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.

  • Unit Title

    Classic to Contemporary Thought in Education
  • Unit Code

    EDU6412
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Sundrakanthi SINGH

Description

This unit provides an in-depth overview of educational thought through the writings of leading thinkers in the field of education over time. Students will be introduced to both classic, modern, postmodern and contemporary educational thought and will be encouraged to critically evaluate diverse approaches, perspectives, and issues in educational practice. Students will explore contemporary educational issues considering their historical context.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain foundational approaches and perspectives in the field of education.
  2. Reflect critically on a range of diverse approaches and perspectives in the field of education considering their historical and ideological contexts.
  3. Critically examine the ethical impact educational approaches and perspectives had and/or continue to have on individuals with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
  4. Analyse collaboratively the historical development of a particular approach or perspective as it relates to a contemporary educational practice.

Unit Content

  1. An introduction to educational philosophy.
  2. Educational foundations of the Classical Period Ages based on the thought of influential Western scholars.
  3. Educational foundations of the Middle Ages based on the thought of influential Western scholars.
  4. Educational foundations of the Modern Period based on the thought of influential Western scholars.
  5. Educational foundations of the Postmodern Period based on the thought of influential Western scholars.
  6. Emergent educational foundations in the thought of influential contemporary Western scholars.
  7. Different philosophical approaches and perspectives in conceptualising contemporary educational practice including educational aims, standards and values, diversity and inclusion, religion, and moral and citizenship education.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PosterInfographic with written explanation 40%
ProjectPresentation and reflective essay60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PosterInfographic with written explanation 40%
ProjectPresentation and reflective essay60%

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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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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.

  • Unit Title

    Classic to Contemporary Thought in Education
  • Unit Code

    EDU6412
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Sundrakanthi SINGH

Description

This unit provides an in-depth overview of educational thought through the writings of leading thinkers in the field of education over time. Students will be introduced to both classic, modern, postmodern and contemporary educational thought and will be encouraged to critically evaluate diverse approaches, perspectives, and issues in educational practice. Students will explore contemporary educational issues considering their historical context.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain foundational approaches and perspectives in the field of education.
  2. Reflect critically on a range of diverse approaches and perspectives in the field of education considering their historical and ideological contexts.
  3. Critically examine the ethical impact educational approaches and perspectives had and/or continue to have on individuals with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
  4. Analyse collaboratively the historical development of a particular approach or perspective as it relates to a contemporary educational practice.

Unit Content

  1. An introduction to educational philosophy.
  2. Educational foundations of the Classical Period Ages based on the thought of influential Western scholars.
  3. Educational foundations of the Middle Ages based on the thought of influential Western scholars.
  4. Educational foundations of the Modern Period based on the thought of influential Western scholars.
  5. Educational foundations of the Postmodern Period based on the thought of influential Western scholars.
  6. Emergent educational foundations in the thought of influential contemporary Western scholars.
  7. Different philosophical approaches and perspectives in conceptualising contemporary educational practice including educational aims, standards and values, diversity and inclusion, religion, and moral and citizenship education.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PosterInfographic with written explanation 40%
ProjectPresentation and reflective essay60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PosterInfographic with written explanation 40%
ProjectPresentation and reflective essay60%

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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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