CRITICAL INQUIRY

EDU0CT4

2020

Credit points: 5

Subject outline

Students develop and enhance their critical thinking skills and critical literacy through the analysis of a diverse range of media and popular cultural texts. In the context of contemporary issues and arguments, students learn to identify a range of persuasive techniques and representational strategies and to recognise that all media is socially constructed. Students are encouraged to engage with differing view points, challenge received knowledge and to question issues of voice, identity, access and power. Through a range of learning tasks, students develop capacity for textual analysis, collaborative group work, reasoning and reflection.

School: Education (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 5

Subject Co-ordinator: Carolyn O'Dwyer

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 0 - Enabling Program

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Explain why popular culture media representations should be subject to critical analysis

02. Identify and give examples of specific representational strategies and persuasive techniques

03. Analyse the way that media representation directly and indirectly impacts structures of power and received knowledge

04. Create a persuasive text using digital media

On-Line, 2020, Online study period 3, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Carolyn O'Dwyer

Class requirements

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 18 - 24
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 18 to week 24 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Critical thinking journal (625 word equivalence)	N/A	N/A	Individual	No	50	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3
Group task, Advertisement storyboard (625 word equivalence)	N/A	N/A	Group	No	50	SILO2, SILO4

On-Line, 2020, Online study period 6 , Online