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Bases of Educational Decision
Enrolment code: ESI407
Offered: Launceston: summer school
Educational curriculums at any level, are governed by high level aims and goals, and
those aims are laid down in various policy documents. In this unit, students address two
value questions: ‘What should the broad aims of schooling be?’ and ‘Who should decide
such aims?’. In preparation for rigorous treatment of these questions, some skills of
argumentation and criticism of arguments will be addressed.
Staff Mr P Davson-Galle
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern –week summer school with pre-reading and post-assignment
Assessment mode 2x1,500-word essays (20% ea), a 4,500-word essay (60%)
Recommended texts etc
Crittenden B, Thinking About Education: essays for discussion in teacher education, Longman,
1996
Schrag F, Back to Basics: fundamental educational questions re-examined, Jossey-Bass, 1995.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Education Study
Enrolment code: ESI408
Offered: Distance education: semesters 1 & 2
Special note: (attendance not required)
In-service students work towards developing the skills of critical enquiry. The major aim
is to encourage the investigation of a significant curriculum issue and deepen
understanding through the cycle of documentation and reflection on teaching and
learning processes. The specific focus is the examination and interpretation of professional
practice in order to develop critical self reflective strategies. The curriculum issue is
negotiated with the unit coordinator and the individual student. The unit requires reading
and written assignments of approximately 6,000 words. The emphasis is placed on
independent enquiry and self-directed learning.
Staff Ms M Innes
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern optional study sessions
Assessment mode 4 inter-related, written assignments
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Studies in Numeracy
Enrolment code: ESI413
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Offered: not offered in 2002
Considers current definitions of ‘numeracy’ in relation to other parts of the school
curriculum using the recent Australian statements and profiles in all learning areas.
Methods for achieving better numeracy skills throughout the primary and lower
secondary years are covered.
Staff Dr JM Watson
Unit weight 25%
Assessment mode written assignments related to the course and teacher’s professional work
Required texts etc
Willis S (ed), Being Numerate: What Counts, Hawthorn, Vic ACER, 1990
Watson JM, Cautionary Tales: A Collection of Mathematical Essays for Teachers, AAMT,
Adelaide, 1995.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Mathematics and Education
Enrolment code: ESI414
Offered: Distance education: semesters 1 & 2
Provides an opportunity to explore a number of ideas about the nature of mathematics,
the way pupils learn mathematics and ways of teaching mathematics. The unit enables
students to reflect on the national statement and profiles and to consider such notions as
working numerately, assessment alternatives and constructivist classrooms. The unit it
designed to be practically based, with students strongly encouraged to test ideas and
innovations in the mathematics classroom and to explore topics of their own choice.
Specific topics covered are problem solving and reasoning; pen-and-paper computation
and mathematical understanding, writing in mathematics, and classroom based
assessment and assessment alternatives.
Staff Dr S Dole
Unit weight 25%
Assessment mode assignments based on readings, and from reflection on activities tested
with children or in class
Recommended texts etc
Lists to be made available.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Health and Physical Education
Enrolment code: ESI419
Offered: Distance education: semester 2
Offers teachers an integrated program of study in the area of teaching health, physical
education or recreation. Teachers gain an awareness of the place of physical education in
the overall education of children. They apply the task analysis approach to devising skill
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learning sequences and consider contemporary approaches to curriculum design and
program planning in health, physical education and recreation.
Staff Mrs R Pryce-Jones
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern flexible delivery, some compulsory Saturday/Sunday study days.
Assessment mode task analysis assignment (30%), seminar presentation (30%), innovative
program (40%)
Required texts etc
Graham G, Holt/Hale S and Parker M, Children Moving: A Reflective Approach to Teaching
Physical Education, 3rd edn, Mayfield, 1993.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Music and Education
Enrolment code: ESI420
Offered: Launceston: summer school
Offers experienced general teachers an introduction to curriculum issues in music
education and an opportunity to explore the materials and processes of music. The unit is
designed to develop and extend students’ personal skills in music through a practical
program based on the music processes of composing, listening and playing/ singing.
