UNSW Handbook Course - Power and Resistance in the Classroom

Power and Resistance in the Classroom - EDST2080


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of Education
	Course Outline: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/currentstudents/courseoutlines.shtml
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	18 units of credit including 6 in Level 1 EDST or enrolment in the Diploma in Education Program
	Excluded: GENT1514
	Fee Band: 5 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Examines the dynamics of power and knowledge in the classroom, teachers' work, youth resistance and state ideology. Explores the dynamics of different and progressive teaching practices, and new methodologies in the classroom. Explores the negotiation of pedagogy/instruction and classroom behaviour of all agents. Looks closely at youth culture (drugs, sex, alcohol) and resistance in the diverse school communities. Articulates the relationship between state education policy, curriculum process and practice. Examines the discourse of school texts, adolescent literature and media. Explores the teaching profession in political and ideological terms.

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