1997 QUT Handbook

■ CPB338 IDENTIFYING & RESPONDING TO
STUDENT DIFFERENCES
The range of perceptions and reactions to individual difference;
the psychological explanations for the sociocultural contexts
of difference in schools; perspectives on the identification
and classification of special educational needs. From a
commitment to social justice and equity, it examines policy
initiatives which impact on learners and teachers; identifies
appropriate strategies.
Courses: ED37, ED43, ED50, ED51, ED52, ED54
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB339 TEACHING ABORIGINAL & TORRES
STRAIT ISLANDER STUDENTS
An examination of the cultural, linguistic and social background
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and
their current educational needs. Curriculum issues and classroom
strategies for more effective teaching of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander students, together with strategies for
working with parents and the community.
Courses: ED37, ED43, ED50, ED51, ED52, ED54
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB340 CONTEXT OF ADULT & WORKPLACE
EDUCATION
The impact of major social, economic, cultural, environmental
and technological trends on education, work and citizenship.
A range of interpretations and perspectives is presented.
Participants evaluate and relate these to the practical contexts
of their work as adult and workplace educators.
Courses: ED54
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB341 COMMUNITY, LEADERSHIP &
CITIZENSHIP
Contemporary issues and factors impacting on communities
and creating special needs for community education, leadership
and organisational capacities, improved cultural awareness,
and revitalised practices of active and informed citizenship.
Courses: ED54
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB342 EDUCATION IN CONTEXT
Education and change in a post-modern society; the implications
for education of the complex and diverse nature of Australian
society; the role of policy making in meeting the educational
challenges of the 1990s.
Courses: ED43, ED50, ED51, ED52
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB343 UNDERSTANDING EDUCATIONAL
PRACTICES
The social, cultural, historical and political contexts of schooling;
technologies, practices and strategies employed by
schools; the curriculum as a contested site; the place of schooling
in the modern state. Critical reflection by students is encouraged,
allowing them to engage with others as co-theorists
in pedagogical work.
Courses: ED50, ED51, ED52, ED53, ED54
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB344 VALUES & ETHICS IN TEACHING
Theories of ethics, guides to ethical (moral) behaviour; influences
that shape ethical perspectives and behaviour; communicating
ethical beliefs and perspectives; making ethical judgements;
justifying ethical judgements; the place of ethical values
in teaching; creating an informed and ethical citizenship;
a code of ethics for teachers.
Courses: ED37, ED43, ED50, ED51, ED52, ED54
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB345 INDIGENOUS CULTURE & IDENTITY IN
THE AUSTRALIAN CONTEXT
Issues and positions arising from Australian Indigenous cultural
contexts and identity; theoretical ways of understanding
cultural identity formations and their social impact; critical
analysis of the key issues in Reconciliation; processes of cul-
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tural understanding, research, critique and communication
methods explored from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
perspectives.
Courses: ED50, ED51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB420 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN
EDUCATION
The cultural and social contexts relevant to the processes of
education and schooling in an era of change; application of
the principles of social justice to the evaluation of education
policy and practice, and analysis of social and pedagogic action
relevant to educational change.
Courses: ED26
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB424 UNDERSTANDING SCHOOLS & THEIR
COMMUNITIES
Schools and education systems face many pressures and competing
demands which have altered the nature of classroom
teaching, administration, and relationships between teachers,
students and their families. This unit, drawing on sociological
perspectives, provides a way of understanding, evaluating and
critically responding to these pressures which impact on
schools.
Courses: ED26
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB426 USING HISTORY IN EDUCATION
RESEARCH
An exploration of some of the legislative and administrative
developments of Australian education. The focus will be on
the sources of influence on education policy and administration,
especially cultural, social, political and economic; the
working of education bureaucracies; the leadership styles and
administrative practices of professional leaders in education;
case studies drawn from key turning points in schooling and
society and studies of centralisation, decentralisation and structural
reform.
Courses: ED26
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB442 CULTURAL DIVERSITY & EDUCATION
This unit explores the multicultural nature of Australian society
and its educational approaches to addressing the needs of
cultural diversity. Participants will analyse the role of the
school and the teacher with respect to schooling and pluralism.
Students will learn how to identify and challenge various
forms of discrimination, and recognise the kinds of social,
curriculum, and classroom management policies which are
sensitive to the needs of students from diverse socio-cultural
backgrounds.
Courses: ED26, ED37, ED43, ED50, ED51, ED52, ED54,
ED61
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB444 ISSUES IN INDIGENOUS EDUCATION
Factors influencing the position of Aborigines and Torres Strait
Islanders in Australian society; government policies; indigenous
cultures and education; current initiatives; participation
of indigenous communities in policies and programs.
Courses: ED26, ED53, ED61
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB446 GENDER & SEXUALITY ISSUES FOR
TEACHERS
Gender and sexuality in the school context; historical and cultural
nature of gender relations; current debates and their impact
on gender equity policies; theories of gender and sexuality
being contingent on their social context; social theories,
particularly in the area of sexuality, feminism, gender construction
and gender relations and school practice.
Courses: ED26, ED37, ED43, ED50, ED51, ED52, ED61
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CPB447 THE PLEASURE OF TEACHING &
LEARNING
This unit focuses on the missing dimension of desire in teach-