Participants will also examine philosophical, sociological and psychological perspectives
of music in education.
Staff Dr M Barrett
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern summer school 5 days (6 hrs), semester: 5x1-day weekend workshops
Required texts etc
tba
Recommended texts etc
tba
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Introductory Educational Studies 1 (Part 1)
Enrolment code: ESI421
Offered: not offered in 2002
Has the same objectives as ESI471.
Staff Mr P Throssell
Unit weight 12.5%
Assessment mode detailed report of the package (100%)
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
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Introductory Educational Studies 2 (Part 1)
Enrolment code: ESI422
Offered: not offered in 2002
Has the same objectives as ESI472.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Prerequisites ESI471
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Introductory Educational Studies 3 (Part 1)
Enrolment code: ESI423
Offered: not offered in 2002
Has the same objectives as ESI473.
Staff Mr D Dewhurst
Unit weight 12.5%
Assessment mode detailed report of the package (100%)
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Introductory Educational Studies 4 (Part 1)
Enrolment code: ESI424
Offered: Distance education: semester 1 OR semester 2
Students complete a Practicum of 45 days. The Practicum is supervised by approved
senior teachers in schools and, where appropriate, senior educators in other institutions.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 45 days practicum (15 days observation, 30 days small-group work)
Prerequisites ESI471, ESI472, ESI473
Assessment mode a satisfactory report for the Practicum
Recommended texts etc
Britzman DP, Practice makes Practice A Critical Study of Learning to Teach,
State Univ of NY Press, Albany, NY, 1991
Brown S and McIntyre D, Making Sense of Teaching, Open Univ Press,
Buckingham, 1993
Hargreaves A and Fullan MG, Understanding Teacher Development, Cassell,
Lond, 1992
Russell T and Munby H, Teachers and Teaching, The Falmer Press, Lond, 1992
Van Marten M, The Tack of Teaching. The Meaning of Pedagogical
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Thoughtfulness, State Univ of NY, Albany, NY, 1991.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Introduction to Special Education
Enrolment code: ESI428
Offered: not offered in 2002
Introduces the dimensions of the field traditionally defined as special education. The unit
examines the historical conceptions of the field and the rapid changes that have occurred
over the past decade. The concept of inclusive schooling is discussed and investigated in
detail, as well as other key issues in the field such as transition education and early
intervention. Emphasis is placed on the development of school and classroom practice for
diverse students needs.
Staff Ms J Moss
Unit weight 25%
Required texts etc
Booth T and Ainscow M, From Them to Us: An International Study of Inclusion in Education,
Routledge, 1999
Clarke C, Dyson A and Millward, Theorising Special Education, Routledge, 1998
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Issues in Studies of Society and Environment
Enrolment code: ESI429
Offered: Launceston: semesters 1 & 2 Distance education: semesters 1 & 2
Students explore current issues in Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) and are
expected to think creatively and imaginatively about the implementation of SOSE in the
curriculum. Students are also expected to incorporate a vision of the future, to become
familiar with the aims and objectives for a global community and to strengthen, extend
and demonstrate knowledge of available resources, particularly in the Tasmanian context.
Staff tba
Unit weight 25%
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Education Study (Part 1)
Enrolment code: ESI433
Offered: not offered in 2002
Has the same objectives as ESI408.
Staff Ms M Innes
Unit weight 12.5%
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Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Education Study (Part 2)
Enrolment code: ESI434
Offered: not offered in 2002
Has the same objectives as ESI408.
Staff Ms M Innes
Unit weight 12.5%
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Effective School Leadership
Enrolment code: ESI435
Offered: not offered in 2002
Is for those who already occupy, or expect to occupy positions of school leadership
responsibilities. Leadership is taken as an ongoing process of learning or quest that has at
its core the purposes of schooling and enlisting others in achieving these purposes.
