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EDUF3030: Australian Schooling Systems
2021 unit information
How can we explain the ideas, practices and institutions which make up the modern Australian school? This unit seeks the answers by looking at the history of Australian education and schooling within an international context from pre-colonial times to the 21st century. Why is schooling compulsory? Why are there separate primary and secondary schools? Why do teachers need university degrees? Why do so many children and young people attend religiously-affiliated schools? What are the origins of current school funding regimes? Understanding the histories of current educational arrangements helps us better understand the present and offers useful knowledge for shaping the future of schooling.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Education
| Code | EDUF3030 |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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42 credit points of units |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. account for the origins of practices, ideas and institutions which constitute Australian schooling
- LO2. understand the use of a range of different kinds of historical evidence in the history of schooling
- LO3. read and understand scholarly and popular historical writing
- LO4. discuss historical topics using sound evidence
- LO5. use history as a tool for making sense of the present.
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