PRI2151 Education Issues and Images (FOEDU)

Semester 2 (ONC)Toowoomba (ONC)Fraser Cst (ONC)Springfld

Units 1.0 (Teacher Education: Primary) 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

Students in this course will examine dominant views of components of the education process - teachers, teaching, schools and students - in order to determine how well these views and representations stand up to critical scrutiny. The power of 'public pedagogies' will be explored and the influence of forms of popular culture in hegemonising ideas and discourses about education will be examined. Selected contemporary issues related to education will be used as vehicles for this process of inquiry, examples of which include teacher competence; discipline in schools; vocationalism; and corporate sponsorship of education. Intending students should be aware that they require regular access to electronic resources including email and the Internet.