Participants will not only examine and share their educational platforms but will also be
involved in an analysis of how a school and the people in it learn and develop as a group
or team and what can be done to assist this development.
Staff Prof B Mulford and visiting scholars
Unit weight 25%
Required texts etc
Mulford B, Shaping Tomorrow’s Schools, Aust. Council for Education Administration
Mongraph No 15, Melb, 1994
Mulford B, ‘Organisational learning and educational change’ in Hargreaves A, Lieberman
A, Fullan M and Hopkins D (eds), International Handbook of Organizational Change,
Kluwer Academic, Norwell MA, 1997.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Outdoor Education
Enrolment code: ESI438
Offered: Distance education: semester 1
On successful completion of this unit, students will possess the theoretical and practical
knowledge of risk analysis and management of recreation programs. Students should be
able to understand concepts of safety and risk as well as legal liability and safety
management.
Staff Ms T Philpott
Unit weight 25%
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Teaching pattern flexible delibery
Assessment mode presentation (30%), major assignment (40%), exam (30%)
Required texts etc
Vermeesch RB, Lingdren KE, Business Law of Australia, 10th edn, 1999
Recommended texts etc
Vander Smissen B, Legal Liability and risk Management for Public and Private Entities, 1990
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Studies in Teaching
Enrolment code: ESI439
Offered: Launceston: summer school OR winter school2, Distance education: semester 1
OR semester 2, Off-shore: summer school
Includes a study of a wide range of approaches to teaching and teaching styles, and a
consideration of what this means in relation to student learning, planning to teach,
monitoring student progress, assessing student achievement and evaluating effective
teaching and learning. Students are required to plan and evaluate teaching episodes and to
reflect critically on theories of teaching and learning.
Staff Ms MH McGill
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern flexible delivery
Assessment mode Written assignments: action research (50%), essay (15%), seminar
presentation (15%)
Required texts etc
Joyce B and Weil M, Models of Teaching, ISBN 0205310389
Wills G, Action Research, Prentice-Hall, 2000.
Recommended texts etc
Brookfield S, The Skillful Teacher, Jossey-Bass, San Fancisco, 1990.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Art and Education
Enrolment code: ESI440
Offered: Launceston: summer school
Establishes a base from which teachers might identify, clarify and solve many of the
problems and ambiguities which are frequently associated with self-expression, creativity
and the arts. The unit is designed for those teachers who are involved in the teaching of
art, craft and design oriented subjects at all levels, and is open to infant, primary, special
school and secondary teachers. Particular emphasis is placed on curriculum development
together with basic guidelines for self-evaluation of classroom practices. Such analysis
should aid teachers to develop more meaningful course structures and teaching strategies.
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Staff Mr PE Hiller
Unit weight 25%
Assessment mode 2 major assignments (60%), minor papers (40%)
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Technology Studies
Enrolment code: ESI443
Offered: Launceston: semester 2 [by internet]
Special note: available as a full-time unit
The unit consists of three modules, two of which must be completed.
Staff Mr A Fluck
Unit weight see individual modules
Assessment mode see individual modules
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Technology Studies (1)
Module 1: Personal and Professional Use of Information
Technology in Education
Enrolment code: ESI443
Offered: Launceston: semesters 1 & 2, North-West Centre: semesters 1 & 2
Special note: available as a full-time unit
Through this module, students should become personally familiar with the computer
platforms used in schools and the University, initiate and sustain electronic
communications, develop information retrieval and manipulation techniques, and locate
and review some digitised teaching resources.
