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Legal Aspects of Educational Administration - EDST5439
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Education
 
 
Course Outline: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 8
 
 
EFTSL: 0.16667 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
None
 
 
Excluded: EDST4209, EDST4309
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Sources of law in the context of a historical overview of the evolution of State and Commonwealth responsibility for education; analysis of current New South Wales statutory responsibility for education; legal rights, obligations and duties of students and parents/guardians with emphasis on litigious areas such as negligence, discipline and privacy; review of administrative decisions by educators by the Supreme Court generally and in specific areas such as the Ombudsman, anti-discrimination, copyright and freedom of information; the interplay of State/Commonwealth education funding; overview of employer/employee relationships, both common law and statutory appointments, promotions, transfers, professional misconduct.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students should be able to:
  • Describe and evaluate some of the legal rights and obligations of school systems, school administrators, teachers and students
  • Analyse the reasons for these legal rights and obligations
  • Use the techniques of legal analysis of facts and issues and of application of legal principles to that analysis in order to resolve problems that arise in schools
  • Take account of legal principles in planning and carrying out professional duties as administrators and teachers.

Assessment

  • Nine written analyses of problems set weekly (500 words each) - 60%
  • Final assignment (2000 words) - 30%
  • Class participation - 10%

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