CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES IN CURRICULUM LEADERSHIP
EDU5PCL
2014
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
In this subject students develop understandings of curriculum leadership by exploring curriculum theory, curriculum theories, leadership theories and practice and critical analyses of the socio-politics of education. Students will be expected to develop and use a broad range of analytical tools and curriculum perspectives in order to analyse and critique curriculum policy and implementation decisions in national and international educational (or related) contexts. Students will reflect critically upon their own understandings of leadership and curriculum, and relate these understandings to current research literature on particular issues within these fields of study. A key expectation in this subject is that students will engage with multiple knowledges and practices to develop the capacity to challenge the status quo of curriculum leadership practice and the rhetoric of quality, accountability and educational reform as it is played out through curriculum.
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Credit points: 30
Subject Co-ordinator: Dorothy Smith
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Any one of EDU5LTB, EDU5IEP, EDU5CDD, EDU5CDI
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Advocacy Leadership | Recommended | Anderson, G (2009) | N/A |
| Readings | Critical Curriculum Leadership : A Framework for Progressive Education | Recommended | Ylmaki, Rose M (2010) | N/A |
| Readings | Curriculum Visions | Recommended | Doll, W. & Gough, N. (2002) | N/A |
| Readings | Ideology and Curriculum | Recommended | Apple, M. (2004) | N/A |
| Readings | Leadership for the disillusioned: Moving beyond myths and heroes to leading that liberates | Recommended | Sinclair, A. (2007) | CROWS NEST (NSW): ALLEN & UNWIN |
Melbourne, 2014, Week 31-38, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Dorothy Smith
Class requirements
Lecture/Workshop
Four 7.0 hours lecture/workshop per study period on saturday during the day and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| One 4500 word essay | 60 | |
| One individual or group oral presentation | 30 | |
| Online contribution, preparation and participation in workshops | 10 |