Staff Mr A Fluck
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2-hr workshop weekly, plus 8 lectures; mid-semester competency
assessments may alter or reduce attendance requirements
Assessment mode continuous assessment in workshops and two practical tasks with as
timed test each se
Recommended texts etc
<zf>http://www.cant.ac.uk/title/tutorials/tutorialspdf.htm<fz>http://www.cant.ac.uk
/title/tutorials/tutorialspdf.htm
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Technology Studies (2)
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Module 2: Teaching and Learning with Information
Technology in Education
Enrolment code: ESI443
Offered: Launceston: semester 2 [by internet]
Special note: available as a full-time unit
Is designed to help students become familiar with current classroom use of information
technology, ensuring equity in all areas of the curriculum. Students encounter web-page
design, critical software evaluation, digital communications including video-conferencing,
LOGO and a range of curriculum software.
Staff Mr A Fluck
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 hrs workshop weekly (6 wks)
Assessment mode essay (35%), competency demonstration (25%), critical evaluation and
lesson plans (40%)
Recommended texts etc
Roblyer MD, Eduardo J, Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching, 2nd edn, Merrill,
NJ, 2000
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Technology Studies (3)
Module 3: Managing and Organising Information
Technology in Education
Enrolment code: ESI443
Offered: Launceston: summer school [by internet]
Special note: available as a full-time unit
Students investigate approaches to pedagogy, infrastructure and planning in relation to
computers in a whole educational institution. They look at the implications for teaching
with IT, learning and assessment processes, strategic planning in the light of Moore’s Law,
and build up a basic server network.
Staff Mr A Fluck
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern full-time one-week plus web-based tutorials
Assessment mode pedagogy: assess impact of IT in class (33%); infrastructure–server
configuration (33%); planning: draft a 1-year learning technologies plan for a school
(34%)
Required texts etc
<zf>http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/users/afluck/ICT/mangOrg<fz>http://www.educ.u
tas.edu.au/afluck/ICT/mangOrg
Courses [E3B]
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Early Childhood Education
Enrolment code: ESI444
Offered: not offered in 2002
Examines current Early Childhood Education issues in the light of the students’
professional training and experience. The course of development in a child’s early years is
charted and linked to the provision of children’s services of all kinds. Current practices in
the education of young children is considered. The unit is organised to fit in with the usual
school holidays. The class meets for a two-hour workshop each week with students, under
the tutor’s guidance and supervision, choosing topics and taking responsibility for
presenting them to the group.
Staff tba
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern 3-hr seminars weekly (March commencement) (20 wks)
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Introductory Educational Studies 1 (Part 2)
Enrolment code: ESI447
Offered: Distance education: semester 1 OR semester 2
Has the same objectives as ESI471.
Staff Mr P Throssell
Unit weight 12.5%
Assessment mode detailed report of the package (100%)
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Introductory Educational Studies 2 (Part 2)
Enrolment code: ESI448
Offered: Distance education: semester 1 OR semester 2
Has the same objectives as ESI471.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Assessment mode detailed report of the package (100%)
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Introductory Educational Studies 3 (Part 2)
Enrolment code: ESI449
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Offered: Distance education: semester 1 OR semester 2
Has the same objectives as ESI473.
Staff Mr D Dewhurst
Unit weight 12.5%
Assessment mode detailed report of the package (100%)
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Introductory Educational Studies 4 (Part 2)
Enrolment code: ESI450
Offered: Distance education: semester 1 OR semester 2
As for ES1424 but (instead of a 45-day practicum) a 35-day practicum including a 25-day
internship.
Staff Ms K Beswick
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 35 days practicum (10 days small-group teaching, 25 days full-class
teaching)
Prerequisites ESI471, ESI472, ESI473 and ESI424
Assessment mode satisfactory report for the Practicum.
Recommended texts etc
Britzman DP, Practice makes Practice A Critical Study of Learning to Teach, State Univ of NY
Press, Albany, NY, 1991
Brown S and McIntyre D, Making Sense of Teaching, Open Univ Press, Buckingham, 1993
Hargreaves A and Fullan MG, Understanding Teacher Development, Cassell, Lond, 1992
Russell T and Munby H, Teachers and Teaching, The Falmer Press, Lond, 1992
Van Manen M, The Tack of Teaching. The Meaning of Pedagogical Thoughtfulness, State
Univ of NY, Albany, NY, 1991
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Drama in Education
Enrolment code: ESI453
Offered: Launceston: semesters 1 & 2
For teachers and trainers in primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and TAFE
institutions. (Specific training in drama is not essential). Students explore a range of drama
strategies and adapt and experiment with these methods in their own classroom. The
theory of drama in education and the learning that is possible for students in a variety of
situations is also addressed.
