School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Catholic Education in Western Australia
  • Unit Code

    CED6710
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Damian Gerard DOYLE

Description

This unit examines the Catholic Education system in Western Australia. The unit investigates what is distinctive about Catholic schools and evaluates what is needed for these schools to be effective places of both learning and evangelisation. The unit invites students to analyse and critique both the culture and curriculum of Catholic schools to determine whether they are effective Catholic schools. Students are also invited to reflect critically on the expectations relating to personal and professional conduct in Catholic schools. Students will be supported in building the required skills for critical analysis, evaluation, application and the integration of unit content.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse distinctive features of the Catholic education system in Western Australia.
  2. Interpret key Church documents related to Catholic schools.
  3. Synthesise research on how Catholic schools promote their curriculum and culture to the wider community.
  4. Reflect critically on the expectations of being a teacher in the Catholic education system.

Unit Content

  1. History of Catholic education in Western Australia.
  2. The Mandate of the Catholic Bishops of Western Australia to all involved in Catholic education.
  3. Catholic schools and evangelisation.
  4. The culture and curriculum of Catholic schools.
  5. Expectations of teachers in the Catholic education system in Western Australia.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Student centred seminars, presentations, reading, collaborative and individual learning activities and tasks.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentReflection Paper40%
ReportCulture of Catholic Schools60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentReflection Paper40%
ReportCulture of Catholic Schools60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Catholic Education in Western Australia
  • Unit Code

    CED6710
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Damian Gerard DOYLE

Description

This unit examines the Catholic Education system in Western Australia. The unit investigates what is distinctive about Catholic schools and evaluates what is needed for these schools to be effective places of both learning and evangelisation. The unit invites students to analyse and critique both the culture and curriculum of Catholic schools to determine whether they are effective Catholic schools. Students are also invited to reflect critically on the expectations relating to personal and professional conduct in Catholic schools. Students will be supported in building the required skills for critical analysis, evaluation, application and the integration of unit content.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse distinctive features of the Catholic education system in Western Australia.
  2. Interpret key Church documents related to Catholic schools.
  3. Synthesise research on how Catholic schools promote their curriculum and culture to the wider community.
  4. Reflect critically on the expectations of being a teacher in the Catholic education system.

Unit Content

  1. History of Catholic education in Western Australia.
  2. The Mandate of the Catholic Bishops of Western Australia to all involved in Catholic education.
  3. Catholic schools and evangelisation.
  4. The culture and curriculum of Catholic schools.
  5. Expectations of teachers in the Catholic education system in Western Australia.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Student centred seminars, presentations, reading, collaborative and individual learning activities and tasks.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentReflection Paper40%
ReportCulture of Catholic Schools60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentReflection Paper40%
ReportCulture of Catholic Schools60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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