edu5ced contemporary education
CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION
EDU5CED
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Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Contemporary Education invites students to engage in a critical exploration of education in rapidly changing times. Students explore the broader socioeconomic and cultural contexts of education within local and global communities. This exploration contributes to the development of student capacity to observe, analyse and interpret the influence of emerging technological trends and new labour markets on the politics of education, policy making and social practices of teaching and learning.
SchoolSchool of Education
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorScott Alterator
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 5 - Masters
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
PrerequisitesN/A
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
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Readings | N/A | Recommended | N/A | N/A |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Identify and respond to the challenges facing education in the 21st century
- Activities:
- Social, Economic and Cultural contexts of the Knowledge Society
02. Evaluate new and emerging modes of teaching and learning within the emerging knowledge society
- Activities:
- Tech-trends and the changing landscape of learning in the 21st century
03. Evaluate socio-cultural and economic contexts specific to the 21st century context
- Activities:
- Social, Economic and Cultural contexts of the Knowledge Society
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