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EDCX230 Educational Thought and Practice: Past and Present

Updated: 02 December 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus A- Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites any 24cp
Co-requisites None
Restrictions EDCX330 or EDST230 or EDST330 or ESCC211 or ESCC311
Notes None
Combined Units EDCX330 - Educational Thought and Practice: Past and Present
Coordinator(s) Peter Hobson (phobson@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit examines the ideas of a range of significant innovators in western educational thought and the relevance of these ideas for current educational issues. Such issues include differing approaches to the teaching-learning process, the teacher-pupil relationship, freedom and authority, punishment and discipline, role of the state in education.
Referenced Material
Optional 		Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Theories of Education: Studies of Significant Innovation in Western Educational Thought
ISBN: 9780471334200
Bowen, J. and Hobson, P.R., Jacaranda/Wiley 2nd ed. 1987
Note: Book is out of print but is available through Dixson Library as an e-Reserve item.
Text refers to: Semester 1 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 30% 1000
Assessment Notes
Short answer questions
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6
Assignment 2 30% 1000
Assessment Notes
Minor essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7
Assignment 3 40% 2000
Assessment Notes
Major essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate awareness of the development of educational thought in the West from the time of Plato to the present day;
  2. understand how this thought has impacted on current practice; and
  3. demonstrate awareness of the key philosophical issues underlying current educational practice and have developed a point of view about these.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students study the development of western educational thought from Plato to modern period. This makes up the content of unit and it is assessed in all assignments. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
The ability of students to present well-reasoned arguments is assessed in essays and exam. Guidance is provided in topic notes. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Students study the development of educational thought in different contexts: Ancient Greece. 18th century Europe. 19th century America and present age across the West and Soviet Union. This is assessed in all assignments. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students develop basic research skills in historical and philosophical domains, this is assessed in all assignments. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
One of the main aims of the unit is to get students to develop their own philosophical perspective on education and apply this to their teaching experience. This is assessed in all assignments and assignment 3 in particular. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
This is central to the whole unit. Critical thinking is what is sought in all work in the unit. Students learn these skills partly by studying the conflicting philosophical theories presented in the unit e.g. the problem solving approach of John Dewey. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Ethics and moral education are part of the content of the unit and assessed in all assignments. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Group versus individual approaches to teaching and learning are part of the content and assessment of the unit. 		True True
   

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