Year
2021
Units
4.5
Contact
8 x 1-hour lectures per semester
1 x 105-hour independent study per semester
6 x 2-hour on-line exercises per semester
10 x 1-hour negotiated programs per semester
1 x 105-hour independent study per semester
6 x 2-hour on-line exercises per semester
10 x 1-hour negotiated programs per semester
Enrolment not permitted
EDES9639 has been successfully completed
Topic description
This topic provides strategies for ethical decision making and for the teaching of ethics. It demonstrates how existing curriculum can be used as a vehicle for learning ethics and developing ethical analysis and judgment. In addition, it examines professional ethics as applied to teachers, leaders, and education policy makers. This topic will be of interest to students who wish to examine a selection of the following issues and related challenges: moral education, values education, curriculum development, organisational and management responsibilities, accountability, professional ethics.
Educational aims
This topic aims:
- That students acquire, consider and apply strategies for ethical decision making
- That students acquire, consider and apply strategies for the teaching of ethics
Expected learning outcomes
On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
- Understand ethical strategies and be able to apply them to issues and practices that arise in education
- Apply ethical strategies to curriculum or policy while justifying the application to professional peers and other concerned parties
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2021 are no longer published.
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