Staff Dr H Smigiel
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern 4–5 weekends during the year
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Assessment mode Reading review (25%), curriculum development and project (50%),
practical project (25%)
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Topics in Science
Enrolment code: ESI454
Offered: Hobart: summer school
Please contact the Faculty of Education for details.
Unit weight 25%
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Studies in Classroom Management
Enrolment code: ESI455
Offered: Launceston: summer school
Classroom Management is designed to give those working in education both a theoretical
and practical understanding of how to promote positive behaviour in the classroom. The
unit provides an understanding of the purpose of misbehaviour and specific techniques to
intervene and crate a cooperative classroom. These techniques are applicable to children
from preschool to students in senior secondary school.
Staff Mr M Merry
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern summer school
Assessment mode tba
Required texts etc
Balsan M, Understanding Classroom Behaviour, ACER, 1992
Lewis R, The Discipline Dilemma, ACER, 1997
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Research Investigation (In-Service)
Enrolment code: ESI457
Offered: not offered in 2002
Enables students to pursue, in some depth and in a professional area of their own choice,
research which interests them and which they see as relevant to their future professional
roles. The main focus is to develop further students’ knowledge and skills in the research
process. Students develop, implement and
report on their individual research investigations. Group discussion and feedback plays
and important role in this process.
Staff tba
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Unit weight 25%
Assessment mode initial proposal and tutorial (20%), detailed research proposal (20%),
workshop presentation (20%), written report (40%)
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Special Study (Human Movement 1)
Enrolment code: ESI460
Offered: not offered in 2002
Enables students to pursue, in considerable depth over two semesters, an individual study
in a professional area of their choice. They should choose topics which are significant and
of interest to anticipated professional roles.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 6 hrs (13 wks)
Assessment mode by negotiation
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Special Study (Human Movement 2)
Enrolment code: ESI461
Offered: not offered in 2002
Enables students to pursue, in considerable depth over two semesters, an individual study
in a professional area of their choice. They should choose topics which are significant and
of interest to anticipated professional roles.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 6 hrs (13 wks)
Assessment mode by negotiation
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Educational Research Methods
Enrolment code: ESI464
Offered: Launceston: summer school
Overviews the methods currently used in educational research. Students explore research
approaches based on quantitative and qualitative research methods. Following a research
overview taught in face-to-face classes, students complete a series of assignments and
exercises.
Staff Dr H Smigiel
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern flexible delivery
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Prerequisites 3-yr teaching qualifications
Assessment mode class exercises, a seminar and a written assignment
Required texts etc
Burns RB, Introduction to Research Methods, Longman Cheshire, Melb, 1996
Jaeger R (ed), Complementary Methods for Research in Education, AERA, Washington DC,
1988.
Courses [E4C]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Contemporary Issues in Education
Enrolment code: ESI465
Offered: Distance education: semester 1 OR semester 2
The content of this unit will be negotiated between the honours in-service coordinator and
the individual student. It will require reading and written assignments of approximately
6,000 words. It should incorporate content that represents the candidate’s particular area
of professional interest.
Staff tba
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern flexible delivery
Prerequisites Credit grade or better in ESI464
Assessment mode assignments which will be negotiated with individual students
Courses [E4C]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Honours Dissertation
Enrolment code: ESI466
Offered: Launceston: semesters 1 & 2 Distance education: semesters 1 & 2
Students completing this unit successfully will have undertaken the following: the
development of an appropriate honours research proposal; the development of a
substantial literature review in the area of the dissertation topic; the planning and
execution of a research study; and the production of an appropriately written scholarly
dissertation. Students work with the honours coordinator and their individual dissertation
supervisor to produce these outcomes.
