GDE3002 Contexts and Environments (FOEDU)

Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (WEB)Toowoomba

Semester 2 (ONC)Fraser Cst (WEB)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Teacher Education not elsewher) Band 5

State law in Queensland (Australia) requires that all adults working/undertaking professional experience/researching with children under the age of 18, in the state of Queensland are required to possess a current suitability card (Blue Card). (See "Other Requirements" for further information.) Also see: http://www.childcomm.qld.gov.au/employment/bluecard/informationSheets.html

Synopsis

This course is designed to assist students to understand the range of social and political forces that interact to shape the nature of educational contexts and environments within educational sites, as well as the cultural identities of the individuals within those sites. Understandings of these forces and trends are connected to exploration of whole-site and individual-educator approaches to the establishment of inclusive learning environments. Awareness of how particular sites respond to particular features of their socio-cultural communities is explored through the lens of a social justice approach to meeting the needs of "at risk" groups. The course provides for a nominal 7.5 days of professional attachment to an identified site. During this period of attachment learners will be immersed in the day-to-day operations of the site and in the work of an educator, with a particular focus on the connections between that work and the issues covered in this course.