual and society.
ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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ULO1 | Discuss educational experiences in terms of formal and informal learning activities and draw on examples to compare the different principles underpinning these educational activities | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy |
ULO2 | Describe the range and roles of different social institutions that serve an educational purpose in modern society, including early childhood Education, schooling, higher Education and training, adult and community Education institutions | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
ULO3 | Discuss key theories about the sociology of Education, and apply these theories to analyse the relationship between Education and society with reference to one of the Education institutions | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting | Indicative due week |
Assessment 1 - Multimedia presentation | 1600 words equivalent | 40% | Week 6 |
Assessment 2 - Analytic Essay | 2400 words | 60% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: EDU101 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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