Staff Dr H Smigiel
Unit weight 50%
Teaching pattern flexible delivery
Prerequisites Credit grade or better in ESI464
Assessment mode Honours dissertation of approx 15,000 words
Courses [E4C]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
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Literature for Children
Enrolment code: ESI467
Offered: Launceston: semesters 1 & 2
Students are given the opportunity to: develop critical awareness of children’s literature;
consider their own construction as consumers of textual productions; develop an
understanding of children’s social construction as literacy participants; engage with a
considerable variety of textual forms of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. The unit considers
the nature of the reading process and the interrelation of reading with other modes of
language, particularly exploring the impact of literature as a means of intellectual
development.
Staff Ms R Wills
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern internal students: 2-hr tutorial fortnightly; 2x2-day and 1x1-day study
schools
Assessment mode intenral students: a series of written assignments related to literature
studies and to the use of literature in the classroom; distance: workshop presentation;
2 assignments
Required texts etc
Brown A, Voices in the Park, DK Publ, NY, 1998
Fleischman P, Seedfolk, HarperCollins, NY, 1997
Thomas R, Slave Day, Simon & Schuster, NY, 1997
Walter V, Making Up Megaboy, DK Publ, NY, 1998
Wolff VE, Bat 6, Scholastic, NY, 1998
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Language and Education
Enrolment code: ESI468
Offered: Hobart: summer school
Helps teachers to increase their understanding of the importance of language in learning
and teaching and to adjust their classroom planning and practice accordingly. The unit
looks at the interrelations of the four modes of language (reading, writing, listening and
speaking) and focuses in particular on the mutually supportive roles of reading and
writing in assisting pupils to increase their powers of reflective thought.
Staff Ms CJ Hiller
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern tba
Assessment mode a series of written assignments related to language, language in use and
language in classrooms
Required texts etc
Emmitt M and Pollock J, Language and Learning, OUP
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Stubbs M, Educational Linguistics, Blackwell, 1988
Yule G, The Study of Language, CUP, 1985.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Social Science Special Topic (Civics and
Citizenship)
Enrolment code: ESI469
Offered: not offered in 2002
Curriculum and teaching in the area of Studies of Society and Environment is at present
receiving national attention for its role and potential for citizenship education. This unit
will enable teachers to participate in innovations in this curriculum area. It will familiarise
teachers with the traditions of thought about civics and citizenship appropriate to the
Australian context, with a view to developing reflective understanding of how schools and
classrooms prepare students for Australian citizenship. Special attention is paid to
principles of teaching and learning, curriculum selection and classroom interactions which
can develop capacities and dispositions for citizenship. Delivery is in accordance with
adult learning styles and organised around three components: an initial summer school,
action research tasks, and review weekends spaced through the year in negotiation with
students.
Staff Dr MC Fearnley-Sander
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern summer school, weekends throughout the year
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Gender Studies
Enrolment code: ESI470
Offered: Hobart: summer school
Consists of two units offered by the Women’s Studies Committee – HAF206/306 and
HAF207/307. Each is developed on two principles: (a) a recognition of the roles and
contributions of women in society and (b) the practical application to the classroom and
the profession of this learning.
Staff (Coordinator) Ms CJ Hiller
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern tba
Assessment mode minor 1,000-word paper: students present one seminar (paper to be
negotiated but may focus on the topics outlined under language and literacy), major
3,000-word paper
Required texts etc
Brookner A, Hotel du Lac, Triad
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Eagleton M (ed), Feminist Literary Theory, Blackwell
Kingston MH, The Woman Warrior, Picador
Lurie A, The Truth about Lorin Jones, Abacus
Miller J, Women Writing About Men, Virago
Rhys J, Wide Sargasso Sea, Penguin
Waugh P, Feminist Fictions, Routledge
Walker A, The Color Purple, Womens Press
Weldon F, Life and Loves of a She Devil, Coronet
Winterson J, Sexing the Cherry, Vintage.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Introductory Educational Studies 1
Enrolment code: ESI471
Offered: Distance education: semesters 1 & 2
Introduces the Principles and Practice of Teaching, addressing practical issues in the
planning, organising and interacting required for successful teaching in a variety of
contexts. Studies cover: classroom climate and interaction, and communication skills;
teaching skills (introductory procedures, questioning, explaining, reinforcing, motivating
etc); strategies for effective teaching (grouping, individualising instruction, roles of pupil
and teacher, preparation and planning etc); classroom management and control; persons
with special education needs; evaluation, measurement, and assessment techniques
available to teachers.
Staff Mr P Throssell
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern non-compulsory study days may be offered during both semesters, subject
to numbers
Assessment mode 4 written assignments (of approx 5,000 words)
Required texts etc
Barry K and King L, Beginning Teaching, ISBN 1876033924
Brookfield S, Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1995
Tripp D, Critical Incidents in Teaching, Routledge, Lond, 1993.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Introductory Educational Studies 2
Enrolment code: ESI472
Offered: Distance education: semesters 1 & 2
Focuses on the development of the individual in the processes of learning and the ability
on the part of the teacher to anticipate, plan and deliver programs to meet the diverse
needs of learners.
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Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern non-compulsory study days may be offered during both semesters, subject
to numbers
Prerequisites ESI471
Assessment mode 4 written assignments (approx 5,000 words)
Required texts etc
Brookfield S, Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1995
Tripp D, Critical Incidents in Teaching, Routledge, Lond, 1993
McInerney DM and McInerney V, Educational Psychology: Constructing Learning, Prentice
Hall, Syd, 1994.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Introductory Educational Studies 3
Enrolment code: ESI473
Offered: Distance education: semesters 1 & 2
A study of Educational Issues and Principles which requires student to make clear the
educational principles on which they conduct their current work. Students are asked to
review these principles in a critical manner, acknowledging issues in the areas of value,
knowledge, opinion and understanding which are critical to the presentation and
development of the study programs for which they are professionally responsible as
teachers. Studies include: the competing concepts of education; indoctrination and
education; freedom, authority, responsibility and professional accountability; equality and
equality of opportunity; discipline and management of classroom and school (or other
learning situations); knowledge, values and the curriculum; grounds for planning and
sequencing individual and groups of curriculums; views of the human individual/
person; education and social selection; compensatory education; multi-culturalism; and
vocational education.
Staff Mr D Dewhurst
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern non-compulsory study days may be offered during both semesters, subject
to numbers
Prerequisites ESI471, 472
Assessment mode 3 written assignments (approx 5,000 words)
Required texts etc
Hatton E (ed), Understanding Teaching Curriculum and the Social Context of Schooling,
Harcourt Brace, Syd, 1994
Huyvaert SH, Reports from the Classroom: Cases for Reflection, Allyn & Bacon, Boston, 1995
Tripp D, Critical Incidents in Teaching, Routledge, Lond, 1993.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
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School and Classroom Based Curriculum
Development
Enrolment code: ESI475
Offered: Distance education: summer school OR semesters 1 & 2
Introduces students to various theories and models in the field of curriculum design and
development and encourages the student to explore them critically in relation to their own
educational purposes and practices. The second part of the unit focuses on the application
of current theories and concepts to the review, design and /or development of specific
curriculums.
Staff Assoc Prof J Abbott-Chapman, Ms D Hamilton
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern lectures, seminars and small-grp work
Assessment mode written assignments of 6,000 words at end of unit which applies theories
and concepts to practical curriculum design problems
Required texts etc
Smith DL and Lovat TJ, Curriculum: Action on Reflection, revised edn, Social Science Press,
Wentworth Falls NSW, 1991
Print M, Curriculum Design and Development, 2nd edn, Allen & Unwin, 1993
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Introduction to Counselling
Enrolment code: ESI477
Offered: not offered in 2002
Introduces students to current theories of counselling and counselling models. Through
communication and basic counselling skill acquisition, the application of these are
explored. Content also includes aspects of human development and ethical issues in
counselling.
Staff Ms A-M Lancaster
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern weekend workshops
Assessment mode case study, video tape analysis, journal work, group presentation
Required texts etc
Corey MS and Corey G, Becoming a Helper, 3rd edn. Brooks/Cole, 1998.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Special Study: Visual Literacy
Enrolment code: ESI478
Offered: Launceston: winter school
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Focuses on the use of visual texts as a site for teaching and learning in Key Learning Areas
English and the Arts: Drama. The unit explores the notion of ‘text’ as a resource for
meaning (Halliday, 1985); and a perspective that positions learning as a social process of
negotiating meanings through, within and about texts. The unit is interactive, involving
participants in innovative approaches to teaching about and through texts in the
classroom.
Staff Dr H Smigiel
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern 1 week, summer school
Assessment mode practical seminar (50%), written assignment (50%)
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Technology Studies Part 1
Enrolment code: ESI480
Offered: not offered in 2002
Through this unit, students should become familiar with computer platforms used in
schools and the University; initiate and sustain electronic communications; develop
information retrieval and manipulation techniques; and locate and review some digitised
teaching resources.
Staff Mr A Fluck
Unit weight 12.5%
Assessment mode graphics and DTP (50%), communications (35%), spreadsheet (15%)
Required texts etc
http//www.educ.utas.edu.au/~Andrew.Fluck/IT/PersProf
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Technology Studies Part 2
Enrolment code: ESI481
Offered: not offered in 2002
Is designed to help students become familiar with current classroom use of information
technology, ensuring equity in all areas of the curriculum. Students encounter web-page
design, critical software evaluation, digital communications including video-conferencing,
LOGO and a range of curriculum software.
Staff Mr A Fluck
Unit weight 12.5%
Assessment mode essay (35%), competency demonstration (25%), critical evaluation and
lesson plans (40%)
Required texts etc
http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/~Andrew.Fluck/IT/TchLearn
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Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Special Study (Models in Teaching)
Enrolment code: ESI490
Offered: not offered in 2002
Explores various approaches to teaching by examining a range of models. The unit raises
the awareness of the variety of ways available to teachers for achieving appropriate
learning outcomes. At the end of this unit, students are able to describe, discuss and reflect
on the application of a variety of approaches to teaching and to match the relevance of
appropriate approaches to particular learning goals.
Staff Mr P Throssell
Unit weight 25%
Required texts etc
Joyce and Weil, Models of Teaching.
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
Comparative Curriculum Issues
Enrolment code: ESI491
Offered: not offered in 2002
Special note: this unit is only available through participation in an Indonesia in-country program
to be under taken in late January 2002 in conjunction with a university in Padang, West Sumatra
and the surrounding community of host families.
Undertaken during an Indonesian in-country experience, the unit allows students to
develop a cross-cultural awareness and to develop personally and professionally by
comparing and contrasting the Australian school context with aspects of the Indonesian
school system, exploring language, culture and related issues to build on classroom
practice upon return to Australia. Students participate in lectures, seminars, workshops,
school experience and homestays. Students with proficiency in Indonesian language, or an
interest in LOTE / TEFL education, are able to undertake a more extensive school
experience period while in-country.
Staff Ms L Harbon
Unit weight 25%
Teaching pattern in-country program comprising seminars and school experience
Assessment mode seminar presentation (35%) essay (40%), pre-departure web-based task
(25%)
Required texts etc
package of guided readings and tasks to be provided (includes CD ROM)
Courses [E3B]
Faculty website <http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/>
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